NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME REAFFIRMS ITS SUPPORT FOR NURSING AND HEALTH CHARITIES IN TIME OF CRISIS
In a new campaign led by Britain’s most famous gardener, Alan Titchmarsh, the National Garden Scheme is reaching out to people to help support the nursing and health charities for which it has raised money since its foundation. With all gardens closed and no income coming in, the National Garden Scheme is looking at alternative ways to raise funds so as to make up the shortfall in its donations which has inevitably resulted from the Coronavirus crisis.
Virtual tours of gardens will instead allow would be visitors a chance to escape without having to leave their home. Films will be hosted on the National Garden Scheme website www.ngs.org.uk and via social media links and in the weekly eNewsletter distributed to supporters. New films will be added on a weekly basis.
The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,700 exceptional private gardens in England and Wales and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities through admissions, teas and cake. Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors they have donated over £58 million to nursing and health charities. The National Garden Scheme doesn’t just open beautiful gardens for charity – they are passionate about the physical and mental health benefits of gardens too. They fund projects which promote gardens and gardening as therapy, and in 2017, they launched our annual Gardens and Health Week to raise awareness of the topic.
