The English Garden – September 2019

SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ENGLISH GARDEN 59

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hroughout spring and early summer,

you have been nominating your

favourite gardens from the vast array

that open their doors to the public for

the National Garden Scheme, as part

of our competition to fi nd the nation’s favourite.

We received thousands of nominations, from

which our panel of judges – National Garden Scheme

chief executive George Plumptre, garden designer

Paul Hervey-Brooks, garden photographer Clive

Nichols and The English Garden’s editor Clare

Foggett – have selected a shortlist. There are 30

shortlisted gardens, fi ve in each of the Scheme’s six

regions (South East, South West, East, Midlands,

Wales & The Marches and North).They’rethe

result of nominations that truly reflectthediversity

of gardens within the National Garden Scheme, from

small private gardens to well-known attractions;

from contemporary to timeless and traditional.

Now we move to the second phase of the

competition: voting to choose the winners, one

for each region, and one overall champion. Visit

theenglishgarden.co.uk/ngs between now and

30 September to place your vote for your favourite

shortlisted garden. And don’t forget that by voting,

you could also win a fantastic River Danube cruise

with our partners Viking. See theenglishgarden.

co.uk/o ers/win-a-viking-cruise for details.

Thirty Favourite Gardens

Thousands of you nominated your favourite National Garden Scheme

garden – now it’s time to vote for the winner from our shortlistof 30

NATION’S FAVOURITE GARDENS

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