On Sunday 29 June, come along and enjoy visiting the varied gardens of Hornton. Teas, raffle and a plant stall. Proceeds to be shared equally between Katharine House Hospice and village causes. Cash only. You can visit ten very different gardens from small to extensive – with interesting features and planting. The Grade 1-listed parish church will be open to visitors and has an interesting Medieval “doom” painting. The Victorian Methodist chapel and the village pub, The Dun Cow, on West End will also be open.
Tickets: Combined entry to all the gardens £8, children free. Cash only. Tickets available on the village green opposite the post box.
Parking: Disabled parking at the Methodist Chapel, Millers Lane, OX15 6BS. General parking at Hornton Pavilion (village hall), Bell Street, OX15 6DB.
Accessibility: Parts of some gardens are wheelchair accessible. Please take great care in the gardens, especially if you are looking after children. Some gardens have uneven surfaces, steps, steep slopes and ponds/water features. Hornton stone is very slippery indeed when wet!
Dogs: .On leads, please. Thank you for clearing up after your dog.
Refreshments: Teas and home-made cakes will be available in the garden of The Cottage in Church Lane, OX15 6BY.
On Sunday 27th April, after months of training, Chris Marshall successfully completed the London Marathon. Despite the warm weather, he finished in a very respectable 4 hours and 23 minutes. He was running in memory of his grandmother Edna Seed who died in July last year. She was beautifully cared for in her last 3 weeks of life in Katharine House Hospice so Chris’s aim was to raise £2000 for this worthwhile charity. To date he has raised just over £3000 so thank you to everyone who donated – it has been really appreciated by Jan and Chris .
If anyone would still like to donate, his just giving page will be open for the next few weeks.
Chris Marshall (Edna Seed’s grandson), is running the London Marathon this Sunday, 27th April, to raise much needed money for Katharine House Hospice, in memory of Edna. If you would like to make a donation, here is his Just Giving Page:
An earlier post advertised a Gala dinner for KHH on 22nd November. See below for more information, including how you can support the event by offering an Auction Lot or Raffle prize.
Dear Reader
May I take this opportunity to introduce myself and my reason for making contact.
My name is Marilena, and I am a volunteer for Katharine House Hospice where I offer my time to cover as a Ward Receptionist and help with fundraising.
Katharine House Hospice is your local hospice – providing specialist palliative care for adults with an incurable illness across north Oxfordshire and south Northamptonshire.
Hospice care at Katharine House is for anyone over the age of 18 years who has an advanced life-limiting illness. The care is delivered by a multi-professional team who have specialised in this field and take a holistic approach, considering physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. We support people from the point of diagnosis onwards – and will be there for patients for as long as they need, whether that is days, weeks, months or even years.
Katharine House Hospice also recognise the importance of those close to their patients. Family and friends are affected too, and they may have lots of concerns and questions that the Hospice will answer and offer support.
All the hospice’s services are FREE to the patient and their families. In order to help ensure that this care can keep on going for many years to come we need to continually support them with raising funds for the Hospice.
I am therefore delighted to confirm that I have a confirmed date of 22nd November 2025 for a fundraising Black Tie Gala Dinner and Dance being held at the Cotswold Hotel and Spa, Chipping Norton.
The evening will offer ‘Bubbly’ on arrival followed by a 3 course sit down dinner with music and dancing through the night. We will be holding an Auction and Raffle with one or two other fundraising items taking place during the evening, so an opportunity for everyone attending to be involved in helping raise funds for the Hospice.
Would you be interested in taking a table for the Evening ? We have tables of 8’s and 10’s available and the ticket price is £75.00 per person. If you are unable to pull a table together then individual tickets are available also. Tickets are going well so we have a limited number remaining, so if you do wish to join us, then please let me know as soon as possible so we can hold a table for you.
Another way of supporting the event could be by offering an Auction Lot or raffle prize. Would this be something you could help us with? Whatever you are able to offer would be gratefully received.
I thank you for taking the time to read my email and hope to hear back from you with some positive news and can be contacted on Whatsapp on 07891 178920 or by email mjkearns@hotmail.co.uk
Hornton is holding Open Gardens in aid of village causes and Katherine House Hospice on Sunday 4th June, from 2-6pm.
There will be 11 gardens open, plus the village allotments, with teas and home made cakes, a plant stall and a raffle.
Tickets: £6 for adults, no charge for children. Payment in cash on the day or pre-book online. For more details and to pre-book, visit the Katherine House website at:
Over £1800 was raised for Katharine House Hospice from the Horley Open Gardens event last Sunday. A huge thank you to the Horley gardeners who tended and opened their beautiful gardens, and to everyone who supported the event by coming along to visit them.
It’s Horley’s Open Gardens event next weekend, on Sunday 26th June from 2pm to 6pm. Visit 10 different gardens and enjoy a cup of tea and piece of cake on the way. There will be plants on sale and a raffle too. Details of the 10 gardens that will be open and how to buy tickets can be found here: Horley Open Gardens
Entry is £8.00 (under 15s go free). All money raised will be donated to the Katharine House Hospice. (Sorry no dogs).
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