National Garden Scheme - Sussex - 2025 booklet

25 SUSSEX National Garden Scheme gardens are identified by their yellow road signs and posters. You can expect a garden of quality, character and interest, a warm welcome and plenty of home-made cakes! GROUP OPENING 40 DITCHLING GARDEN TRAIL C3 Close to A23, 8m N of Brighton at the junction of the B2112 & B2116. No on road parking. Use car parks on B2116, West St, BN6 8TS (best),or Village Hall, BN6 8TT or Recreation Ground, BN6 8TY, on Lewes Rd. Maps available at The Sandrock gardens, High St. Sat 30 Aug (11-4.30). Combined adm £8, chd free. Home-made teas at Meadow Cottage. COUM COTTAGE The Sandrock, High Street, BN6 8TA. Valerie Winter. MEADOW COTTAGE 24 Beacon Road, BN6 8UL. Yvonne Hennessy. N PADDOCK END Beacon Road, BN6 8UL. Catherine & David Lebrecht. N PARDONS 78 East End Lane, BN6 8UR. John & Susie Godley. SEPTEMBER COTTAGE The Sandrock, High Street, BN6 8TA. Pamela Roy- Jones. N WHITE RAILS COTTAGE 3 Common Lane, BN6 8TJ. Philip Dunn & Veryan Greenwood. Set within the South Downs National Park, Ditchling is a thriving village dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period. Today it is still home to artists, writers, and craftspeople, along with musicians and winemakers. The love and passion for gardening is evident in the six gardens opening. Five being in the village centre whilst White Rails Cottage is ½ mile walk away. Three of the gardens are mature, whilst the three new ones are at various stages of ‘work in progress’. These are exciting projects, each different and complementing each other. Each garden has its own feel, united by a love of bees, birds, butterflies, and wildlife. Maybe even spot a hedgehog family or the very rare fungus Sarcodontia crocea at Meadow Cottage. The museum holds an internationally important collection of work by the artists and craftspeople who were resident over many yrs. The Horticultural Society was established in 1822 and is the oldest in the country. Public WC below the village hall. gbc