Julia Rausing Trust has announced a £1.5 million grant to the National Garden Scheme’s Community Garden Grants programme. The funding will aid the development of community garden projects focussed on demonstrating the health benefits of gardens, and gardening, not only to health and wellbeing, but also to the environment and communities surrounding them.
Bring some festive cheer by entering our Christmas book raffle and be in with a chance of winning one of the best gardening books to be published in 2024. Generously donated by their authors, these books are set to inspire and delight you through the winter months, with a range of titles to satisfy both beginner and more experienced gardeners. Tickets are just £5 and all funds raised are in aid of the National Garden Scheme.
The first garden visits for 2025 have been announced. These early openers break the winter sleep with blankets of snowdrops and early spring bulbs. More details will be added in mid-December but, for those who love to plan ahead, here’s a tiny taster of things to come…
2024 has been a special year for the National Garden Scheme with its show garden at the world-renowned RHS Chelsea Flower Show dominating the calendar in May. Discover the impact the garden has had on our work.
In 2024 we celebrate 40 consecutive years of funding for Macmillan Cancer Support. In that time we have donated over £19 million.
These pages celebrate the story of what we have funded and the garden owners inspired to open their gardens …
Exclusive collection of homeware and textiles designed by Emma Bridgewater in celebration of the National Garden Scheme at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024. Its beautiful honeysuckle design is inspired by the National Garden Scheme Garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith with its beautiful woodland planting. All funds raised are in aid of the National Garden Scheme.
By opening your garden, you’re not only giving people a great day out – you’re also raising money to help those in need. In 2023, garden openings meant we could give over £3.4 million to our beneficiary charities. What’s more, you’ll join a community of thousands of other like minded garden owners, all passionate about great gardens and raising money for great causes.
Over 550 volunteers support the opening of National Garden Scheme gardens each year. From serving teas to promoting the gardens and manning the gate, there are lots of ways to get involved. And, as Naman Chaudhary explains, it couldn’t be more fun.
Each year our Little Yellow Book of Gardens and Health marks Gardens and Health Week and this year we’re celebrating the joy that gardens bring to so many!
From gardens built in healthcare settings and top tips from our garden owners to ponds designed for wildlife and community spaces there’s so much to enjoy.
We are delighted to announce that His Majesty the King will continue as Patron of the National Garden Scheme.
His Majesty was Patron of the National Garden Scheme as The Prince of Wales from 2002 and we are extremely grateful that he will continue in the role as King Charles III.
This record donation represents a superlative achievement by the garden owners and county team volunteers who together worked tirelessly to host open days at 3,389 gardens across the year.
Commenting, National Garden Scheme Chairman Rupert Tyler said: “The contribution of the charities that we support has been increasingly vital. Their reach and impact, in cancer and end of life care, in community health and nursing and in particular areas such as people living with Parkinson’s, is immense and we are proud to be a major long-term supporter of them all.”
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