Community connections - a project by Jen Grant, QNIS Nurse

Wednesday 28 February, 2024

We are delighted to share this inspirational story from our core charity partner, QNIS.

Scotland's Gardens Cattanach Bursary Fund

Tuesday 16 January, 2024

Scotland's Gardens Scheme is offering the chance to apply for bursary grant funding for horticulturists working or training in Scotland. Scotland's Gardens Scheme is a charity which raises funds for other charities through open gardens.

2023 Conference at Dumfries House

Thursday 12 October, 2023

Our 2023 Conference took place on 28 September at Dumfries House

Scotland's Gardens Scheme through the decades. An archive diary, by Volunteer Archivist, Alice Manning.

Friday 4 August, 2023

I’m Alice, a postgraduate student with the University of Dundee’s Archives and Records Management programme, and I’ve been cataloguing Scotland’s Garden Scheme’s archival records.

Photography Competition

Monday 21 November, 2022

New for 2022, to celebrate Visit Scotland’s Year of Stories, we invited you to share the stories of your garden visits and open days through the year by entering our first ever photography competition!

2022 Conference

Tuesday 4 October, 2022

Scotland's Gardens Scheme 2022 Conference took place on 27 September at Blair Castle.

New Chairman Announced

Thursday 21 April, 2022

Announcement of new Chairman Dougal Philip who has taken over from David Mitchell.

Roots of Scotland's Gardens Scheme

Monday 1 March, 2021

Scotland's Gardens Scheme celebrates its 90th birthday in 2021. Our rich history has been memorised in this article by Juliet Edmonstone.

New National Organiser Announced

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Liz Stewart Announced As a New National Organiser, taking up the reins from Terrill Dobson, who ran Scotland’s Gardens Scheme for five years.

2019 Annual Report and Accounts

Friday 10 July, 2020

Over 2019, our Garden Openers and Volunteers raised £240,219 for 235 charities. Our annual report and accounts can be viewed here, and includes information about how our charity raises funds.

Sarah Landale Speaks About SGS

Thursday 4 June, 2020

Sarah, Deputy Chair, Volunteer and Garden Opener, speaks about our charity.

Scotland's Gardens Scheme Legacy Awards 2020

Monday 1 June, 2020

See here our long-serving Volunteers and Garden Openers.

Trellis: Guest Charity Report

Tuesday 19 May, 2020

Trellis provides a report on how their guest charity donation was used to create learning videos and workshops.

Gardening at a time of crisis

Monday 11 May, 2020

One of the Queen's Nurses candidates writes of the huge help that gardening can offer our mental well-being during this pandemic.

Scotland’s Community Nurses and QNIS Spring into COVID-19 Action

Tuesday 5 May, 2020

Our community nurses are on the frontline during this pandemic, read about how your donations help.

Support our 2020 Charities

Monday 30 March, 2020

2020 is going to be a hard year for everyone, and sadly our many charities will lose out of the donation from all the cancelled garden openings. If you can, please help us raise funds for these charities.

What is it Like to Volunteer with Scotland’s Gardens Scheme?

Thursday 3 October, 2019

Our organisation is 98% powered by volunteers. Our team are amazing people who dedicate their skills and time to raise money for charity. We invite you to have a peak behind the scenes today.

From the Archive: What were garden openings like in Scotland during the wartime?

Thursday 3 October, 2019

Eighty years ago, on 26 October 1939, SGS Executive Committee met to discuss the future of the Scheme following the outbreak of World War Two.

Growing for Good. Could you open your garden for charity?

Tuesday 23 July, 2019

When you open your garden with Scotland’s Gardens Scheme you join a long tradition of helping your community through both charitable funding and the pleasure of visiting beautiful gardens.

We’re currently looking to recruit a number of volunteer positions across Scotland

Monday 22 July, 2019

At the heart of our charity there are more than a thousand volunteers - would you like to get involved..?

Trellis Awarded £5000 as Guest Charity

Wednesday 10 July, 2019

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme is delighted to welcome Trellis as their guest charity with an award of £5,000.

QNIS Chief Executive Clare Cable reflects on her visit to The Garden of Cosmic Speculation at Portrack

Tuesday 14 May, 2019

QNIS Chief Executive and Nurse Director Clare cable reflects on taking time out during the weekend to visit the Garden of Cosmic Speculation at Portrack

2018 Annual Report and Accounts

Tuesday 7 May, 2019

2018 was an another strong year of charity fundraising for Scotland’s Gardens Scheme, which has seen our Garden Openers, and Volunteers raise an overall total of £253,398 to 250+ charities.

Annual Guest Charity Grant - 2019 Application

Tuesday 2 October, 2018

Scotland's Gardens Scheme accepts annual guest charity grants. Apply now for the 2019 grant.

Message from our beneficiary: Perennial

Thursday 13 September, 2018

We like to share stories from our beneficiaries to highlight the amazing work they do, and how your garden visits helps support Perennial deliver frontline support to people like John .

A big thank you to all our volunteers

Friday 1 June, 2018

Volunteers week runs from 1st - 7th June, and is a wonderful opportunity to take a minute to look back at all the wonderful things that have been by our volunteers in the past 80 odd years.

2017 Annual Report and Accounts

Tuesday 10 April, 2018

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that 2017 was an exceptional year of charity fundraising for Scotland’s Gardens Scheme, which has seen our Garden Openers, and Volunteers raise a remarkable overall total of £309,791 for charity. See more here.

Three new trustees for Scotland's Gardens Scheme

Monday 26 March, 2018

We are looking for three innovative, enthusiastic and committed people to join our small, friendly, Trustee team as from June 2018 for a period of three years.

Growing Stories: Storytelling for all

Thursday 1 March, 2018

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme has teamed up with The Scottish International Storytelling Festival, to share the stories of our gardens. We will be co-hosting “Growing Stories”, fantastic storytelling events at our special gardens across Scotland in 2018.

Queen's Nurses Development Programme award ceremony

Friday 26 January, 2018

Our National Organiser, Terrill Dobson attended the Queen's Nurses Development Programme award ceremony. The Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland were kind enough to write this little piece, looking over our special relationship.