Hellens Garden Festival

As the November grey skies continue to feel gloomy, here is a reminder of the beauty and glory of summer in Nature.

In amongst all the damp and windy weather, the handbag pansies shine out, a beautiful snapshot of verve and colour as winter approaches.

The glorious colours of Autumn are a stunning welcome to everyone at St Michael's Hospice, our main Garden Festival beneficiary. So lovely to see.

On this beautiful sunny October day, here is the front page of our website, with a lovely short film, to remind you of our wonderful Festival in June.
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What a wonderful October day at Hellens! Morning mists cleared allowing warm sunshine to cascade through the beautiful Autumnal tree colours. How lucky are we to work in such a natural delight.

We are delighted to see what H'Energy are showcasing THIS Sunday at Queenswood. It is a great opportunity to discover more about how we can manage without plastic and help make a sustainable life for ourselves and everyone.

The Garden Festival team met up and strolled in the lovely gardens and grounds of Hellens, soaking in the myriad of glorious Autumnal colour and enjoying the late warm afternoon sunshine. A reminder why Hellens is such a fabulous place to hold our Festival.

BRILLIANT NEWS! We spent a wonderful Wednesday morning at Hellens, in the gloriously apple laden orchards of Hellens, bathed in warm late summer sunshine, celebrating the success of this year's Hellens Garden Festival. Sponsors, supporters, volunteers and the garden festival team enjoyed a tour of the house, and tea and delicious cake set out in the orchards. Without the support and energy of all these people, the Garden Festival would not be the success that it is, many than...k yous. We are so pleased to have been able to give the funds raised for St Michael's Hospice and special project, Back to the Wild. Philip Long, a generous sponsor and Master of Ceremonies on this occasion, very kindly presented Ruth Denison, of St Michael's Hospice, a total of £11,480.75 a combination of the festival donation, £10,660 and commissions and donations from sculptors and exhibitors, £820.75. Philip also presented Kat Terry of Back to the Wild project a wonderful £3,544, enabling the important and valuable work they do with young people to continue and flourish. We are grateful for all the hard work and enthusiasm of all the people involved and for the many visitors who come and experience our amazing Hellens Garden Festival.
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We have wonderful news! Following this years Festival, Hellens Garden Festival are delighted to be able to donate £10,660 to St Michael’s Hospice and £3,544 to special project, Back to the Wild. We are so grateful to all the exhibitors, visitors, volunteers, sponsors and supporters who helped make this a special event and raise a fantastic amount of funds for 2 such special beneficiaries. Thank you!
And, keep a space clear in your diary for next years Festival, 8-9th June. Watch out for all the up and coming news as we begin planning the 2019 Garden Festival. We are brimming with ideas and energy and look forward to welcoming you back to enjoy Herefordshire’s biggest weekend garden festival. photo credit Anya Mittelholzer

photo credit Anya Mittelholzer

As this summer sunshine, so welcome at Hellens Garden Festival 2 weekends ago, cascades through June, the Hellens Garden Festival team are reflecting on this years Festival and all that it offered, and was enjoyed, by our visitors. And as we look to next year, 8-9th June, we would be grateful to know more about the visitor experience at the Festival and all that was happening. If you were a visitor and would like to share your experiences, please do comment. This will help inform us for what we offer next year. Many thanks to the visitors who have shared and reviewed it already. Your support of this Festival is much appreciated and helps make it the successful and special event that it is. www.hellensgardenfestival.co.uk photo credit: Anya Mittelholzer

We would like to thank everyone who attended Hellens Garden Festival this year. What an incredible turn out we had and all for an incredible cause!
Just under 2500 of you visited us this year, our most popular year yet! So we would like to especially thank all of our speakers and stall holders!
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What an incredible weekend we had! Thanks to everyone who came, make sure to share your photos with us!
Another stunning mandala was created with the help of our lovely guests so if you got involved with that well done.
We would like to thank all the exhibitors and most importantly YOU for coming. Thankfully the sun was out all weekend.

What an incredible first day at Hellens Garden Festival!
Thank you to everyone who joined us in the sunshine. We hope to see even more of you tomorrow! Remember this festival is all for an amazing cause.

brilliant day, lots to see and the scouts were so helpful

Wonderful atmosphere, something for all ages in a glorious setting.

Very good day , hats off to the hard working scouts organising the parking.

Stunning location, fab food and drink and had fun learning to blacksmith with Andrew Findlay! The tour of the house is a must - full of history and masterful works of art

Lovely day out in idyllic surroundings.

Lovely atmosphere. Peeky Blinders had a great time!

Loved the garden festival today.

Great day wonderful atmosphere thank you.

Fantastic family event, so much to see & do. Wonderful atmosphere, gets better every year.

Fabulous event - well organised, great entertainment, delicious food, wonderful location.

Absolutely fabulous day out for my Dad's 60th birthday. We thoroughly enjoyed the sculpture trail and grounds. Everywhere was beautiful. Bought some chocolate scented cosmos that I had in my wedding bouquet 10yrs ago and some rose trees. Great value for money and so much to see and do. Highly recommend the quiches and salad for lunch. Great musical entertainment also.

A lovely festival in beautiful surroundings . I loved the “into the wild” area and the mandala was stunning. Bought some lovely plants and sampled the sheep’s milk ice cream. Delicious! The scouts did a great job and were so friendly and polite. Well done everyone!

A fantastic, well organised garden festival. Plenty for everyone to see and do. We'll definitely visit again next year.

A fantastic time full of delights, plants, sculpture, food, music and more. Well done for a gem.

Not bad, not quite as good as expected.