Who are we?

We are a small group of people, living and gardening in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire. We met at Jayne's Open Studio event in May 2017, and while we enjoyed the sunshine in her garden our thoughts turned to open gardens events and why there wasn't one in our lovely village. So we decided to go for it! We are:

Jayne Childs - is a textile designer-maker, who has a studio in her large, rather unkempt garden. Jayne moved to Cotgrave in 2014 and enjoys the semi-rural location and community amenities in the village.


Charlotte and Dave Thomson-Morley - Charlotte is another creative, an illustrator who grew up in Cotgrave. Charlotte shares her sloping garden with her family and a number of squirrels!

Anna and Brian Franks- Anna is the driving force behind our team, who has enjoyed visiting other local open gardens events and both Anna and Brian are using their contacts locally help us to put Cotgrave on the Open Gardens map

Stefanie Bowman - another relatively new Cotgrave resident, Stefanie has taken on an established garden in the centre of Cotgrave and is putting her own stamp on it. As you can see from her previous garden, she has a great eye for design!



Sally Bates - our newest steering group member, Sally is supporting the event and opening her own garden too.

THANKS!
We've had financial support from local county and borough councillors and from the town council. Local estate agent Thomas James will support us with signage for the event.

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