View the National Garden Scheme's show garden at the Royal Welsh Show

Visitors to the Royal Welsh Show are being encouraged to call and see the National Garden Scheme stand.

Go along and chat with volunteers, some are garden openers too, on the stand in the Horticultural Village situated between the Machinery Entrance and Entrance A.

Anyone who has a garden they wish to open or anyone who can volunteer to help raise money for our nursing and health beneficiaries, can discuss the matter and register their interest.

Outside find the show garden created by volunteer Jude Boutle of Mow, Grow, Tidy of Llanbister with plants kindly loaned by The Dingle Nursery near Welshpool. The theme will be Surviving Drought. Here’s a short film to remind you of last year’s garden https://youtu.be/9J3Gpkh4HPo.

Opening on Saturday, July 18 and Sunday July 19, from 1.30pm until 4.30pm, will be Tranquility Haven, 7 Lords Land, Whitton, Knighton LD7 1NJ.

The owner has added these dates for visitors to view this Japanese inspired garden. It includes winding paths passing small pools and they lead to Japanese bridges over natural stream with dippers and kingfishers. This is a pop up opening i.e. dates are not in the handbook, nor leaflets and are in addition to being open by arrangement.

Open on Saturday, July 18, from 10.30am until 3pm, is Cultivate Community Garden, Llanidloes Road Newtown SY16 4HX. It includes two acres, extensive range of vegetables, herbs and fruit and a wildlife area.

Willowbrook Knighton Road Presteigne LD8 2ET will be open on Sunday, July 19 from 11am until 5pm. Divided into rooms it includes varied planting, mixed borders, vegetables, fruit, topiary, ponds and rill.

Yscirfechan, Merthyr Cynog, Brecon LD3 9SB will also be open on Sunday, July 19 from 12pm until 5pm. It is a cut flower farm, one acre, sloped, uneven paths and changes in levels.

Also open Sundays, August 9 and August 30.

Open from Thursday, July 23 to Sunday, July 26 is Welsh Lavender, Maesmynis, Builth Wells.

Situated at 1100 ft high in the hills of Mid Wales, there are spectacular views in all directions. Jeni Macfarlane’s stylish wild planting of the steep bank above the ever-popular wild swimming pond is a feast for the eyes. Learn about the distillation process and visit the wildflower area, orchards and vegetable gardens. Pre booking essential visit findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/25832/welsh-lavender

For more gardens and details visit a refreshed findagarden.ngs.org.uk