Husband and wife Paul and Joy Gough, of Chippenham, are frantically perfecting their town centre garden this week in preparation for an open day on Sunday.

The couple, of Sweetbriar in Gladstone Road, have worked tirelessly over the past four years creating a wildlife haven out of an overgrown building site, which will be open to the public under the National Garden Scheme for the first time between noon and 6pm.

Mr Gough, 52, who is semi- retired from the couple’s property business, said: “We are nervous about letting people in because the garden is very young.

“But when people from the National Garden Scheme came around they loved it. They think people who go around the gardens with the yellow book will appreciate seeing it grow over the years. Hopefully we will meet some nice people who will say nice things about our work.”

Although the three-quarter acre garden, which runs alongside the car park opposite Borough Parade, is young, it has already flourished enough to provide the couple with flowers for their son’s wedding last month.

“We decided to grow all the flowers for the wedding,” Mr Gough said. “And when we took them all up we were worried there wouldn’t be anything left, but hopefully it is not noticeable.”

Mr Gough said: “It is very much a wildlife garden in the centre of Chippenham.”

Also opening under the NGS on Sunday will be the gardens at 130 Ladyfield Road and the Hungerdown allotments, with an entry fee of £3.50 for all three.