The National Gardens Scheme

Long Close garden , one of the many gardens that open their doors to the public every year in aid of the National Garden Scheme, has been opening for 50 years for the Scheme.



Photography: Amelia Thorne
In 2003 'Gardening Which' readers voted it to be one of their favourite National Garden Scheme gardens in England, Scotland and Wales. In addition it appeared in the 'Daily Telegraph' magazine 'Gardens to Visit - Over 200 of the Best in Britain and Ireland'.

The National Garden Scheme has been organising the opening of fine gardens to the public to raise money for charity for over 75 years. The Scheme has grown from the creative entwining of two strands of our heritage - the national passion for gardening, and the deeply embedded desire to help those in need. The Scheme's continuing success in raising funds for its beneficiaries indicates how relevant those enthusiasms remain today.

Below are just some of the charities that benefit from The National Gardens Scheme:



Your visits to NGS gardens in 2005 enabled the Organisation to make the following donations to Charity: