Rutland country houses at Empingham, Uppingham, Market Overton and North Luffenham host garden openings
The gardens of a 16th-Century hall will be open to the public for the first time as part of the National Open Garden Scheme.
North Luffenham Hall, along with Stockerston Hall, are new additions to the scheme which raises money for nursing and healthcare charities.
They form half of four grand Rutland garden openings in July.
The 18th century country house of Stockerston Hall, near Uppingham, opens this Sunday (July 6) from 2-5pm.
Situated next to a beautiful 13th-Century church, which will be open, the garden has been re-imagined over the past 12 years to include an extended landscape and views towards Eyebrook Reservoir and woods.
Its partly walled garden has formal herbaceous borders, an orchard and cutting garden, while the courtyard is planted with herbs and high summer colour.
The Old Hall, in Market Overton, has an evening opening the following Friday (July 11) from 5.30-8.30pm, with pre-booking essential.
It has a large garden divided by stone walls and yew hedges, with herbaceous borders, shrubs, long walks, mature trees, and pretty views over to Barrow.
North Luffenham Hall is the next to open on Sunday, July 13 from 1-5pm and features a six-acre garden.
It includes a topiary formal garden around the hall with a sunken pond, while elsewhere are glasshouses, fruit trees, a vegetable patch, and pergola with five beehives.
There is also a 40-acre rewilding area, rich in native flora and fauna, and a water garden, designed by Russel Paige in 1928, which has been restored, revealing stone walls, pathways, and a spring-fed stream.
Prebendal House, near Empingham, completes the month on Sunday, July 27 from 1.30-5pm.
This garden has been completely redesigned to include more herbaceous borders and a white garden, while the 18th-century walled garden has new beds and structure.
Visit www.ngs.org.uk for more details.