National Garden Scheme Cambs

We are thrilled to announce that the National Garden Scheme is one of the charities being sponsored by Project Giving Back in 2024 with a fully funded show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show next May. Head to our website to find out more👇

Our Chelsea Garden - National Garden Scheme We're one of the lucky charities being supported by Project Giving Back with a fabulous show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2024.

Introducing the 2024 Gardens for Good Causes!

Project Giving Back will support 15 gardens for good causes at RHS - Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show 2024, including seven show gardens and two sanctuary gardens announced by the RHS today. All gardens supported by PGB will live on after the show in permanent locations around the UK as a lasting legacy for their individual good causes - as teaching gardens, community spaces and other beneficial green spaces.

The show and sanctuary (indicated with *) gardens supported by Project Giving Back in 2024 are:
-Freedom from Torture Garden: Growing With Hope*, designed by John Warland & Emma O’Connell
-Muscular Dystrophy UK Forest Bathing Garden, designed by Ula Maria
-National Autistic Society Garden, designed by Sophie Parmenter & Dido Milne
-National Garden Scheme Garden, designed by Tom Stuart-Smith
-St James's Church, Piccadilly ‘Imagine the world to be different’ Garden, designed by Robert Myers
-Stroke Association Garden for Recovery, designed by Miria Harris
-Terrence Higgins Trust Garden, designed by Matthew Childs
-WaterAid UK Garden, designed by Tom Massey & Je Ahn
-World Child Cancer's Nurturing Garden*, designed by Giulio Giorgi

A further six All About Plants gardens will be supported by Project Giving Back in 2024 that will again be staged in the Great Pavilion and largely created by first time Chelsea designers. These will be announced by RHS - Royal Horticultural Society in January 2024.

Please help us spread the word and congratulate the teams!



https://www.givingback.org.uk/2024-gardens-for-good-causes

Don't forget, there are some lovely gardens still open by arrangement. That means that you can contact the garden owner and arrange a day and time that suits you and your group, family or friends.⁠

Find out more👇️
⁠https://ngs.org.uk/enjoy-a-special-visit-to-a-garden-gem-with-our-by-arrangement-option/

📷️Eagleswood, Kent ©Leigh Clapp ⁠
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Don’t miss the beautiful Autumn colour and dahlias to be seen at 3 gardens open tomorrow Sat 30th Sept 1-5pm in Linton.

Adults £5, child free and plenty of tea and cake!

The NGS Elsie Wagg Innovation Scholarship 2024 is now open! We are seeking nurses in the community who have ideas that promote the health benefits of gardens and gardening.
Head to the QNI website to find out more👇️
https://qni.org.uk/explore-qni/nurse-led-projects/ngs-elsie-wagg-innovation-scholarship/

Linton Gardens opening on SATURDAY 30th Sept 1-5pm. Teas at the Old Guildhall and 14 High Street. £5 admission, ch free. 3 gardens - 20 Mill Lane - bursting with colour, inc lots of dahlias. The Old Guildhall -large garden with river running through, majestic trees, teas. 14 High street -white garden, wildlife and lots of space, and pop-up teas from Linton kitchen

More info, see link 👇

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/44046/linton-gardens

The tranquil and peaceful riverside garden at The Manor, Hemingford Grey is open on Sunday 10th September 11-5, admission £6, children free.

Garden designed by author Lucy Boston, surrounds C12 manor house on which Green Knowe books based (house open by appt). 3 acre 'cottage' garden with topiary, old roses, and herbaceous borders with mainly scented plants. Meadow with mown paths. Enclosed by river, moat and wilderness.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/12897/the-manor-hemingford-grey

Our wonderful Garden Owners enjoyed a perfect afternoon at Castor House this afternoon. We still have a few more gardens opening this year, including the beautiful Manor at Hemingford Grey on Sunday 10th 11-5

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/12897/the-manor-hemingford-grey

Today! Thursday 17th August 11-4

Elgood's Brewery Gardens
North Brink, Wisbech, PE13 1LW open Thursday 17th August 11-4 £5 adults, chd free

Approx 4 acres of peaceful garden featuring 250 yr old specimen trees providing a framework to lawns, lake, rockery, herb garden and maze.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/13790/elgoods-brewery-gardens

There's something very special about the National Garden Scheme's extended family of beneficiaries and volunteers. Not only have we been supporting Marie Curie UK for over 25 years but by opening their hospice gardens they support us too!

