Snowdrop Sundays will be coming to Mapperton House, near Beaminster this month.

Poet William Wordsworth called the snowdrop a "venturous harbinger of spring" and visitors to Mapperton Gardens on Sundays in February will be able to see them.

The gardens will be open for Snowdrop Sundays on Sunday 5 and 12 February from 11 am to 4 pm.

The Coach House café will be serving cakes and hot drinks.

Selected plants, including snowdrops, will also be on sale.

Visitors will also be able to see a wide variety of plants and flowers including hellebores -  the Lent lily, Corsican and stinking hellebores.

Admission is £5 per adult and free for under 16s.

Tickets can be bought on arrival.

For more information visit mapperton.com