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Bishop’s Garden open for visitors

The Bishop’s garden at 27 Linton Road, Oxford, OX2 6UL will be open for charity under the National Garden Scheme on Sunday 30th June from 2 – 5 p.m. This is a joint opening together with the garden at 13 Belbroughton Road, and admission for the combined gardens is £3.50, children free. There will be refreshments for sale at the Bishop’s House, in aid of our link diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman. Both are lovely gardens and are well worth a visit. It will be the last time that the Bishop’s garden will be open to the public under the NGS, so do come!

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