Read more:
https://ngs.org.uk/celebrating-our-marie-curie-hospice-garden-openings-in-2023/



📷Marie Curie Hospice Garden in Solihull

This weekend! Sat 12th and Sun 13th August 12-4pm. Beaver Lodge, Henson Road, March, PE15 8BA. Adults £3, child free.

An impeccable oriental garden with more than 120 large and small bonsai trees, acers, pagodas, oriental statues, water features and pond with koi carp, creating a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere.

Netherhall Manor
Tanners Lane, Soham, CB7 5AB
Open Sun 13th Aug 2-5pm

Elegant garden 'touched with antiquity'. Unusual garden appealing to those with historical interest in individual collections of plant groups: Aug-Victorian pelargonium, heliotrope, calceolaria, Red list for Plant Heritage.

Stapleford Village Gardens
Stapleford, Cambridge, CB22 5BH

So much interest in two contrasting gardens. Open Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd 1-6pm £5 for both gardens and children are free. Cash only.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/45395/stapleford-village-gardens

Robinson College
Grange Road, Cambridge

Open daily through July, tickets must be pre-booked in advance on the website.

10 original Edwardian gardens are linked to central wild woodland water garden focusing on Bin Brook with small lake at heart of site.

This gives a feeling of park and informal woodland, while at the same time keeping the sense of older more formal gardens beyond.

Central area has a wide lawn running down to the lake framed by many mature stately trees with much of the original planting intact.

More recent planting inc herbaceous borders and commemorative trees.

Tickets must be booked on line in advance. Entry inc guidebook, please collect from Porters' Lodge.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/10918/robinson-college

Last chance to visit the superb gardens at Abbots Ripton Hall for this year! Mon 3rd July 2-4pm. Adm £15

With over 1600 plant species, follies, Victorian rose arch, long cottage double borders and so much more- you won’t be disappointed!

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/4199/abbots-ripton-hall

Castor House garden is open Sat 1st and Sun 2nd July 2-5pm with home-made teas in aid of St Kyneburgha's Church.
Admission Adult: £7.50
Child: Free

Multiple themed garden rooms, spring fed ponds and stream gardens, 60 + different roses, peony and prunus walk, colour themed borders, potager, stumpery, Loggia and summerhouses, hydrangea walk, woodland plant beds, mature specimen trees and woodland walks to large wildlife pond with views to enjoy.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/25095/castor-house

23A Perry Road
Buckden, St Neots,PE19 5XG is open by pre- booked ticket every Friday Saturday and Sunday through July. Booking via the website, see link below

Approx 1 acre garden of many garden designs inc Japanese interlinked by gravel paths. Plantsmans garden, 155 acers and unusual shrubs. Quirky garden with interesting features some narrow paths not suitable for wheelchairs.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/25094/23-a-perry-road

The Community garden at Hilton was established in 2021, with the help of a grant from the National Garden Scheme

Find out more by visiting this Sun 2nd July 12-5 when it is open along with 6 other wonderful gardens in Hilton.

In 2022 the National Garden Scheme gave out grants to 76 projects bringing the total number of projects supported to-date to almost 200, with the total amount donated just shy of £400,000

Grant applications for 2023 are now closed but check back in the Autumn to see about applications for next year.

https://ngs.org.uk/who-we-are/community-garden-grants/

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/45021/hilton-gardens

King's College Fellows' Garden and Provost's Garden
Queen's Road, Cambridge is open Sun 2nd July 12-4pm and not 9th July as in booklet.

Fine example of a Victorian garden with rare specimen trees.

Rond Pont entrance leads to a small woodland walk, herbaceous and sub-tropical borders, rose pergola, kitchen/allotment garden and orchard.

