UPDATED: It just wouldn’t be a May Day Bank Holiday weekend without Rookley Village Association running its hugely popular ‘Gardening Galore’ event, and after 12 successful years it is little wonder that it has become one of the most important days on the island’s horticultural calendar.
Taking place on Sunday 1st May between 10:00-15:00, the Rookley Village Hall and field in Highwood Lane (PO38 3NH) will be buzzing with a wide variety of island-based growers, nurseries, garden centres and suppliers of ‘all things gardening’.
Entry is free, as is the adjacent parking.
Refreshments are available, including homemade cakes and cookies.
Each year a charity bucket collection takes place and this year it is for The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance.
UPDATE WEDNESDAY 20TH: Due to the waterlogged state of some areas of the Rookley Village Association Sports Field, the organisers of this years ‘Gardening Galore!’ have decided to postpone the event until Sunday 15th May.
Whilst this is regrettable, the field is extremely wet, particularly where the vehicles enter and exit for event parking, and apart from concerns over vehicles getting stuck in the mud it would not be safe for visitors on foot.
Photographs: Rookley Village Association
