Post War

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Despite the neglect that most gardens suffered during the war years many continued to open under the Scheme and the numbers gradually increased.

With the creation of the National Health Scheme in 1948 the needs of the Queen's Nurses for funding was reduced and in 1952 it was decided that The Gardens Fund of The National Trust for Scotland, founded in the same year as the Scheme, should be adopted as a second beneficiary.

In 1961 an important decision was taken to allow the garden owners, if they chose, to allocate 40% of the gross takings from an opening to a registered charity of their choice. At the same time it was agreed to make small annual donations to The Royal Gardeners' Benevolent Fund and The Royal Gardeners' Orphan Fund, now Perennial and The Royal Fund for Gardeners' Children respectively.

In 1982 Scotland's Garden Scheme won the British Tourist Authority's award for "Outstanding Contribution to Tourism."