The Provost’s garden opens with kind permission, offering a rare glimpse of an Arts and Crafts design. Chance to view the new wildflower meadow created on the former Great Lawn.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/4383/kings-college-fellows-garden-and-provosts-garden

Oak Tree Farm is opening as part of an exciting new group opening in Hilton this Sunday 2nd July 12-5.

Oak Tree Farm is a traditional English country garden with well established herbaceous beds with more than a hint of wonderland.

There are 6 gardens opening for the 1st time for The National Garden Scheme. The village of Hilton has a turf maze, first cut in 1660 and a parish church dating back to the C12. Both of these will be open to visit. The magnificent village green of 27 acres will be walked across, via the Platinum Jubilee “Queen’s Green Canopy” to reach the Community Garden which was established in February 2021.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/45021/hilton-gardens

Highsett Cambridge
Cambridge, CB2 1NZ a group of gardens open Sun 2 Jul 2-5pm Adults £6, chd free

Several delightful town gardens will be open to view in this well known housing complex within central Cambridge.

Set in large communal grounds with fine specimen trees, many 70+ years old, and lawns. A haven for children and wildlife.

Architect Eric Lyons planned the whole estate in the late 1950’s with a mixture of flats, small houses and large town houses, the very ethos of tranquil living space for all generations.

Several of the open gardens have been skilfully modernised by garden designers.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/30727/highsett-cambridge

🌼New gardens🌼
Hilton gardens, with 7 different gardens to visit, including a community garden are open Sun 2 July 12-5, combined adm £7. With Artisan ice cream from Monarch Farm available.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/45021/hilton-gardens

The wonderful garden at Castor House, Castor, Peterborough is open Sat 1st and Sun 2nd July 2-5pm. Adults £7.50, child free.

Main gardens redesigned 2009 within well established 12 acre garden.

Multiple themed garden rooms, spring fed ponds and stream gardens, 60 + different roses, peony and prunus walk, colour themed borders, potager, stumpery, Loggia and summerhouses, hydrangea walk, woodland plant beds, mature specimen trees and woodland walks to large wildlife pond with views to enjoy.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/25095/castor-house

Sawston Gardens is open this Sun 2nd July 1-5pm.

Five gardens in this large South Cambs. village.

11 Mill Lane is an attractive C16/C19 house with an impressive semi-circular front lawn edged with roses and mixed borders, and a secluded sun-dappled garden at the rear.

34 Cambridge Road features a long rear garden, with meticulously maintained lawns, colourful borders, mature trees and shrubs, small pond and fruit and vegetable plots.

The 2 acre Mary Challis Garden has a tranquil setting in the heart of the village, with extensive lawns, wildflower meadow, herbaceous borders, orchard, vegetable beds, vinehouse and beehives.

10 Wynemares presents colourful and creative plantings in a small developing garden.

New to this group of gardens, 11 Chamois Close was designed with wildlife in mind aiming to attract variety of birds, pollinators and pond life. It has two different planting schemes in the north and south facing borders. There are also a couple of different seating areas to enjoy all the visiting wildlife.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/15431/sawston-gardens

38 Norfolk Terrace Garden
Cambridge, CB1 2NG is open Sat 1st and Sun 2nd July 11-6 adults £3

A small, paved courtyard garden in Moroccan style. Masses of colour, backed by oriental arches. An ornamental pool done in patterned tiles.The garden won third prize in the 2018 Gardener’s World national competition. It is also inc in the book 'The Secret Gardens of East Anglia'.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/30645/38-norfolk-terrace-garden

🌼CHANGE OF DATE🌼

King’s College Fellows’ Garden and Provost’s Garden are opening for Sunday 2nd July 12-4 (NOT as in booklet on 9th), a wonderful opportunity to visit the wildflower meadow, and a fine example of a Victorian garden with rare trees and sun tropical borders.

The Provost’s garden is open with kind permission , offering a rare glimpse of an Arts and Crafts design.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/4383/kings-college-fellows-garden-and-provosts-garden

The beautiful garden at Abbots Ripton Hall is open Tuesday 27th June 2-4pm, tickets £15.

