THE wind and rain did not stop the British public coming out to see an award-winning garden.

A ‘bluebells and bazaar’ weekend was held at Green Island Gardens in Ardleigh.

As well as a chance to visit the award-winning gardens, visitors were able to walk around an open-air bazaar.

Fiona Edmond, owner of the gardens, said it started off wet but turned into a lovely weekend.

She said: “We were affected massively by the weather, we had stall holders selling produce and it was a battle to keep their gazebos down, some even blew away.

“But there was massive camaraderie and there was still over 100 people on the Saturday.”

She added: “We had 350 on the Sunday and still raised lots of money for the National Gardening Scheme.”

The total amount raised has not yet been finalised.

To find out more about the gardens visit greenislandgardens.co.uk.