National Garden Scheme

National Garden Scheme
Visit gardens
No matter where you live or where you travel, you can always find an NGS open garden near you to enjoy in your area as well as special events in aid of the National Garden Scheme. Here in Cornwall and Devon there are many gardens to be explored during the course of the year providing the opportunity to view gardens in all the seasons.

Call into Launceston Tourist Information to pick up a leaflet for both the Cornwall and Devon National Garden Scheme. Alternatively go the website www.ngs.org.uk for full details on when and where gardens are open near you.

Every year NGS gardens across England and Wales welcome about 750,000 visitors. Most gardens which open for the NGS are privately owned and open just a few times each year. Some gardens open as part of a group with the whole community involved. The gardens give all the money raised directly to us (including from the sale of teas and plants); the only exceptions being in some cases they ask that a small proportion goes to a nominated local charity.

Our tradition of opening gardens of quality, character and interest is supported by our Patron, HRH The Prince of Wales.

Did you know that we currently give away more than £2.5 million each year to nursing, caring and gardening charities and we have given them a total more than £25 million in the last 15 years. Our office and overheads are small and most of the work is done by volunteers in our county teams and so currently more than 80p in every £1 raised at garden openings goes directly to our beneficiaries.