Open Garden - Les Aix, St Peter
Save to CalendarSun, 22nd Jun, 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Entrance £6 per person, children under 12 free Activities - Tombola and nature walk with bird experts. Cream teas will be served all afternoon @ £5.50 each with soft drinks available Les Aix is a stunningly charming Jersey granite house dating back to the 12th century, surrounded by extensive grounds and home to painting artist Ariel Whatmore. The driveway lined with oaks and underplanted with bulbs and wildflowers provides a delightfully informal approach to this beautiful rural property in the heart of the Island. The garden surrounding the house has been sectioned into rooms evoking changes in mood. The grey garden in the courtyard, the white garden flanking the west of the house and the red and foliage border at the rear. The magnificent Maze of nearly a thousand box plants was grown from cuttings by the owner who is a true plantswoman. It symbolise an artist’s palette containing five small circular gardens of different colours to represent the paint and an old Jersey cider press where the artists thumb would be holding the palette. Carefully selected climbing roses adorn the house facade where clotted cream teas are served from tables set out on the front lawns by our committee and loyal volunteers.