“I moved into my home Thetford in in July 2015 and started work transforming the rear and front gardens from the weed-filled jungle they had become under previous ownership into something altogether more appealing which you might have seen during previous Open Gardens events.”

“Love my courtyard garden, especially this year as it’s been great to tend my pots at weekends, plus early evening and during my lunch break while currently working from home.”

“We have always supported the Hospice where we can and to open our front garden last year was nice for us to do something more.”

“My husband and I bought this 1930s town centre house in 2016. It was nearly derelict, as the photographs of the garden indicate. After clearing a number of large trees and overgrown foliage, I made a start on the garden design, based on garden rooms connected by repeating circles and arcs, with hard landscaping in black sandstone and grey slate chippings.”

“This quote perfectly sums up why I love gardening. And in these unprecedented times, my passion for it has never had so much importance for my wellbeing.”

“In my view, all gardeners are eccentric. We know we’re fighting unbeatable odds: time, weather, pests and the depredations of grandchildren, and yet we carry on pushing that loaded wheelbarrow uphill year after creaking year.”

“Have you ever wondered why we have gardens? I thoroughly enjoy my garden with all its problems and challenges, but I also acknowledge that it is so easy to get the balance wrong and not to spend enough time simply being in the garden. I propose a ‘Laziness Crusade.’”

“The weather is perfect for early treasures in the garden. There are so many flowers to enjoy – delights that disappear before the open garden season gets under way.

Here are some my favourites in our garden now.”

“It’s been a dramatic month in my garden, nature has been breeding in all directions and this bounty of food has not gone unnoticed! Forced to work from home and only too keen to stare out of the window on occasions, I have been watching a pair of robins which have nested in the ivy-clad trellis across the other side of my patio.”

“It’s always interesting at this time of year to see what comes up. In the last few weeks as I go round the town I’ve spotted the masses of small white flowers of Danish scurvy-grass by the sides of the main A134 Bury Road – it’s a saltmarsh plant, but wherever roads are treated with salt in the winter in can thrive far inland.”

“Some areas are now bursting into many shades of green with apple blossom just beginning to fall and the promise of sunshine, lavender and roses.”