Garden Talk In September 01/09/2011 We are pleased to announce a one-off event in aid of St Barnabas hospice and the National Gardens Scheme. On Wednesday 14 September 2011 an illustrated talk, partly on the NGS and then leading on to the grounds and gardens of the new St Barnabas House, Worthing will take place. All welcome to attend - click here for further details!
Garden Opening Update! 17/06/2011 Oak Grove & Palatine Gardens - Please note tickets and entry are at BOTH schools.
Ambrose Place Back Gardens 17/05/2011 This year for the 28th consecutive year, and with a brand new “Exceptional Service Award” under their belt, the residents of Ambrose Place open their gardens once again for the NGS
Pembury House, Ditchling Road (New Road), Clayton, nr Hassocks, Sussex, BN6 9PH Depending on the vagaries of the season, winter-flowering shrubs, hellebores and drifts of snowdrops are at their best in February. Special Hellebo...
Latchetts, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, Sussex, RH17 7HQ ‘In top 10 of 600 gardens visited’ (coach organiser). 8 acres of variety, design, imagination. Lovely setting, fine lawns, colourful planting, wall...
Malthouse Farm, Streat Lane, Streat, Hassocks, Sussex, BN6 8SA Rural garden with wonderful views to the S Downs. Garden divided into rooms. Box parterre, herbaceous and shrub borders, kitchen garden. Young orch...
1 Belton Close (part of Round Hill Gardens group), Sussex, BN2 3RY A hidden surprise, this hilltop city garden is packed with late summer colour. Tropical planting including cannas, bananas, gingers, tree fern and ...
Palatine School Gardens, Palatine Road, Worthing, Sussex, BN12 6JP This is a many roomed mature garden with varied planting. Constructed by teachers, volunteers and children with special needs, it never ceases to s...
Channel View (part of Goring Gardens group), Sussex, BN12 4DW Mature owner-designed garden by the sea, imaginatively blending traditional Tudor cottage garden with subtropical, Mediterranean and antipodean pla...
Bakers House, Bakers Lane, Shipley, Sussex, RH13 8GJ Large parkland garden with great oaks, lake, laburnum tunnel, rose walks of old-fashioned roses, scented knot garden, olive and lemon walk, bog gar...
4 Hillside Cottages, Downs Road, West Stoke, Sussex, PO18 9BL Garden 120ft x 27ft in a rural setting. Densely planted with mixed borders and shrubs. Large collection of roses, mainly New English shrub roses; w...
Sherburne House, Eartham, nr Chichester, Sussex, PO18 0LP Chalk garden of approx 2 acres. Shrub and climbing roses, lime-tolerant shrubs, herbaceous, grey-leaved and foliage plants, pots, water feature, sm...
Legsheath Farm, nr Forest Row, Sussex, RH19 4JN Panoramic views over Weirwood reservoir. Exciting 10-acre garden with woodland walks, water gardens and formal borders. Of particular interest, clu...
The Manor of Dean, Tillington, Petworth, Sussex, GU28 9AP Approx 3 acres. Traditional English garden, herbaceous borders, a variety of early-flowering bulbs and snowdrops, spring bulbs, grass walks, walled...
Upwaltham Barns, Upwaltham, Sussex, GU28 0LX Unique farm setting has been transformed into a garden of many rooms. Entrance is a tapestry of perennial planting to set off C17 flint barns. At t...
Sandhill Farm House, Nyewood Road, Rogate, Sussex, GU31 5HU Front and rear gardens are broken up into garden rooms. Front garden incl small woodland area planted with early spring flowering shrubs and bulbs,...
Rose Cottage, Hall Lane, Hadlow Down, Sussex, TN22 4HJ Plantsman's 2/3-acre garden. Old-fashioned roses, exuberant planting and luxuriance within a strong design results in a garden that visitors refer ...
The Old Farmhouse, Hermongers Lane, Rudgwick, Sussex, RH12 3AL 1½-acre traditional garden set about C16 Grade 2 listed Farmhouse (not open) and barns open as tearoom and concert hall. Features incl knot garden,...
Butlers Farmhouse, Butlers Lane, Herstmonceux, Sussex, BN27 1QH Lovely rural setting for 1-acre garden surrounding C16 farmhouse (not open) with views of S Downs. Pretty in spring with primroses and hellebores. ...
Hammerwood House, Iping, Sussex, GU29 0PF 7-acre garden comprising yew and beech hedges giving structure to the colourful rhododendrons, azaleas and numerous other shrubs. The front of the ...
Dale Park House, Madehurst, Sussex, BN18 0NP Set in parkland on S Downs with magnificent views to the sea. Large walled garden with 200ft herbaceous border, mixed borders and rose garden. Grav...
Durrance Manor, Smithers Hill Lane, Shipley, Sussex, RH13 8PE 2-acre site surrounding medieval hall house (not open) with Horsham stone roof. Uninterrupted views to S Downs and Chanctonbury Ring over ha-ha. Ma...
