NGS

Garden Open Days at Bickham House

Event Date: 
07/09/2014 - 2:00pm to 10/09/2014 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Bickham House, Kenn

The beautiful Bickham House gardens are open for the National Gardens Scheme from April until October.

Bickham Gardens recently featured in The Independent newspaper and its beautiful landscaped lawns and flower beds are well worth a visit.

Conservatory, small parterre, pond garden, walled kitchen garden, lake. Included in the admission price, the small garden at Bickham Cottage will also be open to the public.

No dogs except assistance dogs. Plants available for sale. Wheelchair access to at least the main features of the garden. Teas available at additional charge...

Open Garden for Charity

Event Date: 
18/08/2013 - 1:30pm
Venue: 
Little Ash Farm Bungalow, Fenny Bridges, Honiton EX14 3BL

The garden at Little Ash Bungalow at Fenny Bridges opens to the public on Sunday 18 August.

Gardener Helen Brown has developed a haven for wildlife which is just bursting with late summer colour and buzzing with insects. The garden has been developed over the past 13 years and has mixed tree, shrub and herbaceous borders filled with unusual plants; a pond and natural stream, with shady woodland area. The garden is designed to blend into the countryside beyond and enjoys lovely views towards East Hill and the River Otter.

The one and a half acre garden situated just off the...

Blooming marvellous at Knightshayes

Spring is finally doing its thing at Knightshayes, a National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton in Devon. It has come not a moment too soon, as Friday 10 May sees the property hosting its annual National Gardens Scheme open day.

The National Garden Scheme (NGS) was founded in 1927 to raise money for the nurses of the Queen's Nursing Institute by opening gardens of quality and interest to the public. Knightshayes was one of the first to join the scheme on its inception, well before the Trust took on the house and its hugely significant gardens in 1972 and each year it...

Knightshayes hosts its annual NGS open garden

Event Date: 
10/05/2013 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Knightshayes, Tiverton

Spring is finally doing it’s thing at Knightshayes, a National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton in Devon. It has come not a moment too soon, as Friday 10 May sees the property hosting its annual National Gardens Scheme open day.

The gardens team at Knightshayes are delivering a series of introductory tours of the Kitchen, Formal and Woodland Gardens throughout the day to help people understand their significance, and why the continued work on their conservation is so important. The tours will be running at 12 noon, 2pm and 3pm, and will be free to join.

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