Welcome to Vernon Square Preservation Society
Do not forget the - Mid Summers Garden Party tonight 20th June 2009 with live music from Ryde School Swing band and The Jim Brooks Jazz Trio. The ticket price will include nibbles and a glass of wine or a non alcholic drink.
Tickets Cost £2.50 Non-Members £2.00 Members
Time: 5pm to 7.30pm
There will also be a raffle with prizes kindly donated by Attraction, Wightsight, The Kandy Box and Crocus all local Ryde businesses.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Ryde's Vernon Square Garden just off Melville Street is a green oasis of Calm , in this beautiful Regency seaside town. The garden is bordered by a beautiful mix of Regency and Victorian houses dating from 1828, nine of which are listed. The square of land that the garden now sits was originally intended to have a lodge built on it, luckily for present day residents of Ryde this never happened.
The garden is a short walk from the junction of George Street and Melville Street, and is open to residents and holiday makers alike. The garden is available for hire for garden parties, photography assignments and art shows. The garden is now owned by the preservation society who maintain the garden with the help of donations and membership subscriptions.
Ryde has a surprise snow fall on th 6th April 2008 - this is such a rare event on the island that we took the opportunity to take some photographs of the garden whilst it was snowing. If you look in the gallery you will find a new album of the garden covered in a 2cm layer of snow.