Review by Alec & Val Scaresbrook

No matter what the winter has been like, there's one yellow herald of spring that appears without fail. And yellow is an appropriate colour for a book containing a gold mine of gardens.

The Yellow Book reveals private gardens from Kent to Cumbria that are opened for charity. Whatever your level of interest in gardens, these places make excellent afternoons out in superb surroundings. Also listed are the many gardens that are regularly open to the public and donate a percentage of the takings to the National Gardens Scheme.

This charitable trust is run solely by volunteers so that every penny possible can be handed over to the nursing, caring and educational charities that it supports (over fifteen million pounds have been raised over the last ten years).