Yalding Organic Gardens started with the generous gift of 10 acres of land, and a sum of money in trust, from Donald and Pixie Cooper, who owned an organic farm at Yalding; with the intention of setting-up a display garden for the Henry Doubleday Research Association – now Garden Organic. Opened in April 1995, Garden Organic Yalding, near Maidstone in Kent, tells the history of gardening in an imaginatively landscaped setting. Visitors travel through representations of ancient woodlands, medieval physic, knot and paradise gardens and a 19th century artisans plot, borders inspired by Gertrude Jekyll’s ideas, before reaching a 1950s ‘Dig for Victory’ Allotment. The gardens were recently sold as a Wedding and Events venue and it therefore should be noted that the gardens are now closed and no longer open to the public.