Open Gardens
Welcome to Bramshott Open Gardens. Please explore our website to discover more about this exciting event, held by the villagers every two years to raise funds for deserving local good causes.
The first Bramshott Open Gardens was organised in 1987 to help raise funds for repairs to the roof of historic St Mary’s Church.
A huge thank you to the residents and gardeners of Bramshott
who make this event such a ssuccess!
Our thanks also to the many generous people and businesses who have given their time and resources to support Bramshott Open Gardens 2012.
In particular we would also like to thank the following for their support in 2010:
Our main sponsor who through their contribution have enabled us to renew our signage, build this website, help with the promotion and directly benefit the local causes we support.
Skin Visual Equity - Creators of our logo, design and promotional material
The Indigo Concept - Builders of this site
Simmons Interiors - Sponsors of our garden signs
Ardmore Group - Suppliers of our portable WC's
AMK - Supporters of our complimentary shuttle bus service
ContentETC - Provider of the committee chairman
Liphook Bakery - 26 Station Road, Liphook. Suppliers of our lovely bread rolls
IML - For the loan of the tea-tent marquee
We also want thank the many local businesess and individuals who have supported our weekend with their generous donations of tombola prizes!
Ambassador Cleaning, Liphook and surronds
HAUS, fabulous objets, furniture, gifts, Haslemere
Gables Newsagents, Liphook
Waitrose, Haslemere
General Wine Merchants, Liphook
Findlays Florists, Liphook
PRC colour and photo processing, Liphook
Liphook Travel
Hiscocks Seeds and Pet Supplies, Liphook
Blackwell Press, Liphook
Peep Inside gift shop, Liphook
Haslemere Garden Centre
Springfields Nursery
Country Markets Garden Centre, Rake
Hampshires electrical supplies, Liphook
Artwork, art and artists supplies, Liphook
Liphook Hardware
Liphook Golf Club
C J Hampshire, electrical retailer, Liphook
Inwood Stoves, Liphook
See below for a list of the great causes that we support through Bramshott Open Gardens.
The first evidence for the formal hamlet of Bramshott is the record kept by Matthew, its first Rector in 1225, and of course the early 13th century church of St Marys. The Parish evolved from the medieval manors of Brembreste (Bramshott today), Lidessete (Ludshott), Ciltelelei (Chiltlee), the Royal Forest of Woolmer, and fragments of two other manors.
The present church of St Mary's in the centre of Bramshott was built in AD 1220 to serve the community which had settled on heathland to the south of Hindhead, alongside a sandy lane which was to become the London to Portsmouth road.
Bramshott Military Camp (often simplified to Camp Bramshott), was a temporary army camp set up on Bramshott Common during both the First and Second World Wars.
