Events

Woodlands Court Open Garden

Enjoy a delicious cream tea and a Tombola at the beautiful Woodlands Court in Grouville

Sunday, 11th June 2023, 14:00-17:00, Duration: 3 hr

Woodlands Court, La Route des Cotils, Grouville

Directions – https://goo.gl/maps/Ly5YexhJKF6HPnox9

Entrance £5 per person, children under 12 free

Activities – Tombola

Cream teas will be served all afternoon £5 each

We regret no dogs

A new entrant last year, the garden created by Jurat and Mrs Robert Christensen is a magical space set high above Grouville Bay with glorious views of Mont Orgueil Castle.  The immaculate sweeping lawns lead off into various rooms full of colour and joy. Children will particularly love this garden. The kitchen garden with its ancient wall and traditional sunken greenhouse is worth a visit alone.

Directions and Parking

Car Park entrance is in La Rue du Parcq, a continuation of La Rue Malo.

Disabled Parking is on La Route Des Cotils.

All access will be from Grouville Church either into La Rue Malo or into La Route Des Cotils. The road will be closed from the Fauvic end.

La Route Des Cotils will be closed from 1.30pm to 5.30pm with access from the Grouville Church end only for residents and Disabled Parking for the Open Garden.

  • Directions from St Helier: Follow signs to The East and Grouville. At the Georgetown Junction fork left towards Grouville. Continue along Bagot Road, past Longueville Manor, Rue de Pres Trading estate, up the hill, down the other side, past Grouville Parish Hall to Grouville Parish Church. At the Church turn right into La Route des Cotils, follow the road round the bends and take the first left at the fork into La Rue Malo. The car park is further along on the right-hand side.
  • Directions from Gorey: Follow signs to St Helier along Gorey Coast Road and La Rue A Don until the right-angle bend at Grouville Parish Church. Turn left, in reality this is straight on, into La Route Des Cotils. Follow round the bends and take the first left fork into La Rue Malo. The car park is on the right.

Accessibility

There will be a Disabled Drop Off point at Woodlands Lodge on La Route Des Cotils. Drivers will park further along the road.

The garden has a paved path leading into it and many of the areas are accessed from the lawns. There are steps into the Vegetable Garden and the Swimming Pool area and 2 steps to the toilet.

Teas will be served on the terrace which is accessed by 4 shallow steps from the Central Lawn. Wheelchair access is possible for the main garden and also for one tea table at garden level. The tea team will be happy to serve people using this table if they cannot manage the steps to the Terrace.

JAYF Open Gardens are a fantastic family outing and a joy for garden lovers everywhere. Thank you to everyone who visited or supported our Open Gardens in 2022, we had a very successful season and it wouldn’t have been possible without all our wonderful volunteers and visitors. Guests tried their luck at tombolas and treated themselves to delicious cream tea, served with genuine Jersey clotted cream, milk and butter kindly donated by Fungi Delecti and Jersey Dairy. Thanks also to Neil and Alli Singleton of Birding Tours who ensured guests got the most out of their visit with their wonderful guided Walk and Talks. JAYF are enormously grateful to Aztec Group for its continued support of the Open Garden scheme.

Would you like to open your garden to the public? Please contact [email protected].