A DOZEN gardens will open in Arnside this weekend (Saturday and Sunday) to raise money for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Programmes cost £3 per adult (with children free) and are available from Bullough's Londis, The Promenade, Arnside as well as from participating gardens during the weekend.

Refreshments, including soup, sandwiches and cakes are available. Plants and rhubarb will be for sale and there will also be owls and creepy crawlies too.