National Garden Scheme - Sussex - 2025 booklet

35 SUSSEX Please refer to the website for details of our 2025 opening times and follow us on social media for further updates. /herstmoncastle @herstmoncastle herstmonceuxcastle Herstmonceux Castle | Hailsham | East Sussex BN27 1RN +44 (0)1323 833816 | www.herstmonceux-castle.com 128mm x 94mm Herstmonceux Castle Advert.qxp_ Layout 1 12/11/2024 09:03 Page 1 after Windmill Hill. If using SatNav enter Wartling Rd instead of postcode. For NGS: Wed 23 July (10-5.30). Adm £8, chd £3.50. Light refreshments in Tea Room. For other opening times and information, please phone, email or visit garden website. The Herstmonceux Castle Estate has formal gardens, woodland trails, meadows and lakes set around a majestic C15 moated castle. The gardens and grounds first opened for the NGS in 1927. Partial wheelchair access to formal gardens. A map showing an accessible route around the gardens can also be obtained from the ticket office. efgCbpc HILL HOUSE BN27 4RU. Maureen Madden & Terry Harland. KERPSES Trolliloes Lane, Cowbeech, BN27 4JG. Lynn & Peter Maguire. LIME CROSS PINETUM & SECRET VINEYARD BN27 4RS. Diana Tate, Victoria Tate & Helen Soudain, www.limecross.co.uk. MERRIE HARRIERS BARN Cowbeech, BN27 4JQ. Lee Henderson. THE WINDMILL BN27 4RT. Windmill Hill Windmill Trust, windmillhillwindmill.org. Seven gardens inc a historic windmill and allotments. In Cowbeech there are two gardens: Merrie Harriers Barn is a garden with sweeping lawn and open countryside, colourful herbaceous planting and a large pond with places to sit and enjoy the view. Kerpses is a delightful mixture of mature trees, shrubs, herbaceous borders, vegetable garden, ponds and a meadow. In Stunts Green, The Allotments comprise 54 allotments growing a huge variety of traditional and unusual crops. Flitterbook Flower Farm has an amazing collection of flowers for the retail market. At Lime Cross in Herstmonceux there is a Pinetum and Vinery with wine and mocktails, and Hill House has abundant roses, trees, shrubs and varied perennials, a greenhouse, and a wildlife pond with water lilies. Plenty of seating areas to sit and reflect and have tea. The historic Windmill is well worth a visit and where you can enjoy a BBQ lunch or tea. bc GROUP OPENING 64 HERSTMONCEUX PARISH TRAIL E3 Follow yellow NGS signs. Tickets & map available at each garden. Ticket covers all gardens. Not a walking trail. Sun 22 June (12-5). Combined adm £7, chd free. Light refreshments at Hill House (2-5). Teas (12-5) & BBQ lunch (12-2) at The Windmill. Refreshments in aid of The Windmill Hill Trust & NGS at Hill House only. THE ALLOTMENTS, STUNTS GREEN BN27 4PP. Nicola Beart, Herstmonceux Allotments Association. N FLITTERBROOK FLOWER FARM West End, BN27 4NZ. Georgina Bollen, www. flitterbrookflowerfarm.co.uk.