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Plan your early 2026 garden visits

The National Garden Scheme has been funding nursing and health charities since 1927, and at the end of the 2025 season we announced donations of £3,875,596 to our beneficiary charities. Read more here

Record donations show the power of gardens and garden visits for good causes

2025 was another landmark year for the National Garden Scheme with a record £3,875,596 donated from funds gathered at garden openings throughout the year. The donations helped thousands of people living with cancer, Parkinson’s, poor mental health, or the pressures of unpaid caring, by supporting the nurses, health professionals and case workers who care for them.

 

Pre-order your Garden Visitor's Handbook for 2026

You can now pre-order our Garden Visitor’s Handbook 2026. It will arrive hot off the press at the start of the garden visiting season next year offering you thousands of gardens to explore including new horticultural gems and old favourites to revisit. Every purchase you make supports the National Garden Scheme and the vital nursing and health beneficiaries we support.

All things Christmas!

Celebrate the festive season in style with our wonderful winter tips and hints. Make fun and easy bird food treats, get creative with wreaths and centrepieces, enjoy festive recipes or shop for Christmas gifts. You’ll find it all here…

Open your garden

The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,300 exceptional private gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities through admissions, teas and cake. We can’t do this without the wonderful support of our garden owners. Find out more about opening your garden and being part of the wonderful National Garden Scheme family.

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Our donations in 2025

Donor 1
Donor 2 £475,000
Donor 3 £450,000
Donor 4 £450,000
Donor 5 £450,000
Donor 6 £450,000
Donor 7 £450,000
Donor 8
Donor 9 £125,000
Donor 10 £110,000
Donor 11 £80,000
Donor 12 £35,000
Donor 13 £320,000
Donor 14 £288,876