Mendip Living Aug - Sep 2020
Our first issue back from lockdown, this edition is a celebration of local business resuming once more. We've got great recipes, fantastic home inspiration and lots of reflection on life after lockdown.
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open and ready<br />
to welcome you<br />
National Garden Scheme has reopening of gardens in England to visitors<br />
All funds raised will go to the charity’s Help Support Our Nurses campaign<br />
The National Garden Scheme is delighted<br />
to announce that its gardens in England are<br />
reopening.<br />
In order to comply with social distancing<br />
and other Government guidelines, all<br />
gardens will open in a system of prepurchased<br />
tickets for a timed slot at the<br />
visitor’s garden of choice. Tickets must be<br />
purchased via the National Garden Scheme<br />
website.<br />
Numbers of visitors per timed slot will vary<br />
from garden to garden, depending on size.<br />
These and all other relevant details can be<br />
found at a garden’s entry on the website.<br />
Gardens will not offer teas or other<br />
refreshments, at some gardens where there<br />
is sufficient space, people will be allowed to<br />
bring their own picnics.<br />
All buildings will be closed and access to<br />
toilets will only be provided in an emergency<br />
and so long as it does not involve access<br />
to a house.<br />
George Plumptre, Chief Executive of the<br />
National Garden Scheme comments,<br />
“We are delighted that we are able to<br />
open the gates of some of our gardens<br />
in England and welcome people. Right<br />
now our gardens are blossoming into their<br />
midsummer glories and so it is wonderful<br />
that our garden owners can share them with<br />
visitors.<br />
“For the current period the opening system<br />
we are having to operate is quite different<br />
from a normal open day when people just<br />
arrive and pay at the gate. At the moment<br />
entry is only by pre-purchased ticket<br />
and not all the gardens are able to open,<br />
so visitors need to check details on our<br />
website www.ngs.org.uk<br />
“While our gardens have all been closed<br />
we have run a very successful campaign,<br />
Help Support Our Nurses, drawing attention<br />
to the amazing work on the frontline of<br />
the Coronavirus crisis being done by the<br />
nursing charities we support. One hundred<br />
per cent of funds raised at gardens during<br />
the rest of <strong>2020</strong> will go to the Help Support<br />
Our Nurses campaign.”<br />
About the National Garden Scheme<br />
Founded in 1927 to raise funds for<br />
community nurses the National Garden<br />
Scheme has given away over £60million<br />
to nursing and health charities and is<br />
the largest single funder for many of its<br />
beneficiaries. The money is raised through<br />
the opening of exceptional gardens across<br />
England and Wales. In 2019 the gardens<br />
raised £4 million. In <strong>2020</strong>, 3,700 gardens<br />
were scheduled to open, but the current<br />
lockdown means that their gates have<br />
been closed for the first time in the charity’s<br />
history.<br />
Queen’s Nurse Quote:<br />
“I love the National Garden Scheme which<br />
has been the most brilliant supporter of<br />
Queen’s Nurses like me. It was founded by<br />
the Queen’s Nursing Institute which makes<br />
me very proud. As we battle Coronavirus on<br />
the front line in the community, knowing we<br />
have their support is a real comfort.”<br />
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