THERE'S a chance to take a closer look around a beautiful and historic Maldon garden on Sunday, 4 July.

The Friary Walled Garden in White Horse Lane, Maldon, will be open to the public between 10am and 4pm on the day, with free admission and plants for sale.

If you love gardening - or maybe have developed a passion for the hobby during lockdown - this is a date to pop in your diary right away.

This is a garden full of both beauty and history, hidden in the middle of Maldon town centre. Behind the Iceland supermarket and next to Maldon Library, the secret garden is bound on three sides by high red brick and stone walls and features gravel paths with box hedging and borders containing a variety of interesting and unusual plants.

It includes different distinctive styles, with a Georgian layout and Edwardian era raised vegetable beds, fruit trees, old roses and memorial gardens.

The garden could date back further still, as seven centuries ago there was a monastic community next to the site and the garden could have been used for medicinal and other herbs.

It has been lovingly cared for by The Maldon & Heybridge Horiticultural Society since it took over the then very neglected garden in 1987.

For more information you can visit the Friary Walled Garden website at the link here.

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