There are vertical gardens to look up to and a new edible jungle, so a feast for the eyes and stomach!! To complete the picture there are masses of plants to buy in the renowned nursery next to the gardens.

On the 11th September Holme Hale Hall IP25 7ED showcases a contemporary walled kitchen garden and there are plenty of late summer flowers on show.

The Garden in an Orchard at Bergh Apton NR15 1BQ is open on Saturday the 10th and Sunday 11th September and is a great late summer plantsman’s garden with Michaelmas daisies, Bamboos and Eucalyptus featured at their best.

High House Gardens, Shipdham IP25 7PU opening on Sunday 18th and Wednesday 21st September is another great plant lover’s garden with colour themed herbaceous borders and an extensive range of plants to savour. A well stocked plants sales area means you can not only see some terrific plants but can buy them as well!

Two expansive gardens with wonderful autumn parkland walks bring September to a close. Lexham Hall, Litcham PE32 2QJ opening on Wednesday 21st September has spacious lake and river walks to enjoy after you have viewed the formal terraces with wide ranging planted borders and walled kitchen gardens.

Bradenham Hall, Bradenham IP25 7QP opening on Sunday 25th September is truly a garden for all seasons but in late September an afternoon stroll through the extensive Arboretum to view the early autumn colour amongst the 800 different tree species is a sight not to be missed.

East Ruston Old Vicarage,East Ruston NR12 9HN opens for the NGS on the 8th October and as always this renowned garden will not disappoint with 20 acres packed with stunning plant combinations and fabulous garden design.

The garden season closes with the glorious National Trust garden at Blickling Hall, Aylsham NR10 5PU opening for the NGS on the 15th October.

Anthea Foster, Norfolk NGS County organizer said “We have some lovely gardens on show to bring the 2011 season to a close. Our garden owners throughout this year have had to battle through the worst winter for thirty years and the driest spring in living memory yet they have persevered and produced some wonderful garden displays for thousands of visitors. Their endeavours and the continued generosity of visitors have ensured that the money we have raised will help our caring charities in their valuable work”

Notes
Charities supported include: Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Help the Hospices, Crossroads, The Queen’s Nursing Institute, The Royal Fund for Gardeners’ Children, National Trust(gardeners’ careerships) and Perennial.

Founded in 1927, the NGS has raised more than £26.5million for charity in the last 10 years.
Last year Norfolk raised more than £65,000 as well as raising additional funds for local charities nominated by the garden owners.

For more information visit www.ngs.org.uk or pick up a guide from your local tourist information centre, garden centre or nursery.

Sunday September 4th
FELBRIGG HALL Fellbrigg NR11 8PR.
Open (11-5) Adm £4.30, chd £1.90.
Large pleasure gardens; mainly lawns and shrubs; orangery with camellias; large walled garden restored and restocked as fruit, vegetable, herb and flower garden; vine house; dovecote; dahlias; National Collection of Colchicum wooded parks. 1 electric and 2 manual wheelchairs available.
2½m SW of Cromer. S of A148; main entrance from B1436

Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September
THE GARDEN IN AN ORCHARD Mill Road, Bergh Apton NR15 1BQ.
Open(11-5) Adm £3, chd free. Home made teas.
3½-acre garden created by the owners set in old orchard. Many rare plants set out in an informal pattern of wandering paths. ½ acre of wild flower meadows, many bamboos, species roses and Michaelmas daisies. 9 species of eucalyptus. A plantsman’s garden. Garden sculpture. Embroidery Exhibition.
6m SE of Norwich. Off A146 at Hellington Corner signed to Bergh Apton. Down Mill Rd 300yds.

Sunday 11th September
HOLME HALE HALL Holme Hale IP25 7ED
Open(11-5). Adm £4.50, chd free Light refreshments & home-made teas..
Contemporary walled kitchen garden and front garden designed and planted in 2000 by Chelsea winner Arne Maynard. The garden incorporates large herbaceous borders, trained fruit, vegetables and traditional greenhouse.
6m E of Swaffham, 8m W Dereham. Exit A47 King’s Lynn/Norwich rd at Necton Garden Centre. Continue through Necton village and Holme Hale village approx 1½m. At T-junction turn L, Hall gates on L immed after Low Common Rd.

