National Garden Scheme - Sussex - 2025 booklet

22 SUSSEX 30 COPYHOLD HOLLOW C2 Copyhold Lane, Borde Hill, Haywards Heath, RH16 1XU. Frances Druce. 2m N of Haywards Heath. Follow signs for Borde Hill Gardens. With Borde Hill Gardens on L over brow of hill, take 1st R signed Ardingly. Garden ½ m. Please park in the lane. Mon 26 May (12-4). Adm £5, chd free. Home-made teas. A different NGS experience in two north facing acres. The cottage garden surrounding C16 house (not open) gives way to slopes and steps up to woodland garden. Species primulas a particular interest of the owner. Stumpery. Not a manicured plot, but with a relaxed attitude to gardening, an inspiration to visitors. Featured in Country Life magazine (March 2021). gb 31 THE COTTAGE B3 Potts Lane, Pulborough, RH20 2BT. Claire Denman, 07739 820712, Claire.denman1@yahoo.co.uk. Potts Ln is a pedestrian lane off Lower St (A283) in Pulborough. The entrance is between two houses next to T-lights. Parking in Lower St public car park almost opp Potts Ln. Evening opening Fri 16 May (6-8). Adm £9, chd free. Wine. Sat 17 May (11-5). Combined adm with Olivers £9, chd free. Home-made teas. Sat 6 Sept (10-4). Adm £6, chd free. Tea, coffee & cake. Pre-booking essential, please visit www.ngs.org.uk for information & booking. Two hour timed slots on 17 May & 6 Sept. Visits also by arrangement 13 May to 16 Sept for groups of 6 to 20. A quintessential English cottage garden, packed with a mix of perennials and bulbs on a potentially challenging multi layered site. Comprising four distinct rooms inc a small roof terrace, top terrace sitting above the house garden and a vegetable garden built in what was a small swimming pool. Every square inch has been used. Featured in the Sunday Times (Summer 2024). gbc 32 CROSSLANDS FLOWER NURSERY B3 Barnham Lane, Walberton, Arundel, BN18 0AX. Ben Cross, 07712 332241, crosslandsflowernursery@gmail. com, www.facebook.com/CrosslandsFlowerNursery. 4m W of Arundel. Midway between Barnham & Walberton down Barnham Ln, signed Crosslands Flower Nursery. Thur 20 Feb, Tue 4, Tue 11 Mar (10-12). Adm £10, chd free. Pre-booking essential, please visit www. ngs.org.uk for information & booking. Visits also by arrangement 3 Feb to 28 Mar for groups of 10 to 30. A 2 hr all access tour of a fourth generation, award-winning, sustainably run flower nursery with 3 acres of glasshouses filled to the brim with Sussex grown alstroemeria. There will be an opportunity to purchase flowers at the end of the tour. 33 64 CUCKFIELD CRESCENT B3 Worthing, BN13 2EB. The Allen Family. Approx 2m from seafront & Worthing town. Bus routes stop S of Stone Ln, within a 5 min walk. Plenty of parking in Rogate Rd. Please be mindful of residents. Thur 26, Sat 28 June (10-4). Adm £5, chd free. Cream teas, home-made cakes & hot drinks. Relax and unwind in this tranquil, wildlife friendly town garden. Take a seat under the pergola, surrounded by a vast range of ferns and hostas. Walk along the short, winding path, enjoying the colour from the borders, and listen to the gentle sound of the water from the Koi pond as you wander through the rose covered arch into a grassed area with a wildlife pond and herbaceous border. gbc 34 CUMBERLAND HOUSE B3 Cray’s Lane, Thakeham, Pulborough, RH20 3ER. George & Jane Blunden. At junction of Cray’s Ln & The Street, nr St Mary’s Church. Park at Thakeham Place Farm, 1 min walk away. Thur 24, Sun 27 July (2-5). Combined adm with Thakeham Place Farm £10, chd free. Home- made teas at Thakeham Place Farm. Refreshments in aid of Revitalise - Respite Holidays For Disabled People & Carers. A Georgian village house (not open), next to the C12 church with a beautiful, mature ¾ acre English country garden. The garden comprises a walled garden 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. Wheelchair access through gate at right-hand side of house. efbc 35 CUPANI GARDEN D3 8 Sandgate Close, Seaford, BN25 3LL. Dr Denis Jones & Ms Aideen Jones OBE From A259 follow signs to Alfriston, E of Seaford. R off Alfriston Rd onto Hillside Ave, 2nd L,1st R & 1st R. Park in adjoining streets. Bus 12A Brighton/Eastbourne, get off Millberg Rd stop & walk down alley to garden. Mon 7 July (2-5). Adm £12, chd £5. Pre- booking essential, please phone 01323 899452, email sweetpeasa52@gmail.com or visit www.cupanigarden. com for information & booking. Home-made teas inc on 7 July. Opening with Seaford Gardens South on Sun 22 June, Sun 13 July. Refreshments in aid of Stay Up Late & NGS. Plants in aid of Stay Up Late. Visits also by arrangement 31 May to 31 July for groups of 6 to 15. Cupani is a tranquil haven with a delightful mix of trees, shrubs and perennial border. Courtyard garden, gazebo, summerhouse, water features, sweet pea obelisks and a huge range of plants. See TripAdvisor reviews. The garden has undergone major renovations in 2023/2024 and now inc a gravel garden, some more tropical planting and the old cutting garden has been replaced with planted troughs. Featured in Sussex Life (2014) and Amateur Gardening (2011). Praised by the Galloping Gardener for ‘plant wizardry’, and 2010 winner of the Seaford in Bloom Plantsman of the Year award for inspirational planting. fgCbc 36 D & S HAUS B3 41 Torton Hill Road, Arundel, BN18 9HF. Darrell Gale & Simon Rose. 1m SW of Arundel town square. From A27 Ford Rd/Chichester Rd r’about, take exit to Ford & immed turn R into Torton Hill Rd. Continue uphill & at large oak tree, keep L & we are on L going down the hill. Sat 2, Sun 3 Aug (12-5). Adm £6, chd free. Home-made teas. Refreshments in aid of Keep Me Breathing. A lush rainforest/jungle garden, 25ft x 200ft, which the owners have planted from scratch over the last 10 yrs. Both front and rear gardens contain a mass of palms, bananas, bamboos and all manner of spiky and large luxuriant foliage. Normal rules are not followed, as the clashes of colour, shape and texture have driven its design. Surreal sculptures and some new features to delight. Tropical planting with lots of unusual plants, quirky sculptures and features. bc