The Garden House, 5 Warleigh Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN1 4NT Tucked away in the heart of the city this really is a secret garden, in Victorian times a market garden. The garden is organic and gives interest ...
Jacaranda, Chalk Road, Ifold, Sussex, RH14 0UE Tranquil wildlife-friendly ¼-acre garden created over past 12yrs. Full of interesting trees, shrubs and perennials. Various seating areas allow dif...
Champs Hill, Waltham Park Road, Coldwaltham, Pulborough, Sussex, RH20 1LY 27 acres of acid-loving plants around sand pits and woodland. Sculptures, superb views and year-round interest
Copyhold Hollow, Copyhold Lane, Borde Hill, Haywards Heath, Sussex, RH16 1XU Cottage garden in a hollow, with woodland garden above. Spring-fed pond with dam and waterfall edged with damp-loving perennials. The oak stumpery ...
46 Westup Farm Cottages (part of Balcombe Gardens group), Sussex, RH17 6JJ Hidden in the countryside of the High Weald, this cottage garden contains unique and traditional features, linked by intimate paths through lush an...
Brightling Down Farm, Brightling Down, nr Woods Corner, Sussex, TN21 9LL The garden has several different areas incl a Zen garden, water garden, walled vegetable garden with 2 large greenhouses, herb garden and herbaceou...
South Grange, Quickbourne Lane, Northiam, Rye, Sussex, TN31 6QY Hardy Plant Society member’s garden combining grasses, herbaceous perennials, shrubs, trees, raised beds, wildlife pond for yr-round interest. Vege...
Town Place, Ketches Lane, Freshfield, nr Sheffield Park, Sussex, RH17 7NR 3 acres with over 600 roses, 150ft herbaceous border, walled herb garden, ornamental grasses, ancient hollow oak, orchard and potager. 'Green' Prio...
Westacre, Burton Park Road, Petworth, Sussex, GU28 0JS Started from scratch but framed by old forest trees and with glimpses of the Downs, the garden now has a pond and bog gardens, a pergola leading to...
Tidebrook Manor, Tidebrook, Wadhurst, Sussex, TN5 6PD Open for group visits only, but a very special 4-acre garden with outstanding views and set in the heart of the Sussex countryside. Tidebrook Manor...
Caxton Manor, Wall Hill, Forest Row, Sussex, RH18 5EG Delightful Japanese-inspired gardens planted with mature rhododendrons, azaleas and acers, surrounding large pond with boat house, massive rockery ...
Kent House, East Harting, nr Petersfield, Sussex, GU31 5LS 1½-acre garden with fine trees, ha-ha, shade-loving plants for Apr and May, walled garden, exceptional views of the Downs from pretty Georgian hous...
The Grange, Fittleworth, Sussex, RH20 1EW Garden of 3 acres gently sloping to R Rother. Formal areas enclosed by yew hedges comprising colour-themed beds and herbaceous borders around prett...
Driftwood (part of Seaford & Bishopstone Gardens group), 4 Marine Drive, Bishopstone, Sussex, BN25 2RS An immaculate lawnless gem, 112ft x 48ft, exposed yet tranquil, coastal gravel and cottage beds. Densely packed, no exposed soil, home to over 380 ...
Fairlight End, Pett Road, Pett, Hastings, Sussex, TN35 4HB An exceptional garden created within last few years. 3-acre sloping site with just about everything: lovely views, paved terrace, lawn and ancient ...
54 Elmleigh, Midhurst, Sussex, GU29 9HA Come and walk around this beautiful, award-winning garden on the edge of Midhurst. It has been likened to a Tardis. Planted with majestic Scots pin...
Great Lywood Farmhouse, Lindfield Road, Ardingly, Sussex, RH17 6SW Approx 1½-acre terraced garden surrounding C17 Sussex farmhouse (not open). Lovely views to S Downs. Featuring lawns and grass walks, mixed borders...
Lordington House, Lordington, Chichester, Sussex, PO18 9DX Early C17 house (not open) and walled gardens. Clipped yew and box, lawns, borders and fine views. Vegetables, fruit and poultry in old kitchen gar...
Coates Manor, Fittleworth, Sussex, RH20 1ES 1 acre, mainly shrubs and foliage of special interest, surrounding Elizabethan house (not open). Flowing design punctuated by clipped shrubs and sp...
Rymans, Apuldram, Chichester, Sussex, PO20 7EG Walled and other gardens surrounding lovely C15 stone house (not open); bulbs, flowering shrubs, roses, ponds, potager. Many unusual and rare trees...
Cookscroft, Bookers Lane, Earnley, nr Chichester, Sussex, PO20 7JG This is a garden for all seasons which delights the visitor. Started in 1988, it features Cottage, Woodland and Japanese gardens, water features an...
Pindars, Lyminster, nr Arundel, Sussex, BN17 7QF Owner-maintained garden created over 40yrs. Many mature trees form an enclosed peaceful space with lots of seating to enjoy vistas. Interesting and...
