A Midsummer Day in Keevil, with Open Gardens

What a fantastic day! SEE THE BIG THANK YOU here…

Saturday 21st June 2025 11am-4pm

There will be 10 gardens open altogether. Visitors will have a map and list of all of the gardens open to view. We are most grateful to the owners of these gardens. There will be some side stalls in some of the gardens including a plant sale, face painting for children, handmade art cards and second-hand tools. An adult trail and children’s trail is also planned.

In the church there will be Bell Ringing demonstrations plus Tower Talks and a chance to try ringing a bell for yourself with the help of an experienced ringer; floral displays, tea, coffee and cakes, luxury hamper raffle, display of children’s miniature gardens competition entries* (see below) and history tours.

At the village hall there will be a wider selection of refreshments – sandwiches, full afternoon teas, cream teas, savoury scones, teas and soft drinks as well as a bottle tombola.

Open garden tickets will be on sale in both St Leonard’s Church and in the village hall. Cash or card payments acceptable. Adults £7.50 each with children under the age of 16 being free of charge.

This event will be raising vital funds for St Leonard’s Church.

*The miniature gardens competition is free to enter. There will be four separate age groups as follows:- Pre-school age; age 5-8; age 9-11 (up to year 6) ; and age 12-16. Entries should be on round or square trays or shallow containers no larger than 39 cm diameter. Entries to be brought to the church porch by 12.30 pm. and registered. Judging will take place during the day and prizes awarded in all four age groups.

Where To Park: by kind permission of Alex and Juliette Goodwin, FREE car parking will be available in The Glebe field next to the church – NO DOGS PLEASE!

We are most grateful to everyone who has already offered to help on the day. If anyone would like to bake a cake or small cakes for this exciting event, please speak to one of the people mentioned below. Offers of help on the day, selling the garden tickets, raffle tickets, serving refreshments or car park duties are also welcomed. Do get in touch if you are keen to take part in any way.

2024 Annual Church & Village Fete

Opened at 2pm by our Rector Jake Eggertsen, and with Ice Creams, Cake Stall, Teas & Cakes, Bottle Stall, Plants, Claire’s Circus, Raffles, and loads more… and we just about escaped any rain!

2023 Church & Village Fete

In the grounds of Keevil Manor thanks to the kindness of Christopher and Flavia Vernon, with Ice Creams, Cake Stall, Teas & Cakes, Bottle Stall, Plants, Claire’s Circus, Children’s Games, Tug-of-War, Raffles, Book Stall, and loads more… come and enjoy the fun!

Church & Village Fete 2022

Opened by our new Rector Jake Eggertsen, in the grounds of Keevil Manor by courtesy of Flavia and Christopher Vernon, the weather was much kinder this year! Yours truly was off duty due to a wrist injury, so we’re deeply grateful to Pat Tucker for capturing the event in true Keevil spirit 🙂

Church Fete and Family Fun Day 2021

Once again in the grounds of Keevil Manor thanks to the kindness of Christopher and Flavia, and despite the oh-so-typical English wet weekend, the Fete was a resounding success raising a fantastic £2360.06! See here for Norman’s thank you 🙂

Gallery of selected images by Sarah, click to view full size/in a slide show

Village Fete 2019 in the grounds of Keevil Manor

The fete was back in the grounds the Manor this year, courtesy of Flavia and Christopher Vernon; and with everything you’d expect of this timeless tradition of village life.

Gallery images by Sarah Dow, click to view full size

Gallery of the Fete & Fun Day  2018, held on the recreation ground

Images by Sarah Dow, click on any image to view full size

Church Fete and Family Fun Day
Church Fete and Family Fun Day
Church Fete and Family Fun Day
Church Fete and Family Fun Day
Family Fun Day 2018
Family Fun Day 2018

In 2018 the Keevil Church Fete & Family Fun Day took place on the village Recreation Ground.

Bouncy Castle, Hot Dogs, Ice Creams, Cake Stall, Hamper Raffle, Bargain Basement Stall, Children’s Games, Morris Dancers, Beer Tent, Music, Raffles, Face Painting, Teas & Cakes, Bottle Stall, Plants, Second Hand Book Stall, and loads more… *

Please note, no dogs (except Assistance Dogs) are allowed on the Recreation Ground

CRAFT AND PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

Open to all young people in Keevil and the surrounding villages.

PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
GROUP A: My favourite Dinner.
GROUP B: A special corner of my garden, or near my house.

CRAFT COMPETITION
GROUP A: Create a garden using dried food, e.g. pasta, seeds, etc. to be displayed on a paper plate, or in a shoe box.
GROUP B: Paint a mask that you would wear to a party.

Each group has three age ranges:

  • 5-8 years old
  • 9-12 years old
  • 13-16 years old

ENTRY DETAILS

  • Photographs can be printed up to 10” x 8”.
  • All entries in all groups must be clearly marked with name, age and a contact number.
  • You can have up to 4 entries per person in total.
  • Entries will be judged by Keevil residents who specialise in photography or art.
  • All entries will be displayed in the Village Hall on July 7th 2.30 – 4.30pm
  • The winners will be announced and receive their prizes on the recreation ground.

A Keevil Fun Committee Event – Raising funds for St Leonard’s Church General Fund (75%) and Keevil Village Hall floor (25%)