Fri 4th, Sat 5th, Sun 6th

Sutton Mead | Moretonhampstead | £6 | Accessible, partial | Dogs allowed

A garden with splendid views of Dartmoor, developed over 48 years, with seasonal colour from rhododendrons, azaleas, hydrangeas and dahlias, a woodland walk, pond, vegetable garden and mature orchard.

Wildside | Buckland Monachorum | £12.50 | Accessible, partial | Dogs, guide dogs only

Keith Wiley's naturalistic garden, sculpted from a flat field into valleys, canyons and meadows evoking wild landscapes from around the world.

Fri 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th

The Italian Garden at Great Ambrook | Ipplepen | £6 | Not accessible | Guide dogs only

Secluded, 4-acre walled garden with a 115-foot pergola, spring-fed pools, a sunken dell, and views of the surrounding countryside. Plus a fascinating history.

Sat 5th, Sun 6th

Honeywell | Stoodleigh, Tiverton | £6 | Not accessible | No dogs

An old farmyard converted over 5 years into a contemporary garden of ornamental grasses with perennials, designed to thrive in the local climate and altitude while welcoming wildlife.

Sun 6th

Bowringsleigh | Kingsbridge | £6 | Dogs allowed

10 acres of private, established gardens in a peaceful valley near Kingsbridge. They are home to an impressive collection of hydrangeas and rare trees in 2 arboretums.

Sun 13th

Upper Gorwell House | Barnstaple | £7.50 | Accessible, partial | Dogs allowed

A 4-acre garden overlooking the Taw estuary, where a mild microclimate lets rare and tender plants thrive in the open and in the walled garden.

Sun 13th, 27th

Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens | Cullompton | £5 | Accessible | No dogs

A peaceful 10-acre garden of lawns, lakes and ponds with swans and ducks, mature trees and rhododendrons.

Sat 17th, Sun 18th

Dunley House | Bovey Tracey | £6 | Accessible, partial | Dogs allowed

A 9-acre garden with mature trees and 40+ magnolia varieties, rhododendrons and camellias, including an arboretum, walled garden, rose garden, renovated pond and woodland walk.

Sun 18th, Mon 19th

Regency House | Hemyock, Cullompton | £8 | Accessible | Dogs allowed

A 5-acre plantsman's garden with unusual trees and shrubs, including mature specimen acers and betulas, vegetable areas, dahlias and six species of bat (sightings not guaranteed).

Wed 21st to Sun 25th

Wildside | Buckland Monachorum | £12.50 | Accessible, partial | Dogs, guide dogs only

Keith Wiley's celebrated naturalistic garden, sculpted from a flat field into undulating valleys, canyons and meadows that evoke wild landscapes from around the world.

Sun 25th

Chevithorne Barton | Tiverton | £6 | Not accessible | Dogs allowed

Home to the national collection of oaks, with a walled garden of summer borders, woodland of rare trees and shrubs and autumn colour.

Sun 25th

Sherwood | Newton St Cyres, Exeter | £8 | Not accessible | No dogs

23 acres of woodland garden across two steep valleys, with extensive collections of magnolias, camellias and rhododendrons providing colour from spring through autumn.

🌹National Garden Scheme gardens can be browsed and booked via the NGS Devon listings