Covid-19 Resources for Garden Openings

Friday 24 July, 2020

Useful resources and guidance to assist with garden openings with confidence

Make a Living Roof for your Birds and a Crown Children's Activity

Saturday 30 May, 2020

Megan shows us how to make a living roof for a bird box, plus how to make a flower crown as part of our Gardening with Children activities.

Mini Garden Activities with Children

Friday 29 May, 2020

Make a Jar-den and enjoy a scavenger hunt and mini-garden project as part of our Gardening with Children activities.

Up-cycling Plastic Plant Pots Children's Activity

Thursday 28 May, 2020

Up-cycle your old plastic plant pots as part of our Gardening with Children activities.

Making a Kokedama Children's Activity

Tuesday 26 May, 2020

Join Matilda as she shows you how you can create a Kokedama, as part of our Gardening with Children activities.

Make a Mayflower Children's Activity

Monday 25 May, 2020

Get creative and make a May flower, as part of our Gardening with Children activities.

Making a Bug Hotel Children's Activity

Sunday 24 May, 2020

Join Eilidh as she shows you how to make a bug hotel as part of our Gardening with Children activities.

Grow a Pip Children's Activity

Saturday 23 May, 2020

Join Pippa as she shows you how you can grow a pip from a tangerine, as part of our Gardening with Children activities.

Making a Mandala Children's Activity

Friday 22 May, 2020

Learn how to make a beautiful mandala using flowers and plants from your garden, as part of our Gardening with Children activities.

Create a Video Tour of your Garden

Wednesday 1 April, 2020

There is nothing like having visitors in your garden and sharing the love of plants with them. Second best is to have people to experience your garden in any possible way. Learn here how to create a video tour of your garden.

Plant Passports and Plant Sales

Wednesday 4 March, 2020

New plant passport legislation introduced in Dec 2019 may have an affect on your opening if you sell plants. Please have a look here for more information.

An Overview of Scotland's Gardens Scheme

Saturday 15 June, 2019

Want to know more about our charity and how we work? Read more here...

Garden Opener's Guidance Pack

Tuesday 1 January, 2019

This document is packed with answers to just about any question you can think of! Read more here...

Help Celebrate Gardens & Health Week

Monday 9 July, 2018

Scotland's Gardens Scheme invites you to join us and the National Garden Scheme to celebrate 'Gardens & Health'. Find out more about activities and opportunities.

Privacy Policy for Garden Openers & Volunteers

Friday 15 June, 2018

Please read here about our privacy policy for our Garden Openers and Volunteers.

SGS Advert Template

Tuesday 13 February, 2018

Click here to get...

National Newsletters

Thursday 1 February, 2018

We like to keep our all our friends, visitors, volunteers and garden owners up to date with all our charity and garden news in our national newsletters. From open garden suggestions to recipes for pumpkin bread, here all all our old newsletters:

Children's Activity Handouts

Friday 26 January, 2018

Scotland's Gardens Scheme is thrilled to be celebrating VisitScotland's Year of Young People 2018. For any garden owners who want to host children's activities. Here are handouts that can be given to families at the garden gate. More to come...

Taking Photos of your Garden

Thursday 11 January, 2018

As they say, a picture's worth a thousand words and good photos of your garden will increase your visitor numbers. Read more here...

Getting Help from Your Nominated Charity

Thursday 11 January, 2018

Your nominated charity can be very helpful to promote your opening and, often, to organise your teas. Read more here...

Making the Most of Promotional Opportunities

Thursday 11 January, 2018

Promoting your garden well can be the key to lots of visitors. Read more here...

Putting up your Road Signs

Wednesday 10 January, 2018

Good placement of road signs can make a big difference to your number of visitors. Read more here...

District "How-to" Guides

Friday 5 January, 2018

These guides include suggestions and experience from various District Volunteers.

District: SGS letterhead and/or SGS logos

Friday 5 January, 2018

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District: SGS Presentation

Friday 5 January, 2018

Download the SGS powerpoint presentation here...

Marketing Materials

Wednesday 3 January, 2018

This page includes guidance for various SGS promotional activities, for example for Facebook, or creating Press Releases for your local paper.