Scotland's Gardens Scheme

Scotland's Gardens Scheme Scotland's Gardens Scheme was founded in 1931 to raise money for the Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland.
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We now also support Maggie’s & Perennial - gardens can support a charity of their choice. We famously open beautiful private gardens often with teas. From urban allotments to country castles and from big, mature gardens to small cottage gardens, we have wonderful gardens open for charity, all around Scotland. We support garden owners to open their gardens, raising valuable funds for charity throu

gh ticket price, teas and plant sales. Supported by a small staff team, we are nearly 98% volunteer-led with over 175 core volunteers, as well as our many generous garden openers, nearing 500 gardens each year. The money raised through our openings support about 250 different charities every year. We combine the twin values of gardening and volunteering, bringing wellbeing benefits both through connection with the natural environment, and by bringing people together working towards a shared cause and being part of a wonderful community of like-minded volunteers. Our Beneficiaries:
60% of the funds raised at each garden opening are given to the charity chosen by the garden owner. Over 200 large and small charities benefit annually in this manner. 40% net of the funds raised are distributed to the charities supported by Scotland's Gardens which are:
The Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland which provides support for the professional development of community and primary nurses and the welfare of retired Queen's Nurses. Perennial, The Gardeners Royal Benevolent Society which is the only charity dedicated to helping Scottish horticulturists in need. Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres which help anyone affected by cancer through programmes of support designed to give people the tools they need to cope with the major upheaval cancer causes in their lives.

🌻🆕💛NEW OPEN GARDEN FOR 2026 📒🆕🌼🪴💚Braecock Cottage, Caputh, Dunkeld 🌿🪷🌿This secluded, half-acre country garden grew from ...
04/08/2026

🌻🆕💛NEW OPEN GARDEN FOR 2026 📒🆕🌼

🪴💚Braecock Cottage, Caputh, Dunkeld 🌿🪷

🌿This secluded, half-acre country garden grew from a passion for plants combined with the pursuit of a beautiful and sustaining environment.
🌿Over the past six years, several distinctive spaces have blossomed through a no-dig organic approach including: a cottage garden, naturalistic planting of grasses and perennials, wildlife pond and productive vegetable garden (with a living fence of espaliered apple and pear trees).

📒 Sunday 9 August, 2pm - 5pm
🎟️Admission £5.00, children free.
💛Nominated charity: S.H.I.P.: Support, Help & Integration in Perthshire 60%.
🍰🫖Homemade teas

Set above the shores of Loch Tummel, Allean House combines natural woodland character with informal planting and magnifi...
03/08/2026

Set above the shores of Loch Tummel, Allean House combines natural woodland character with informal planting and magnificent views.

🆕 New to open for SGS in 2026 on Sunday 9 August, 12pm - 5pm
🎟️Admission £5.00, children free.
💛Nominated charity: Children's Hospices Across Scotland 60%.
🍰🫖Homemade teas
🐕‍🦺Dogs on leads welcome
♿️Partial access can be enjoyed with the help of our gator buggy for anyone unsteady on their feet.
🥾 Please wear sturdy footwear.

🌿 Winding paths lead through wild woodland with a quirky treehouse, fernery and tranquil ponds with a wee folly.
🌿Nearer the house, a herbaceous border provides seasonal colour, while potager-style terraces mix vegetables and flowers for produce and interesting structure.
🌿A large greenhouse shelters tender plants and provides propagation areas to supply all the terraces.
🌿A croquet lawn offers a peaceful open space in this varied and welcoming lochside garden.

A wonderful day had by all at Drummond Castle Gardens this weekend 💛
03/08/2026

A wonderful day had by all at Drummond Castle Gardens this weekend 💛

🌻Open for a third and final time this summer is BARLOCKHART LODGE, Glenluce on Thursday 6 August, 11am - 3pm.🌿A newly-cr...
02/08/2026

🌻Open for a third and final time this summer is BARLOCKHART LODGE, Glenluce on Thursday 6 August, 11am - 3pm.

🌿A newly-created garden, on a domestic scale, which is very much a work in progress.
🌿The main part is a reclaimed riding manege, which has been transformed with meandering paths around borders planted with perennials and grasses to reflect the local undulating landscape.
🌿A rockery border and greenhouse are to one side of the house and traditional cottage-style borders are to the front and other side.
🌿A small vegetable plot with raised beds and a polycarbonate greenhouse is to the rear

🎟️Admission £5.00, children free.
💛Nominated charity: Port William Inshore Rescue Service 60%.
🍰🫖Homemade teas
🪴Plants for sale
🅿️Plenty of off-road parking, please don’t park on the lane.
✴️Also open by arrangement until 31 August

🗣️This week STOBSHIEL HOUSE, Humbie continues with its Wednesday open garden days.📒Open Wednesday 5th August 9am - 3.30p...
01/08/2026

🗣️This week STOBSHIEL HOUSE, Humbie continues with its Wednesday open garden days.

