Tythe Barn House, Chaddesley Corbett, will open in aid of the scheme on Sunday, August 26 from 2pm until 6pm.

This .75-acre garden includes roses, herbs, heathers and herbaceous borders, shrubs and trees, vegetable plot, and wildlife pool.

Tythe Barn can be found on the A448. There is parking space in the village or at the hall, 200 yards away. Tea will be available. Children are admitted free.

Whit Lenge Gardens, Whitlenge Lane, Hartlebury, with over 600 varieties of trees and shrubs, water features, a pergola, scree gardens and rockeries, and adjacent nursery, will open Sunday/Monday, August 26/27, 10am until 5pm. Teas will be available and plants will be for sale.

On Monday, August 27 Stone House Cottage Gardens, Stone, two miles from Kidderminster on the A448, open from 10am until 5.30pm. This one-acre garden has towers, rare shrubs, climbers and herbaceous plants. Shrubs and climbers will be for sale in the adjacent nursery. Children will be admitted free.