Gardens open for NGS

Sorry you missed Brownhill House Garden opening yesterday but you get another chance on 28th June, but don`t forgetwe are open by arrangement until July - you know my email to book your visit on a sunny day.

Message from Elaine Jones, Shropshire NGS publicity.

NEEN VIEW, Neen Sollars, Cleobury Mortimer SY14 9AB is opening for a second time on Wednesday 25th May between 12 and 5 pm.  On Saturday 28th May there is an opportunity to see and admire the National Collection of Sarracenia as well as other carnivorous plants at BEAUFORT, Coppice Drive, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford TF2 7BP between 10 am and 5 pm.  £5 for adults.  Approx 2m N from Telford town centre.  From Asda Donnington, turn L at lights on Moss Rd.  In appox. 600 yards turn L into Coppice Drive.  4th bungalow on L - look for the solar panels. Apart from the Sarracenia (pitcher plants), there are also over 100 different Venus flytrap clones, sundews and butterworts - over 6000 plants in total.  Large greenhouses in Telford's first carbon negative house.  The massed ranks of the sarracenia are a sight to behold.  The greenhouses are not wheelchair accessible. Light refreshments available.  Please note that the wearing of face masks in the greenhouses is optional. STANLEY HALL GARDENS, Bridgnorth, WV16 4SP opens on Sunday 29th May from 2 - 5.30 pm.  £5 for adults.  Half a mile N of Bridgnorth.  Leave Bridgnorth by N gate B4373, turn R at Stanley Lane.  Pass Golf Course Club House on L and turn L at Lodge. Georgian landscaped drive with rhododendrons, fine trees in parkland setting, woodland walks and fish ponds. Restored ice house. Dower House (Mr and Mrs C Wells): 4 acres of specimen trees, contemporary sculpture, walled vegetable garden and potager; South Lodge (Mr Tim Warren) Hillside cottage garden.  Wheelchair access to main gardens Home-made teas sold in aid of Astley Abbots Church. THE MOUNT, Bull Lane, Bishop's Castle, SY9 5DA also opens on Sunday 29th May from 1 - 5.30 pm.  £5 for adults.  Off A488 Shrewsbury to Knighton Rd. at top of the town, 130 metres up Bull Lane on R. No parking at property, parking free in Bishops Castle. An acre of garden that has evolved over 24 years, with 4 lawns, a rose bed in the middle of the drive with pink and white English roses, and herbaceous and mixed shrub borders. There are roses planted throughout the garden and in the spring daffodils and tulips abound. Two large beech trees frame the garden with a view that sweeps down the valley over fields and then up to the Long Mynd.  Wheelchair access to most parts of the garden but not to the WC which is in the house up steps. Light Refreshments WALCOT HALL, Lydbury North, SY7 9JL is open on Sunday 29th and Monday 30th May from 1.30 - 5 pm.   £5 for adults.  4m SE of Bishop's Castle.  B4385 Craven Arms to Bishop's Castle, turn L by The Powis Arms in Lydbury North This large, popular, child-friendly garden has an arboretum planted by Lord Clive of India's son, Edward in1800 as well as cascades of rhododendrons and azaleas amongst specimen trees and pools. Fine views of Sir William Chambers' Clock Towers, with lake and hills beyond. Walled kitchen garden, dovecote, meat safe, ice house and mile-long lakes. Russian wooden church, grotto and fountain; tin chapel. Relaxed borders and rare shrubs. Lakeside replanted and water garden at western end re-established. Outstanding Ballroom where excellent teas are served.  The garden adjacent to the ballroom is accessible via a sloping bank, as is the walled garden and arboretum. Home made teas. More dates for your diary: In brief, On Friday 3rd June THE GARDENER'S LODGE, 2 Roseway, Wallington TF1 1JA will be opening between 10 am and 4.30 pm.  You can read more about this inspiring garden here.  On Saturday 4th June CRUCKFIELD HOUSE, Ford, Shrewsbury SY5 1NR will be open from 2 - 5 pm KINTON GROVE, Kinton, Nesscliffe, SY4 1AZ will be open from 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday 4th June and Sunday 5th June 2 SCHOOL COTTAGES, Hook-a-Gate, Shrewsbury SY5 8BQ will open on Sunday 5th June from 12 - 4.30 pm as will BROADWARD HALL, Clungunford, SY7 0QA from 2 - 6 pm   For more details of these gardens, please go to:   https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/   Many of our Shropshire gardens open by arrangement during the season.  For more information about these gardens, please click here   Children are admitted free to all Shropshire gardens The National Garden Scheme has been supporting Carers Trust since 1996, having donated over £5 million in that time to help the charity raise the profile of carers' issues and enable them to further their reach and support even more unpaid carers. In 2019-20, we reached 438,024 carers, including over 36,000 young carers. In 2021, despite the continuing challenges and restrictions caused by the pandemic, we donated £425,000 to Carers Trust