No charity plant sale

we are facing a similar issue.
it will depend on how big the gardens are and if you are including the tea & coffee too.

£8 sounds fine then refreshments extra. We found asking for donations for the refreshments gave us a bigger sum at the end of it. We did say minimum donation for tea/coffee and a slice of cake/scone £3.50

It might be worth getting your open gardeners to discuss prices of plants they are selling in common. The less common priced higher etc.

What a great idea Amsterdam...hope it is successful for you.I would think £1 a garden if there are 10 opening but plants can be individually priced.Refreshments could be extra.

£8 sounds about right to me. In our town we have an Open Gardens day every other year, and this year more than 20 have signed up. We sell tickets in advance at a GC and a bookshop for £9, and on the Day, £10 at any participating garden. Some owners sell refreshments and some sell plants - all profit is divided between the Red Cross and our local Hospice. It’s fun and a very popular day.

Thank you all for your replies, always good to hear what others are doing. We’re having a meeting to discuss the reg price and who will be selling plants. They will be mostly standard annuals & perennials that gardeners have dug up or divided.

Two thoughts. If you're charging £8 to see the gardens, you will need a of change if people are paying cash (they will probably offer a tenner). Are you giving them a ticket to prove they have paid when going to the other gardens? Maybe charge £10 with one lucky ticket holder getting a total refund?

Plant prices. When we opened, we had coloured sticks in each plant pot and an explanatory chart nearby - red = £1, yellow = £2, etc

Hello Amsterdam - is this Bomere Heath - we missed your charity open gardens last year - I have put your date in the diary and we hope to make it this year - are dogs allowed she is a well behaved collie Jane

If it’s any help, our “tickets” take the form of a programme (A4 folded to A5) listing the gardens and with a sketch map on the back showing the roads where each one is. Visitors have to show the programme at each garden they visit, or of course buy one at the gate. As Andrew says, you will need plenty of £1 coins to give change.

Thank you all for your great suggestions- plenty to consider! Very helpful. I do have a mobile card paying device that I can use as well. They will be given a pamphlet with a map with the gardens marked on it, I suppose they can get a stamp at every garden? Jane Lloyd- this is the Baschurch Garden Trail. Am not aware if Bomere Heath do one as well. Yes dogs allowed on the lead.

Amsterdam, I couldn't add anymore, the others have said it all, great advice really!