ELEVEN Melksham gardens will be open on Sunday July 21 between 2pm and 6pm in aid of the Children's Society.

Tickets will be available from the Tourist Information Centre before the date and from Sainsbury's on the day at a price of £2.50 per adult, children free. Cream teas will be available all afternoon at Place House, Place Road, for £1.50.

The gardens vary from a compact cottage garden to a large Victorian garden and a folly garden complete with summer house, pagoda and tree house, which has been featured in House and Garden magazine.