Gardens open to the public in and around Oxfordshire over the Bank Holiday weekend, August 26 - 28

Stanton St John Festival: village gardens with art and craft exhibition. Cream teas. 01865 358905.

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Sunday, August 28

Cuckoo Pen Nursery, Benson: 2-6pm. Features wildflower meadow and cottage garden. Teas. Plants. Admission 1.50, children under 12 free.

Hearns House, Gallows Tree Common: 10am-noon, 2-5pm. Forty named euphorbia. Coffee and teas. Plants. Admission 2, children free. Wheelchairs welcome. Salford Gardens, near Chipping Norton: 2-6pm. Combined admission 2, children free. Manor Farm, Old Rectory and Willow Tree Cottage. Teas. Plants.

Wootton Hill, Boars Hill: 2-5pm. Seven acres. Large herbaceous border. Teas. Plants. Admission 2.50, children 50p.

Nuffield Place, Nettlebed: former home of Lord Nuffield, founder of Morris Motors. 2-5pm. Refreshments. Admission adults 3, concessions 2. Limited access for disabled visitors.

Stanton St John Festival: village gardens with art and craft exhibition. Cream teas. 01865 358905.

No 7, Rookery Close, Bodicote: Small individual rural garden. Admission 1. Teas. Plants. For the British Red Cross Society. ___________________________

Monday, August 28

Brook Cottage, Alkerton: 9am-6pm. Four-acre hillside garden. Light lunches. Teas. Plants. Admission 2.50, OAPs 2, children free.

Stanton St John Festival: village gardens with art and craft exhibition and country market. Cream teas. 01865 358905.

Hearns House, Gallows Tree Common: See Sunday.

Kencot Gardens, near Lechlade: 2-6pm. Combined admission to seven gardens 3, children free. Cotswold village with interesting church. Teas.

Gardens open by appointment

Clematis Corner, 15 Plough Close, Shillingford: until August 31. 2, children 50p. 01865 858721.

4 Northfield Cottages, Water Eaton: open all year. 1.50. 01865 378910.

The Old Rectory, Brightwell Baldwin: until August 31. 01491 612432.

Small's House, Mackney, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell: all year round. 2, children 50p. 01491 839167.

Stansfield, Stanford in the Vale: until September, including evenings. 2, children free. 01367 710340.

Yeomans, Tadmarton: until September. 01295 780285.