GARDENS in West Devon are among those featured in the annual booklet published by the National Garden Scheme covering the many privately-owned gardens which open to visitors for charity.
The National Garden Scheme celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. In 1927, among the pioneering gardens which opened throughout the country, eight were from Devon.
This year four of those original gardens are still opening and many others have come and gone in the intervening years
Gardens opening for the first time this year are Drury Head Cottage at Two Bridges, which will open for two Sundays in June, and gardens in South Tawton and Sticklepath which will also open twice this summer.
Other gardens open during spring and summer include the Cider House at Buckland Abbey, the Garden House in Buckland Monachorum, Rowden Gardens at Brentor, Dippers at Shaugh Prior and Castle Drogo at Drewsteignton.
Among the charities who benefit from the scheme are Macmillan Cancer Research, Marie Cure Cancer Care, Help the Hospices and The National Trust.