Unmissable events

Auction August 29 Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire. This year, Gavin Gardiner’s annual auction includes a 12-bore Royal de Luxe model by Holland & Holland ordered in July 1972 and delivered in June 1976, estimated to fetch £14,000–£18,000 (www. gavingardiner.com; 01798 875300)

Country show September 2–4 Chatsworth Country Fair (above), Chatsworth, Derbyshire. Alongside dog agility and fly-fishing, enjoy The Household Cavalry Musical Ride, the Band of The Corps of Royal Engineers, the Red Arrows and live demonstrations from Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry (01328 821821; www.chatsworth countryfair.co.uk)

September 3 Moreton-in-marsh Show, Batsford Road, Moreton-in-marsh, Gloucestershire. Flyfishing demonstrations, vintage tractors, displays from Service Dogs UK, Q&A with the NFU, and livestock competitions (01608 651908; www. moretonshow.co.uk)

Flower show September 8–11 London Flower Show, Osterley Park and House, Isleworth, Middlesex. Show gardens, flower displays, live entertainment, art installations Morton Manor, Brading, Sandown, Isle of Wight PO36 0EP

August 28, 11am–4pm. £4, children free, homemade teas, dogs welcome. Anyone spending the bank holiday on the Isle of Wight should make time to visit the garden of Morton Manor, where they will find immaculate terraces, a series of ponds and sweeping lawns shaded by a host of majestic trees and a fine collection of acers. Surrounding a picturesque 16th-century manor house (not open), much of the garden is in neat Arts-and-crafts style and the faultless standard of maintenance emphasises the satisfying composition into which a rich variety of planting is woven. Visit www.ngs.org.uk