Garden Opening Resources
Thank you for being involved with Scotland’s Gardens Scheme this year! Whether you are opening your garden or volunteering as part of a District Team, we hope you will find the resources on this page useful for your open day.
Our Open Your Garden brochure is a great starting point for helpful information about our charity, how everything works and what to expect when opening your garden with Scotland’s Gardens Scheme and this webpage is designed to complement the brochure and provide a hub where you can find useful resources and guidance to help you make the most of your open day. We’ve split the page into the following sections to help you find what you’re looking for:
Promoting Your Garden Opening
Promoting Your ‘By Arrangement’ Opening
Ideas & Activities for Your Open day
Printable Signs
Financial Information & Guidance
In Case Something Goes Wrong…
You can also view our District Support Calendar which Head Office use to help plan out activity, events, communications, promotion and more for the year ahead.
If there is anything else you would like us to add to this webpage, please do get in touch with our Head Office team on 0131 226 3714 or by email: info@scotlandsgardens.org.
![Scone Palace Garden Fair.jpg](/uploads/photographs/16/img-6408-jpg/img-6408-medium.jpg)
Promoting Your Garden Opening
Taking Photographs of Your Garden
Tips from a Professional Photographer
Creating a Video Tour of Your Garden
Download this template to complete and send to local press:
Press Release TemplateSocial Media Top Tips![The Garden at the Auld Post Office B&B](/uploads/photographs/17/auld-post-office-2-jpeg/auld-post-office-2-medium.jpeg)
Promoting Your ‘By Arrangement’ Opening
General Information About ‘By Arrangement’ Openings
Making the Most of Opening Your Garden ‘By Arrangement’
Download this template to complete and send to local press:
'By Arrangement' Press Release Template 2023![Tatyana Aplin with her helpers](/uploads/photographs/16/img-20220516-wa0024-jpg/img-20220516-wa0024-medium.jpg)
Guidance, Ideas and Activities for Open Days
Available Materials and Resources
![10 Menzieshill Road](/uploads/photographs/16/pxl-20220513-19142910292-jpg/pxl-20220513-19142910292-medium.jpg)
Printable Signs
All signs should be printed in consultation with the District or Area Organiser on yellow (Pantone) paper which is available from them or the office.
![Easter Cammock](/uploads/photographs/16/img-2547-jpg/img-2547-medium.jpg)
Financial Information & Guidance
Managing the Money at Your Open Day
Cashless and Contactless Payments
Where the Money Goes - Supporting Charities
Download and print this poster for your Open Day:
Where the Money Goes - Printable Poster![House of Aigas and Field Centre ©JIM HULLY 2014](/uploads/photographs/14/aigas10-jpg/aigas10-medium.jpg)
In Case Something Goes Wrong…
![Merchiston Cottage](/uploads/photographs/18/telephone-box-2-jpeg/telephone-box-2-medium.jpeg)