02/28/2004 Entry: "Modern Gardens Open Day 2004"

Modern British Gardens to Open
One of the events marking this year's 200th anniversary of the Royal Horticultural Society is the first Modern Gardens Open Day. On June 26 more than 200 gardens, most of them created in the last 20 years, will open to the public.

Among the highlights are:
· Scampton Hall, Yorkshire, where modern designs have transformed a derelict four-acre walled garden;
· Little Sparta in Scotland's Pentland Hills, where sculptures, inscriptions and objects interact with the landscape;
· Beth Chatto's Garden at White Barn House near Colchester, which has a new gravel garden;
· A minimalist garden on a former tennis court at Kiftsgate Court, Gloucestershire;
· The coastal garden at Dungeness, Kent, which was built using shingle and driftwood by the late film director Derek Jarman.

Website: www.moderngardens.co.uk