{"id":4035,"date":"2017-08-24T17:53:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T16:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/?p=4035"},"modified":"2017-08-24T17:53:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T16:53:57","slug":"probably-the-best-open-gardens-in-leicestershire-monday-28th-august-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/probably-the-best-open-gardens-in-leicestershire-monday-28th-august-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Probably the BEST Open Gardens in Leicestershire &#8211; Monday 28th August 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/GarenView_CIMG3673w160_4k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-475 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/GarenView_CIMG3673w160_4k.jpg\" alt=\"GarenView_CIMG3673w160_4k\" width=\"160\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Packington Village<\/strong><\/span> Gardens Open Day &#8211; Probably the<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong> BEST Open Gardens in Leicestershire<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Major Village Event on Bank Holiday Monday, 28th August 2017<\/strong><\/span> from 2pm to 7pm. Admission is by passport to 12+ gardens, Adults \u00a33.50, Accompanied children FREE.<\/p>\n<p>Passports available on the day from Packington village Car Park on Measham Road &#8211; <strong>LE65 1WP<\/strong> for your SatNav &#8211; or at participating gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Refreshments including afternoon teas <!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/CarPark_exIMG_3780w300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-486 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/CarPark_exIMG_3780w300.jpg\" alt=\"CarPark_exIMG_3780w300\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a>are available on your route and at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the Memorial Hall, High Street<\/li>\n<li>the village church<\/li>\n<li>30, Normanton Road<\/li>\n<li>Barn Farm, Babelake St.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\">Also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>live musical entertainment<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">gardening stall<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">plants<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">crafts<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">second-hand books<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">displays<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DG-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-514 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DG-logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DG logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>As usual this event is sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidgrangerdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Granger Architectural Design Limited<\/a>, the much-respected local company located right at the heart of our village, in Mill Street: www.davidgrangerdesign.com 01530 560939<\/p>\n<p>Profits from the day help stop the village church from falling down &#8211; they go to the building&#8217;s fabric repair fund, which only recently had to replace its roof.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ducks_exCIMG4049w300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ducks_exCIMG4049w300.jpg\" alt=\"Ducks_exCIMG4049w300\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a>Also, with a 6pm start at Mill Street, where the Brook flows under the Hall Lane bridge, the famous <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Packington Duck Races<\/strong> <strong>and Barbeque<\/strong><\/span> take place!<\/p>\n<p>Thrill to the excitement of the Races, with the yellow ducks illustrated! Prizes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/CrowdAtDuckRace_exCIMG4058w300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-482 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/CrowdAtDuckRace_exCIMG4058w300.jpg\" alt=\"CrowdAtDuckRace_exCIMG4058w300\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a>The Buzz from the crowd is to be savoured. Barbecue and snacks available according to weather.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"CENTER\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Packington Village Gardens Open Day &#8211; Probably the BEST Open Gardens in Leicestershire\u00a0 &#8211; Major Village Event on Bank Holiday Monday, 28th August 2017 from 2pm to 7pm. Admission is by passport to 12+ gardens, Adults \u00a33.50, Accompanied children FREE. Passports available on the day from Packington village Car Park on Measham Road &#8211; LE65 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/probably-the-best-open-gardens-in-leicestershire-monday-28th-august-2017\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Probably the BEST Open Gardens in Leicestershire &#8211; Monday 28th August 2017&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4035"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4040,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4035\/revisions\/4040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}