6 Plantation Rise, Worthing, Sussex, BN13 2AH A surprise awaits you, welcome! Our garden is 70ft x 80ft but has been landscaped to give the appearance of being much larger. With pond, summerhou...
The Oast House, Elms Farm, Isfield, Sussex, TN22 5XG A gorgeous, unusual 2-acre garden which uses the backdrop of the S Downs. The focal point is a large S-shaped pond, surrounded by a jetty walk and ...
Crown House, Sham Farm Road, Eridge, Sussex, TN3 9JU Situated in an AONB, 1½ acres with pools and fountain, rose garden and rose walk, herbaceous borders and heather border, herb garden. Full size cro...
Oxsetton, Southerham, Lewes, Sussex, BN8 6JN Small walled garden built on existing farmyard. Ancient flint horse trough, old well. Raised beds containing a variety of interesting herbaceous pl...
Ocklynge Manor, Mill Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, BN21 2PG Hidden oasis behind an ancient, flint wall. Informal and tranquil, ½-acre chalk garden with sunny and shaded places to sit. Use of architectural an...
6 Daresbury Close (part of Bexhill Gardens group), Sussex, TN39 4DR Secluded, partly-walled 80ft garden with mixed planting of acers, shrubs and perennials with colourful flowering throughout the yr. Small pond. Fuc...
Winterfield (part of Balcombe Gardens group), Sussex, RH17 6LP Plantsman's garden incl herbaceous and shrub borders, pond, wild flowers, gravelled areas, alpine troughs, 'secret' garden and as many trees and sh...
Blue Jays, Chesworth Close, Horsham, Sussex, RH13 5AL Wooded 1-acre garden with rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas. Candelabra primulas and ferns edge the R Arun. Primroses and spring bulbs border wo...
Sayerland House, Sayerland Lane, Polegate, Sussex, BN26 6QP 5-acre garden surrounding listed C15 house (not open). Several distinct garden areas. Walled garden with colour-themed borders, rose garden, ponds,...
Stonehealed Farm, Streat Lane, Streat, Sussex, BN6 8SA C17 house (not open) in rural setting with views of S Downs. Relaxed informal planting of trees, shrubs, climbers and unusual perennials. Ponds, ki...
Nyewood House, Nyewood, nr Rogate, Sussex, GU31 5JL Victorian country house garden with stunning views of S Downs. 3 acres comprising formal gardens with rose walk and arbours, pleached hornbeam, col...
4 Ben's Acre, Horsham, Sussex, RH13 6LW A cottage type garden with a contemporary feel on the edge of St Leonard’s Forest and riverside walk. Although only 100ft x 45ft, visitors remark o...
Fittleworth House, Bedham Lane, Fittleworth, Pulborough, Sussex, RH20 1JH 3-acre garden with working walled kitchen garden growing a wide range of fruit, vegetables and flowers. Large glasshouse and old potting shed. Rhod...
Down Place, South Harting, Petersfield, Sussex, GU31 5PN 7-acre hillside, chalk garden on the N side of S Downs with fine views of surrounding countryside. Extensive herbaceous, shrub and rose borders on ...
11 Tredcroft Road, Hove, Sussex, BN3 6UH 110ft x 50ft town garden on 4 levels facing NW, on clay soil. Designed and landscaped 4 yrs ago, this wildlife-friendly garden is now well establis...
Old Scaynes Hill House, Clearwater Lane, Scaynes Hill, Sussex, RH17 7NF In memory of Sarah Robinson. Entrance archway with steps leading to peaceful 1-acre naturalistic garden on S-facing slope of clay. Mature trees and...
4 Birch Close, Arundel, Sussex, BN18 9HN 0.4 acre of woodland garden on edge of Arundel. Wide range of mature trees and shrubs with many hardy perennials. Emphasis on extensive selection o...
New Barn, Egdean, nr Petworth, Sussex, RH20 1JX Sadly, last year of opening after 24yrs for the NGS. Converted C18 barn (not open) with 2-acre garden in beautiful, peaceful farmland setting. Larg...
Outspan, 46 Cross Lane, Findon,, Worthing, Sussex, BN14 0UG This 95ft by 50ft garden has been developed by owners since 2006. Features incl a large selection of roses, clematis, shrubs, perennials, pergola,...
51 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, BN21 4JR Walled, S-facing garden (82ft sq) with mixed beds intersected by stone paths and incl small pool. Profuse and diverse planting. Wide selection of s...
Knellstone House, Udimore, Rye, Sussex, TN31 6AR This 3½-acre garden surrounds a beautiful C15 house (not open) within an AONB. Separate areas accommodate the sloping landscape, exploiting the stu...
Tinkers Bridge Cottage, Tinkers Lane, Ticehurst, Sussex, TN5 7LU 12 acres landscaped; stream garden nr house (not open) leading to herbaceous borders, wildlife meadow with ponds and woodland walks
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