📒Open Wednesday 5th August 9am - 3.30pm
🎟️Admission £6.00, children free.
💛Nominated charity: REMAP Scotland 60%.
🐕‍🦺Dogs on leads welcome
🫖🍰 Tea, coffee, lunch and home baking available at Humbie Hub

🌿 The garden at Stobshiel House is effectively split into four main parts viz., the walled garden, the shrubbery, the pond and lawns and the woodland areas.
🌿Each area is laid out and planted to provide the visitor with all year round interest with a vast array of perennials, roses, clematis and annuals throughout summer.
🌿The extensive collection of shrubs and mature trees offer a fantastic backdrop during all seasons.

📷©️Delia Ridley-Thomas

✴️Looking forward to next Wednesday when LARCH HOUSE opens for the first of its Wednesdays in August open gardens.📒Open ...
31/07/2026

✴️Looking forward to next Wednesday when LARCH HOUSE opens for the first of its Wednesdays in August open gardens.

📒Open Wednesdays 5, 12, 19, 26 August, 11am - 4pm

🌿Larch House garden and woodland extend over four acres.
🌿It includes a terraced area of vegetables and cut flowers edged by fruit trees, several mixed borders surrounding a lawn, a large wildlife pond with a bog garden and a smaller ornamental pond.
🌿The mixed woodland was planted in 2016, and meandering paths, sometimes steep, lead to extensive views of the Cheviots and surrounding areas.

🎟️Admission £5.00, children free.
🫖Teas
🪴Plants for sale
🐕‍🦺Dogs on lead welcome
💛Nominated charity: All proceeds to SGS Beneficiaries Maggie's Centres, Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland & Perennial - Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society

✴️If Wednesday doesn’t suit, the owners will also welcome you By Arrangement throughout August.

Open for SGS on Sunday 2 August, 2pm - 5pm is the wonderful coastal garden at THE QUOY OF HOUTON, Orphir, Orkney.🌿This u...
31/07/2026

Open for SGS on Sunday 2 August, 2pm - 5pm is the wonderful coastal garden at THE QUOY OF HOUTON, Orphir, Orkney.

🌿This unusual, historic, walled panoramic garden with 60-foot rill leads the eye to the spectacular coastal views of Scapa Flow.
🌿Carefully planted to withstand winds in excess of 60 mph, with floral interest from March to September.
🏆 Winner of Gardeners' World Britain’s best challenging garden 2017 and listed in the top ten UK coastal gardens.
📖 Featured on Beechgrove and in the book Island Gardens.

🎟️Admission £5.00, children free.
💛Nominated charity: Orkney Rotary Club - District 1010 Charity Fund 60%.
🍽️Refreshments
🚫🐶No dogs please

🆕🪴🌼 NEW OPEN GARDENS FOR 2026 📒🌳🆕💛🪴🌻MAKERSTOUN VILLAGE GARDENS 🍰🫖💛📒Sunday 2 August, 2pm - 5pm🎟️ Admission £7.00, childre...
31/07/2026

🆕🪴🌼 NEW OPEN GARDENS FOR 2026 📒🌳🆕

💛🪴🌻MAKERSTOUN VILLAGE GARDENS 🍰🫖💛

📒Sunday 2 August, 2pm - 5pm
🎟️ Admission £7.00, children free
🗺️ Pick up a map from the Village Hall
🫖🍰Cream teas
🪴Plant and produce stall
🐕‍🦺Dogs on lead welcome

🌿Makerstoun is a lovely, spread out hamlet set in the rolling countryside of Roxburghshire.
🌿We are delighted to share this beautiful space with visitors this year.
🌿We have a range of well-established gardens of all sizes; with herbaceous borders, new and enthusiastic allotments, small cottage gardens, gardens with different areas of interest and design, a walled garden and larger open space gardens with borrowed landscape views.

We can’t promise red balloons 🎈 overhead, but we can guarantee some late season colour in the borders at THE WALLED GARD...
30/07/2026

We can’t promise red balloons 🎈 overhead, but we can guarantee some late season colour in the borders at THE WALLED GARDEN, SHIELDHILL when they open for SGS on Sunday 2 August, 2pm - 5pm.

🌿This 200-year-old walled garden was completely redesigned and planted in 2014/15 with contemporary features within a classic design.
🌿The garden incorporates a modern rill and banks of colour with perennial flowers in a variety of borders.
🌿 There are many secluded spots around the garden to sit and enjoy a cup of tea and a homemade cake.

🎟️ Admission £5.00, children free.
💛Nominated charity: Médecins Sans Frontières / MSF 60%.
🍰🫖Homemade teas
🐕‍🦺Dogs on leads welcome

Address

Head Office, 23 Castle Street
Edinburgh
EH23DN

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+441312263714

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