Describes six hundred private gardens in each region of Britain which are opened to the public each year to raise money for the National Gardens Scheme
(Edward) Martyn Rix FLS is a British botanist, collector and horticulturalist. Following completion of a PhD on Fritillaria at Cambridge University, he worked in Zurich, Switzerland and at the Royal Horticultural Society gardens at Wisley. He is the author of many books and articles on plants and horticulture and is the editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London.