Sunday 18th September
HIGH HOUSE GARDENS Blackmoor Row, Shipdham, Thetford IP25 7PU
Open(2-5.30) Adm £4, chd free Home-made teas..
Plantsman’s garden with colour-themed herbaceous borders with extensive range of perennials. Box-edged rose and shrub borders. Woodland garden, pond and bog area. Newly planted orchard and vegetable garden. Wildlife area. Glasshouses.
6m SW of Dereham. Take the airfield or Cranworth Rd off A1075 in Shipdham. Blackmoor Row is signed.

Sunday 18th September
THE URBAN JUNGLE GARDENS Ringland Lane, Old Costessey NR8 5BG
Open(10-4) Adm £3, chd free.
Rare collector’s species with the best of traditional plants, displayed in garden compositions that demonstrate a wide range of styles and climate zones. Vertical gardens. New ‘Edible Jungle’, a flamboyant garden combining exotic flowers, fruits and vegetables.
5m W of Norwich. From Norwich: on A1074 Dereham Rd. After 3m turn R at Longwater Rd, at T-junction turn L into West End for 1m, turn R into Ringland Lane. Garden 200yds on R. From A1067 Fakenham Rd: turn L into Sandy Lane, then on to Towerham Lane and down to T-junction, turn R into Ringland Lane. Garden 200yds on R.

Wednesday 21st September
LEXHAM HALL nr Litcham PE32 2QJ
Open(11-5 Adm £4.50, chd free) Light refreshments & home-made teas.
Fine C17/C18 Hall (not open). Parkland with lake and river walks. Formal garden with terraces, yew hedges, roses and mixed borders. Traditional kitchen garden with crinkle crankle wall. 3-acre woodland garden with fine trees. A major new planting scheme commences in the walled garden autumn 2009.
2m W of Litcham. 6m N of Swaffham off B1145

Wednesday 21st September
HIGH HOUSE GARDENS Blackmoor Row, Shipdham, Thetford IP25 7PU
Open(2-5.30) Adm £4, chd free Home-made teas..
Plantsman’s garden with colour-themed herbaceous borders with extensive range of perennials. Box-edged rose and shrub borders. Woodland garden, pond and bog area. Newly planted orchard and vegetable garden. Wildlife area. Glasshouses.
6m SW of Dereham. Take the airfield or Cranworth Rd off A1075 in Shipdham. Blackmoor Row is signed.

Sunday 25th September
BRADENHAM HALL Bradenham, Thetford IP25 7QP
Open(2-5.30) Adm £4, chd free Home-made teas.
A garden for all seasons. Flower gardens, formally designed and richly planted, formal rose gardens, paved garden, unusual climbers, herbaceous and shrub borders, traditional kitchen gardens with 2 glasshouses. Arboretum of over 800 different trees, all labelled. A delight and an education.
6m E of Swaffham. 5m W of East Dereham off A47. Turn S signed Wendling & Longham. 1m turn S signed Bradenham, 2m

Saturday 8th October
EAST RUSTON OLD VICARAGE East Ruston NR12 9HN
Open(2-5.30) Adm £7, chd £1
20-acre exotic coastal garden incl traditional borders, exotic garden, desert wash, sunk garden, topiary, water features, walled and Mediterranean gardens. Many rare and unusual plants, stunning plant combinations, wild flower meadows, old-fashioned cornfield, vegetable and cutting gardens.
3m N of Stalham. Turn off A149 onto B1159 signed Bacton, Happisburgh. After 2m turn R 200yds N of East Ruston Church (ignore sign to East Ruston).

Saturday 15th October
BLICKLING HALL Aylsham NR11 6NF
Open(10-5.30) Adm £7.50, chd £4.
Large garden, orangery, crescent lake, herbaceous borders. Historic Jacobean house. New wilderness area project taking shape. Kitchen garden open. 3 x powered mobility vehicles (subject to availability), gravel paths.
15m N of Norwich. 1½m NW of Aylsham on N side of B1354