Wednesday 3rd July, 6.00pm to 8.30pm
Group opening: Norwell Gardens, Norwell NG23 6JX
Six breathtaking village gardens showing the diversity that can be achieved under the umbrella of a cottage garden description. Parking, wheelchair access, plants for sale, refreshments.
Saturday 13th July, 10.00am to 4.00pm
Floral Media, Norwell Road, Caunton NG23 6AQ
A beautifully maintained country garden with beds overflowing with a variety of roses, shrubs and flowers, a gravel / oriental garden, cutting gardens, vegetable beds. Flower farm, supplying British-grown stems to florists / farm shops. Long sweeping borders surround the main lawn leading to wildflower meadows. Wheelchair access, dog friendly, plants for sale, parking, refreshments.
Sunday 14th July, 1.00pm to 5.00pm (pre-booking essential)
8 Church Lane, Letwell, Worksop S81 8DE
An award winning, professionally designed garden in 1/3 acre. The free-flowing lawn is surrounded by colourful naturalistic borders with trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennials. An informal path runs through a colourful gravel garden, planted with aromatics and grasses leading to the wildlife pond and sunken garden with oak pergola. Disabled parking on drive by prior arrangement. Plants for sale, refreshments.
Sunday 14th July, 12.00pm to 4.00pm (pre-booking essential)
East meets West, 85 Cowpes Close, Sutton in Ashfield NG17 2BU
Small but lovely garden which combines the tranquillity of Asia with the colour of a traditional English cottage garden. East: a number of sizeable acers, bamboos and Japanese lanterns. A stream flows past a cloud pruned shrub into a pond with goldfish and water lilies. West: A trompe l’oeil arch creates a magical garden illusion. A rainbow flower bed. Plants for sale.
Thursday 18th July, 10.30am to 3.00pm
Rhubarb Farm, Hardwick Street Langwith NG20 9DR
This two-acre horticultural enterprise provides training and volunteering opportunities to 60 members of the local community. Home to hens, pigs, donkeys, and a pony it also highlights a wealth of horticultural practices and grows flowers, fruit and vegetables and eggs for sale. Chance to meet and chat with the volunteers. Limited wheelchair access, plants for sale, parking, refreshments.
Saturday 20th July, 1.00pm to 4.30pm
Park Farm, Crink Lane, Southwell NG25 0TJ
Three-acre garden noted for its extensive variety of trees, shrubs and perennials, many rare or unusual. Long luxuriant herbaceous borders, rose arches, alpine / scree garden, large wildlife pond and area of woodland with acid loving plants. Spectacular views of the Minster across a wildflower meadow and ha-ha. Wheelchair access, dog friendly, plants for sale, refreshments.
Sunday 21st July, 1.00pm to 4.30pm
The Old Vicarage, Halam Hill, Halam NG22 8AX
Two-acre hillside garden planted with an artful eye for design, colour texture and a love of unusual plants and trees. New garden planting / design at bottom of garden which attracts diverse wildlife. Wheelchair access, dog friendly, plants for sale, parking, refreshments.
Do you have a lovely garden you would like to open for the Nottinghamshire National Garden Scheme and help raise monies for cancer and nursing charities? Contact andrew.young@ngs.org.uk.
For more details see www.ngs.org.uk.