A village’s green-fingered residents opened up their gardens to visitors for the first time in over a decade, raising more than £1,000. For the first time in 13 years Laxton held an Open Gardens event on June 9, which attracted more than 200 people who walked up and down the village street to see the seven gardens. The church opened as well, and two villagers set displays with vintage tractors — so there was a lot for visitors to see. The numbered gardens started at the bottom of the village in pretty cottage-style garden with attractive borders, a water feature and imaginative planting and co…