Gardens opening to boost charities in South Shropshire
A number of gardens are set to open their gates to visitors to raise funds for cancer and caring charities.
The gardens are part of the National Gardens Scheme, which has raised more than £45million for charities such as: Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie and Parkinson's UK.
One garden set to open is a two-acre garden nestling in South Shropshire.
Edge Villa ,near Yockleton, features a self-sufficient vegetable plot and chickens in the orchard.
The garden also features large herbaceous borders and a dewpond surrounded by purple elder, irises, candelabra primulas and dieramas. There is a large selection of fragrant roses to admire.
Teas are available in a sheltered courtyard, and there is a wendy house and teepee for children to enjoy.
Also opening is the five-acre Goldstone Hall Gardens in Market Drayton.
The garden features raised beds and a herbal walkway of an acre. The herbs attract large numbers of butterflies and bees.
The garden includes an award-winning oak pavilion which is perfect for afternoon teas.
There is also an unusual combination of roses with box hedging, and the restaurant is Good Food Guide listed.
Just outside Shropshire a four-acre garden is opening to visitors in Powys.
Maesfron Hall and Gardens features a Georgian house, which is partly open, built in Italian villa style with south-facing gardens on lower slopes of Moel-y-Golfa with panoramic views of The Long Mountain.
There are also terraces, a walled kitchen garden, tropical garden, restored Victorian conservatories, tower and shell grotto.
