George Plumptre

Geoffrey's Great Big Gardening Book Christmas Raffle

Fundraising for The National Garden Scheme
£6,556
raised of £6,000 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
George's Christmas Raffle, 24 November 2020
For 94 years the National Garden Scheme has opened gardens to raise funds for nursing charities. In 2020 our gardens closed for the first time ever, resulting in an 85% drop in garden income - just as our beneficiaries need our help more than ever.

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Hi, I'm Geoffrey Plumptre, the National Garden Scheme's favourite dog. My Great Big Gardening Book Christmas raffle was made possible by a generous group of garden-writing friends  donating copies of their new books. Thanks guys!

The raffle is now closed and we have informed the lucky winners. It raised an amazing £6556 which will give an end-of-year boost to our  Help Support Our Nurses campaign.

Even though the raffle is closed you can still make a donation from this page which will go to our Help Support Our Nurses Campaign.

PRIZES:

  1. The Five Minute Garden by Laetitia Maklouf 
    A breezy guide on squeezing some gardening fun into a busy day
  2. The Modern Cottage Garden by Greg Loades 
    Romantic old-fashioned meets New Perennials
  3. Secret Gardens of Somerset by Abigail Willis and Clive Boursnell 
    A gorgeous selection eloquently captured in text and images
  4. Gardening with Drought Friendly Plants by Tony Hall 
    It soon could be gardening for all of us, unveiled by a Kew expert
  5. Sissinghurst: the Dream Garden by Tim Richardson 
    Elegantly written and illustrated homage to our most-loved garden
  6. My Garden World by Monty Don 
    Thoughtful reflections on nature, life and wildlife by our best-known gardener
  7. Hydrangeas by Naomi Slade 
    Glamorous but practical like its subject, beloved of both florists and gardeners
  8. Grow Food For Free by Huw Richards 
    Great advice from the young veg entrepreneur and YouTube sensation
  9. Royal Gardens of the World by Mark Lane 
    A sumptuous international tour of some very grand garden spaces
  10. Wild Your Garden by the Butterfly Brothers 
    No space is too small for a bit of wilding and to be changed to encourage wildlife
  11. Humphry Repton by Tom Williamson
    A scholarly new study of Jane Austen's favourite gardener
  12. The Garden of Vegan by Cleve West 
    A brave ethical polemic full of passion and some surprising ideas
  13. 100 20th Century Gardens and Landscapes. Edited by Susannah Charlton and Elaine Harwood 
    A fascinating study of public and private gardens and landscapes
  14. Losing Eden by Lucy Jones
    A heartfelt and engaging clarion call for nature's varied benefits to our health and well-being
  15. Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley and Hugo Ritson-Thomas 
    A suitably sumptuous glimpse of a group of glamorous gardeners
  16. The Garden by Toby Musgrave 
    The perfect new reference book for today by an expert author
  17. Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom by Phaidon Editors 
    A beautifully presented and worldwide celebration of the flower
  18. Wild About Weeds by Jack Wallington 
    One person's weed is another person's flower
  19. I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast by Michael Holland and Philip Giordano 
    Brilliantly  engaging and decorative for children and adults alike
  20. Tokachi MIllenium Forest by Dan Pearson 
    The distinguished designer describes getting close to nature in a 20-year project
  21. Casti and Palms. Kew Pocket Books (set of two).
    Pocket-sized practicality from the fount of all gardening knowledge
  22. The Little Book of Marmalade by Lucy Deedes 
    A culinary interlude to all the gardening, from my talented cousin
  23. American Gardens by Monty Don and Derry Moore 
    The premier couple of gardening books go Stateside after their television series
  24. On Landscape Design by Charles Aldington 
    European garden history in the words of great practitioners from the past
  25. Step-by-Step Veg Patch by Lucy Chamberlain 
    Everyone's growing veg, here's how to, skilfully demonstrated by an expert
  26. The Naturally Beautiful Garden by Kathryn Bradley-Hole 
    One to look forward to in 2021, an international treasure-trove
  27. The English Country House Garden by George Plumptre and Marcus Harpur 
    A celebration brought to life by Marcus Harpur's photographs
  28. The Gardens of England edited by George Plumptre.
    Historical highlights of the National Garden Scheme
  29. Garden Visitor's Handbook 2021. National Garden Scheme 
    The indispensable annual guide 
  30. Gardens Illustrated: one year's subscription to the magazine
    The perfect adornment for any coffee table from one month to the next
  31. Wildflowers for the Queen by Hugo Rittson-Thomas
    A visual celebration of Britain's Coronation Meadows
  32. Cuttings Gardening for Disabled Trust.
    Alan Titchmarsh and other famous gardeners give horti tips for charity
  33. Corokia My Adventure by Mona Abboud.
    A celebration of these prickly but intriguing botanical characters from New Zealand
  34. Dachshunds: the Long and the Short of Them by Caroline Donald
    My Christmas stocking-filler of choice


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About the campaign

For 94 years the National Garden Scheme has opened gardens to raise funds for nursing charities. In 2020 our gardens closed for the first time ever, resulting in an 85% drop in garden income - just as our beneficiaries need our help more than ever.

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By giving to the National Garden Scheme, you’re supporting some of the UK's best-loved nursing & health charities. Making a donation is a wonderful way to support our work or remember someone who loved visiting National Garden Scheme gardens or gardening. In 2023, together we donated £3.4 million.

Donation summary

Total raised
£6,555.66
Online donations
£6,555.66
Offline donations
£0.00

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