Cloudy skies and intermittent showers didn’t keep away the garden lovers visiting the Thurcaston and Cropston Open Gardens recently.
18 gardeners opened their gates to over 300 visitors who braved the showers to admire and explore different gardens.
For some garden owners this is becoming an annual event with visitors coming back year after year to see how gardens have changed, projects progressed, new planting and flowers in bloom.
For those opening for the first time, they enjoyed the admiring comments, the appreciation, and interest in their hard work.
There were times when the umbrellas rivalled the blooms in number if not in colour, but the rain didn’t keep people away and the event raised an amazing £1400!
The cheque was presented to Adrian Walker, Senior Fundraiser at LOROS, at the traditional gardeners’ thank you event.
Adrian said "We would like to thank the gardeners who, I'm sure, spent many, many hours tending their gardens in readiness for their visitors whom helped to raise such a wonderful amount."
"With the help of events like these, we are able to continue to develop LOROS as a place of care and support for terminally ill patients, their families and carers from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland."