Pictured here the Victorian rose arch walk, but so much else to see in this large 8 1/2 acre garden that has been developed since 1937 with much work done recently by the current owners.

You can also see a 150yd ‘cottage’ double border, mixed borders, old shrub roses garden, tender Mediterranean grey border.

Bog garden, fine collection of trees, inc 60 different oaks. Many follies, each with its own character. Over 1600 plant species.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/4199/abbots-ripton-hall

The beautiful garden at Abbots Ripton Hall is open Tuesday 27th June 2-4pm, tickets £15.

Pictured here the Victorian rose arch walk, but so much else to see in this large 8 1/2 acre garden that has been developed since 1937 with much work done recently by the current owners.

You can also see a 150yd ‘cottage’ double border, mixed borders, old shrub roses garden, tender Mediterranean grey border. Bog garden, fine collection of trees, inc 60 different oaks. Many follies, each with its own character. Over 1600 plant species.

Gardens open this weekend in Cambridgeshire

Little Oak, Willingham Sat 24, Sun 25 1-5

Marmalade Lane Cohousing community garden 🌼Pre-booking essential 🌼Sat 24 10-5

🌼Cancelled🌼Preachers Passing is now NOT opening this Sat and Sun

Kirtling Tower Sun 25th June 11-4

Westley Waterless gardens Sun 25th 2-5

23a Perry Rd, Buckden every Fri, Sat, Sun 🌼Pre-booking essential 🌼

www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden

Westley Waterless Gardens, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0RL are open this Sun 25th June 2-5pm

Church Lane House is just under an acre in size, comprising a wildlife pond, herbaceous borders, cut flowers, dye plants, orchard wildflower meadow, Victorian style greenhouse and kitchen garden, plus chickens, guinea pigs and bees.

This is a family friendly garden with plenty of seating areas to take in the views.

Church View is a country garden which inc a small flower farm. There are many old fashioned scented roses, both shrub and climbing plus herbaceous borders, raised growing beds and 2 polytunnels.

The garden inc a wildlife pond and flowering plant-filled pots. The farm growing area changes season by season.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/44799/Westley%20Waterless%20Gardens

Some beautiful pictures taken this morning from Kirtling Tower.
Open this Sunday 25th June 11-4, adults £6, chd free.
With so much to see it is a perfect day out!

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/18661/kirtling-tower

Kirtling Tower is open Sun 25th June 11-4.

Surrounded by a moat, formal gardens and acres of parkland. Large Secret Garden and Cutting and Vegetable Garden.

Walled Garden with superb herbaceous borders with anthemis, hemerocallis, geraniums and delphiniums.

The Victorian Garden is filled with peonies. Views of surrounding countryside. A Classic car display will be in attendance.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/18661/kirtling-tower

Another chance to see Little Oak
in Willingham 24th and 25th June 1-5pm.

1 acre garden featuring a 50’ Laburnum Walk with perennial borders, ponds, cottage garden, fruit cage and kitchen garden.

There are also greenhouses, growing tunnels, an orchard, Mediterranean, rose garden, coppice and chickens.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/37210/little-oak

Marmalade Lane, Cohousing Community Garden

Pre-booking essential

Open 24th June 10-5pm. Adults £5, child free.

Community Garden owned, created and looked after by residents.

Primarily a wildflower meadow with allotment, small copse, patio, lawn and play space.

Chickens and a small hedgehog sanctuary were introduced in 2021, with three tiny ponds to attract frogs being a particular success.

A new lawn and play area were also created in lockdown.

For tickets visit the website, link below

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/43245/marmalade-lane-cohousing-community-garden

Abbots Ripton Hall garden, open Monday 19th June 2-4pm. A stunning 8 1/2 acre garden with over 1600 plant species.

150yd ‘cottage’ double border, mixed borders, old shrub roses garden, Victorian rose arch walk. Tender Mediterranean grey border. Bog garden, fine collection of trees, inc 60 different oaks. Many follies, each with its own character.

Entrance £15. Also open Tuesday 27th June and Monday 3rd July.

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/4199/abbots-ripton-hall