**What could be nicer**

I have been to a talk in Reading this evening by Tom Dyke from the World Garden at Lullingstone Castle in Kent. Highly moving and entertaining, excellent photography, and first class presentation. As the Berkshire County Organiser is the NGS Deputy Chairman, we are going to let her know he would make an excellent speaker for the NGS talk they now hold each autumn.

Andrew you lucky man. I would love to hear Tom Dyke, he is such an inspiring man.......have seen him interviewed many times on the tv....
We had George Plumptre at the luncheon, he was selling the new brand, and he did it well , was hoping for Mary Berry lol

Those of you who open your gardens for the NGS are to be congratulated. I have already noted some NGS gardens to visit during this year, especially those with a plant sales stand. Inspiration and ideas can be gained from these visits, although visiting a large garden, they might have to be downsized a bit, like this one in Crawley, Hants.

yes, it's a very good scheme. We go to a few most years.

I also visit as many as I can.

Me to Summer wouldn't be the same without a few visits , Mary Berry Angela ,your thinking of your tummy again Lol ...

Amy.....Mary Berry is our new president!! and yes I was thinking of my stomach as well!!
Thanks to all of you who visit an open garden, we gardeners do appreciate it, makes it all worthwhile, because it is hard work, keeping it up to scratch, and worrying about the cakes and the weather situation, have we made enough cakes?, will anyone turn up? will it rain? will it be too hot? will they like the garden? and so on....

Fingers crossed Mary invites you all to visit her garden plus tea with cakes that would be wonderful :o)

Amy that would be nice......you never know, could happen!!

I've never been but I should, its silly really because I love visiting gardens and such a worthy cause, I'll have to check and see if there are any local to me, I cannot drive but maybe could coax one of my girls..Lovely photographs Dotty.

Meadow as I said we do it to raise money for these nursing charities, it is our 90th year!! this year, and to date 50million!! has been raised!!
Lincs I am sure there must be a garden near to you, and I am sure one of your daughters would take you, they might even enjoy it !! pleased you like the photographs....

Those photo`s say it all, to me there is nothing like an English country garden in springtime. We go to quite a few open gardens and admire you and all like you that do so much in raising funds for such good causes, we are truly appreciative.

Stroller thank you very much, we need more people like you, on behalf of all open gardens everywhere many thanks for your support...

I picked up the NGS leaflet for my area when I was at the MacMillan centre, I marked several gardens that I would have liked to visit but sadly it wasn't to be. Maybe this year I will do better.
All the participants that open their gardens work so hard to open them & it is appreciated.

Green finger I do hope so. fingers crossed!

Our County leaflets went into Bracknell's Garden Centres last week.

Absolutely great! Will definitely be looking into this, hadn't know about it before! ?

Thank you Maggie, please do, you would be most welcome, we need more young people to get interested......

I should be thanking you dotty! Your doing a fantastic thing.... raising funds for all these causes! So a big thank you!!! Xx ?

Thank you for sharing this DD. Think of how many people who have been helped through the fundraising done through the goodwill of all the gardeners opening their gardens, and all the hard work put into it. Well done.