{"id":4440,"date":"2018-08-24T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2019-03-16T18:13:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T18:13:39","slug":"probably-the-best-open-gardens-in-leicestershire-monday-27th-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/probably-the-best-open-gardens-in-leicestershire-monday-27th-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Probably the BEST Open Gardens in Leicestershire &#8211; Monday 27th August 2018"},"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> &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Major Village Event on Bank Holiday Monday, 27th August 2018<\/strong><\/span> from 2pm to 7pm. Admission is by passport to 12 gardens, Adults \u00a34.00, 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; also at Memorial Hall and participating gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Refreshments, including Ice Creams and 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 at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the Memorial Hall, High Street<\/li>\n<li>30 Normanton Road<\/li>\n<li>13 Babelake Street<\/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;\">second-use 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 noreferrer\">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 <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>6pm start at Mill Street<\/strong><\/span>, 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>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Packington Village Gardens Open Day &#8211; Probably the BEST Open Gardens in Leicestershire &#8211; Major Village Event on Bank Holiday Monday, 27th August 2018 from 2pm to 7pm. Admission is by passport to 12 gardens, Adults \u00a34.00, 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-27th-august-2018\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Probably the BEST Open Gardens in Leicestershire &#8211; Monday 27th August 2018&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":[29,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-major-event","category-open-gardens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440","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=4440"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4929,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440\/revisions\/4929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packington.info\/bloggle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}