A truly creative garden, nurtured over 35 yrs to become a visitor favourite. Spanning 3½ acres, it features formal topiary, seasonal borders, a contemporary water sculpture, an Italianate gazebo, specimen and mature trees, a Japanese garden with waterfall and tea house, a large copse with a stream, a stumpery and treehouse, and a kitchen garden with fruit trees. Opens every Thursday, pre-booking essential.
Spend a delightful afternoon listening to an informative talk on keeping your roses thriving. You will then have time to explore the rose garden, a summer paradise, especially from June to August when the roses are in full bloom. The garden transforms into a vibrant display of colours and fragrances during these months. The roses, meticulously cared for, showcase a stunning array of varieties, each with its unique charm and beauty. Opens Friday 3rd July, pre-booking essential.
Medium sized garden with three distinct areas around an Edwardian house. Recently replanted, the garden features colour-themed mixed borders of perennials and annuals, inc flowers for cutting, eating, and scent. Two lawned areas and two pot-filled patios, plus a cedarwood greenhouse where many of the plants are raised from seed. Opens Sunday 5th and Friday 10th July with Saffrons.
Planted with an artist’s eye for contrast and complementary colours. Vibrant late summer flower beds filled with salvias, eryngiums, agapanthus, grasses, and lilies that attract bees and butterflies. A broad lawn is surrounded by borders containing maples, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, and mature trees, interspersed with ferns and grasses. The large fruit cage and vegetable beds comprise the productive area of the garden. Opens Sunday 5th and Friday 10th July with Lynwood.
A ⅓ acre walled garden surrounding a C16–C18 cottage (not open) in Angmering Conservation Area. Formal areas, perennial borders and topiary create structure, with splendid holm oak and bay, espalier apple trees and a small kitchen garden. Rich in purples, whites and pinks, this is a harmonious mix of formality, productivity and seasonal colour. Opens Sunday 5th July.
This inspirational space is a delight with permanent gazebos and comfortable seating to sit and relax, enjoying delicious teas. When cold we light the fire for our guests. Interlocking beds packed with year-round colour and scent, shaded by specimen trees, inventive water features and a range of quirky woodland sculptures. Opens Tuesday 7th, Saturday 11th and Tuesday 21st July.
With a backdrop of stunning views of the South Downs, the naturalistic style of this beautiful country garden sits perfectly into the surrounding landscape. This rarely opened garden inc a potager, orchard, herb garden, mature trees and shrubs, a South African themed border, newly extended large perennial borders, a profusion of grasses, and experimental planting in the moist meadows. Opens Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th July, pre-booking essential.
An acre of delicate jungle surrounds an Arts and Crafts style cottage (not open), with stunning views of the South Downs. Our unconventional garden is designed to encourage maximum wildlife, featuring a knapweed and hogweed meadow on clay that attracts clouds of butterflies, along with two small ponds and plenty of seating. Opens Friday 17th and Saturday 18th July, pre-booking essential.
This garden behind a 1937 semi plays host to a venerable Bramley. Other trees, such as Tibetan birch and Photinia’Red Robin’, were chosen for their colour, which is carried through the seasons by tulips, Geum, Alstroemeria, dahlias, cannas, roses, and penstemon. Cotinus and Heuchera enrich the palette. Hard landscaping and a potting shed, added in 2022, helped to pull the plant collection into a cohesive design. Opens Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July with 25 Parklands Road.
Developed from rough grass in 2020, this exuberant gravel garden was created by its artist owner. Contrasting foliage, less common plants, and effervescent flowers linger long. Many plants self-seed, increasing a natural look. This west facing town garden is loosely divided into three sections, with a fine greenhouse housing fascinating cacti and succulents. Opens Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July with 53 Cedar Drive.
A lush rainforest/jungle garden, which we have planted from scratch over the past 12 yrs. Both front and rear gardens contain a mass of palms, bananas, bamboos, and all manner of spiky, luxuriant foliage. Normal rules are not followed! Surreal sculptures and new features to delight. A visitor commented: ‘It is more spectacular than I have ever seen with the National Garden Scheme’. Opens Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July.
A south facing garden, just 300 metres from the sea. An exotic garden giving a tropical, jungle feel. Gravel paths with stepping stones are interspersed with planting to soften the journey. Large leaved plants, statues, seating, a 12ft giraffe, an Indonesian elephant, and a well-stocked aviary are amongst the surprises that await as you amble through the garden. Opens Sunday 19th and Tuesday 21st July, pre-booking essential.
In a rural setting, this stunning garden is densely planted with mixed borders and shrubs. It features a large collection of roses, clematis, fuchsias, and dahlias, creating a profusion of colour and scent in a well maintained garden. Please visit www.ngs.org.uk for pop-up openings in June, July, and August. Please note: there are seven steps to access the garden. Opens Sunday 19th July.
A tranquil, romantic 3 acre country garden with a redesigned walled kitchen garden growing fruit, vegetables, and flowers, inc a large collection of dahlias. A large glasshouse, an old potting shed, mixed flower borders, roses, rhododendrons, and lawns. A magnificent cedar tree overlooks the wisteria-covered, Grade II listed Georgian house (not open). Opens Wednesday 22nd and 29th July.
A Georgian village house (not open) next to a C12 church, with a beautiful, mature ¾ acre English country garden. The garden comprises a walled area laid out as a series of rooms with well-stocked flower beds, two rare ginkgo trees, and yew topiary. This leads to an informal garden with vegetable, herb, and fruit areas, pleached limes, and a lawn shaded by a copper beech tree. Opens Thursday 23rd and Sunday 26th July with Thakeham Place Farm.
Set in the middle of a working dairy farm, the garden has evolved over the last 35 yrs. Taking advantage of its sunny position on free draining greensand, the borders are full of sun loving plants and grasses with a more formal area surrounding the farmhouse (not open). In 2024 a new natural pond was created in the wilder area of the garden to encourage wildlife. Opens Thursday 23rd and Sunday 26th July with Cumberland House.
Architectural Plants is home to an ensemble of captivating garden spaces designed to inspire you. Explore the Mediterranean lake garden and surrounding bankside walk tended by Head Gardener Colin and his apprentices. Italian cypress, olives, pines, hardy palms, spiky plants, and bamboo grove. The guided tour inc the large Acer house, the greenhouse of exciting and rare exotics, and a specialist Niwaki Production Zone. Prepare to enter exotica. The best cake in Sussex, so we hear. Hourly horticultural tours and some clipping demonstrations. Opens Sunday 26th July.
Colourful cottage garden surrounding a C16 period house (not open), set in the pretty downland village of Charlton, close to Levin Down Nature Reserve. Herbaceous borders are well-stocked with a wide range of plants. A variety of perennials, grasses, annuals, and shrubs provide a long season of colour and interest. Opens Sunday 26th July.
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