Great Ouseburn Garden Festival

Great Ouseburn Garden Festival Taking place Sunday 31 May 2026, 11am–5pm, Great Ouseburn’s annual garden festival showcases 19 stunning gardens.

Visitors can find inspiration, chat with garden owners, enjoy live music and relax with homemade refreshments in the welcoming village café.

04/06/2026

What A Wonderful Day!
This year’s Great Ouseburn Garden Festival was a fantastic celebration of our village — beautiful gardens, a wonderful village buzz, and so many lovely comments from visitors about how welcoming and vibrant the day was.

A heartfelt thank you to all the gardeners, volunteers, helpers, makers and bakers, and to our supporters, sponsors and every visitor who made the festival such a joy.

We're delighted to share that together we raised £22,500!
Thank you all for being part of it.

🌸 The Great Ouseburn Garden Festival is here! 19 beautiful gardens are open today – they are all looking blooming brilli...
31/05/2026

🌸 The Great Ouseburn Garden Festival is here!
19 beautiful gardens are open today – they are all looking blooming brilliant.

Alongside the gardens, enjoy homemade bakes, live music, plant stalls, the festival pie, gnome trail, artisan makers, cafés and refreshments - all the things that make this day such a highlight.

Come along and have a fantastic festival — see you soon!
www.govh.co.uk/go-garden-festival

🌸19 Fabulous Gardens Open Tomorrow! The Great Ouseburn Garden Festival is almost here. Join us tomorrow for a full day o...
30/05/2026

🌸19 Fabulous Gardens Open Tomorrow!
The Great Ouseburn Garden Festival is almost here. Join us tomorrow for a full day of gardens, food, music, family fun and festival favourites.

We’re looking forward to seeing you! Find out more here: https://www.govh.co.uk/go-garden-festival

29/05/2026

Dear Great Ouseburn Village Resident

With the annual Garden Festival taking place on Sunday 31st, we’re expecting a good number of visitors. To help keep the village moving safely, we’ll be encouraging people to use the designated car parks at either end of Great Ouseburn.

To support this, No Parking cones will be placed along Main Street from around 5pm on Saturday evening. If you’re able to move your vehicle off Main Street on Saturday evening and throughout Sunday, it would be a huge help and very much appreciated.

Thank you for your support, and we do hope you’ll be able to join us on Sunday.
Great Ouseburn Garden Festival Committee

25/05/2026

🌸Festival Week Is Here!
Just a few days to go until the Great Ouseburn Garden Festival on Sunday 31 May.

The village is looking blooming brilliant. Gardens are bursting with colour, cakes are getting their final touches, choirs are warming up, and the whole village has that lovely festival buzz.

With 19 open gardens, live music, delicious food and drink, creative stalls and plenty happening around the village, it’s shaping up to be a wonderful day out for everyone.

We can’t wait to welcome you this Sunday.
Discover more here: www.govh.co.uk/go-garden-festival

🌸Thank You to Our Sponsors & Supporters A big thank you to the people, businesses and organisations helping to make the ...
23/05/2026

🌸Thank You to Our Sponsors & Supporters
A big thank you to the people, businesses and organisations helping to make the Great Ouseburn Garden Festival possible this year.

We’re especially grateful to Buchanan Mitchell Ltd Estate Agents & Chartered Surveyors, our headline sponsor, for their generous support.

A big thank you also goes to our fantastic local hospitality partners, The Lime Tree Inn and Kteas Coffee, and to Ouseburn Village Store & Post Office for supporting the event and being open on the day.

We’re delighted to be supported by brilliant shops, service providers and makers, including FINK of Boroughbridge, Field Day Sporting, Tatty & Tallulah, Spokey Dokey Bikes and Hardwick's garden centre.

A special thank you to Voakes Pies for providing this year’s Festival Pie.

And finally, our appreciation to our wider community and corporate supporters - Stonebridge Homes, Brierley Homes, Yorkshire Water and Queen Ethelberga’s.

Thank you all - your support will make a big difference to this year’s festival on Sunday 31 May, 11 am–5 pm.

🌸The Gnome Trail Returns!With the Great Ouseburn Garden Festival gnoming ever closer on Sunday 31 May, we’re delighted t...
16/05/2026

🌸The Gnome Trail Returns!
With the Great Ouseburn Garden Festival gnoming ever closer on Sunday 31 May, we’re delighted to welcome back one of last year’s big hits - the garden gnomes of Oak Tree Cottage (No.16)!

Featured last year and again recently on BBC News, this charming gnome trail is full of character, colour and a little bit of mischief, making it a perfect stop for families and anyone who loves a touch of garden magic.

Come and spot the gnomes, big and small, cheeky and cheerful. www.govh.co.uk/go-garden-festival

🌸Festival Highlights! There’s so much to enjoy at this year’s Great Ouseburn Garden Festival, with music, food, family f...
12/05/2026

🌸Festival Highlights! There’s so much to enjoy at this year’s Great Ouseburn Garden Festival, with music, food, family fun and village favourites happening throughout the day.

🎶 Choirs & Live Music: Enjoy performances across the village all day long

🧚‍♂️ The Gnome Trail: A much-loved favourite at Oak Tree Cottage - how many can you spot this year?

🍓 Pimm’s and live music in the Vicarage Garden: A festival classic!

🌱 The Great Ouseburn Plant Stall: Find it at the Vicarage Garden, packed with home-grown plants produced and donated by the green-fingered residents of Great Ouseburn.

🥧 Refreshments & Festival Pie: Enjoy lunches, snacks and treats at the Village Hall Café, Ouseburn Village Store and the School Café, where you can also pick up this year’s Festival Pie. The Jeff Gill Bar opens from 2 pm, and K’Teas Coffee will be on the village green.

🎨 Art Exhibition: Visit the Village Hall to see work from 17 chosen North Yorkshire artists - a brilliant mix of styles and media.

💧 Yorkshire Water Craft Station: Pop into the Primary School for Yorkshire Water’s water saving craft activity — fun and educational for younger visitors.

It’s shaping up to be a fantastic day — we can’t wait to welcome you.
Great Ouseburn Garden Festival
Great Ouseburn Village Hall
Great Ouseburn
Great Ouseburn Community Primary School
Ouseburn Village Store & Post Office
Buchanan Mitchell Ltd

🌸Bake it, Grow it, Make it, Donate it! As we get closer to the Great Ouseburn Garden Festival on Sunday 31 May, we’re pu...
09/05/2026

🌸Bake it, Grow it, Make it, Donate it!
As we get closer to the Great Ouseburn Garden Festival on Sunday 31 May, we’re putting out a friendly call for all our brilliant bakers, growers, makers and creators.

If you can bake it, grow it, make it or donate it, we’d love your support - cakes, bakes, plants, food produce - it all helps make the day feel special and raises vital funds for village projects.

If you’d like more information or want to let us know what you can offer, please email [email protected].

🌱 Growing for the Plant Stall?
A big thank you to everyone nurturing seedlings, cuttings and garden favourites for the much-loved Great Ouseburn Plant Stall at the Vicarage Garden - they’ll be very welcome on the day.

Every contribution, big or small, makes a real difference.

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Great Ouseburn
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