National Garden Scheme - Sussex - 2025 booklet

40 SUSSEX 81 LEGSHEATH FARM D2 Legsheath Lane, nr Forest Row, RH19 4JN. Mr & Mrs Michael Neal, 01342 810230, legsheath@btinternet.com. 4m S of East Grinstead. 2m W of Forest Row, 1m S of Weirwood Reservoir. Sun 18 May (1.30-4.30). Adm £7, chd free. Home-made teas. Visits also by arrangement 4 May to 7 Sept. Donation to Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row. Legsheath was first mentioned in Duchy of Lancaster records in 1545. It was associated with the role of Master of the Ashdown Forest. Set high in the Weald with far-reaching views of East Grinstead and Weirwood Reservoir. The garden covers 11 acres with a spring fed stream feeding ponds. There is a magnificent davidia, rare shrubs, embothrium and many different varieties of meconopsis and Abutilon . fgbc LOWER HOUSE Lower House Road, Bowlhead Green, Godalming, GU8 6NW. See Surrey County Booklet or visit ngs.org.uk Lynwood 82 LIMEKILN FARM D3 Chalvington Road, Chalvington, Hailsham, BN27 3TA. Dr J Hester & Mr M Royle. 10m N of Eastbourne. Nr Hailsham. Turn S off A22 at Golden Cross & follow the Chalvington Rd for 1m. The entrance has white gates on LHS. Disabled parking space close to house, other parking 100 metres further along road. Sat 29, Sun 30 Mar, Sat 30, Sun 31 Aug (2-5). Adm £8, chd free. Tea, coffee & cake in the Oast House. Talk at 3pm. Refreshments in aid of Samaritans. The garden was designed in the 1930s when the house was owned by Charles Stewart Taylor, MP for Eastbourne. It has not changed in basic layout since then. The planting aims to reflect the age of the C17 property (not open) and original garden design. The house and garden are mentioned in Virginia Woolf’s diaries of 1929, depicting a particular charm and peace that still exists today. Flint walls enclose the main lawn, herbaceous borders and rose garden. Nepeta lined courtyard. Informal pond and specimen trees inc a very ancient oak. Many spring flowers and tree blossom. New prairie-style garden with grasses and perennials. Physic garden with talk at 3pm about medicinal plants. Mostly flat access with two steps up to main lawn and herbaceous borders. efgbc 83 LORDINGTON HOUSE A3 Lordington, Chichester, PO18 9DX. Mr & Mrs John Hamilton, 01243 375862, hamiltonjanda@btinternet. com. 7m W of Chichester. On W side of B2146, ½ m S of Walderton, 6m S of South Harting. Enter through white railings on bend. Sat 7, Sun 8 June (2-5). Adm £6, chd free. Tea, coffee & cake. Visits also by arrangement 9 June to 5 Sept for groups of up to 30. Early C17 house (not open) and walled gardens in South Downs National Park. Clipped yew, lawns, borders and fine views. Informal sunken garden. Vegetables, fruit and poultry in kitchen garden. Over 100 roses planted since 2008. Trees both mature and young. Lime avenue planted in 1973 to replace elms. Wildflower meadow outside walls, accessible from garden. Gardens overlook Ems Valley, farmland and wooded slopes of South Downs, all in AONB. Featured in Period Homes & Interiors article, photos by Leigh Clapp (Apr 2013). Photos and mention in Chichester Observer 2012, 2013, 2014. Wheelchair access is possible, but challenging with gravel paths, uneven paving and slopes. Limited WC facilities. No disabled WC. efgabp 84 LUCTONS C2 North Lane, West Hoathly, East Grinstead, RH19 4PP. Drs Hans & Ingrid Sethi, 07787 523510, ingrid@sethis.co.uk. 4m SW of East Grinstead, 6m E of Crawley. In centre of West Hoathly village, nr church, Cat Inn & Priest House. Car parks in village. Sat 21, Wed 25, Sun 29 June, Tue 1 July (1.30-3.30). Adm £7, chd free. Pre-booking essential, please visit www.ngs.org.uk for information & booking. Tea, coffee & cake (cash only). Refreshments in aid of Family Support Work. Visits also by arrangement 2 June to 28 Aug for groups of 10 to 30. ‘A garden with everything’, ‘lots of unusual plants’, ‘stunning herbaceous borders’, are comments of NGS and overseas garden tour visitors. 2 acres of Gertrude Jekyll style garden with herbaceous borders, wildflower orchard, swathes of spotted orchids, pond, roses, chickens, vegetables, herb garden, vine house, greenhouses, croquet lawn and shrubberies. WC facilities. eb 85 N LYNWOOD C3 Holland Road, Steyning, BN44 3GJ. Debbie Chalmers. 6m NE of Worthing. Exit r’about on A283 at S end of Steyning bypass into Clays Hill Rd. 1st R into Goring Rd, 4th L into Holland Rd. What3words app: surpasses.winner. evolution. Fri 4, Fri 11 July (12-5). Combined adm with Saffrons £8, chd free. Home-made teas at Saffrons. Medium sized garden with three distinct garden areas around an Edwardian house. Recently re-planted, colour-themed mixed borders of perennials and annuals inc flowers for cutting, eating and scent. Two lawned areas and two pot- filled patios, plus cedar wood greenhouse where many of the plants are raised from seed. Wheelchair access over gravel and grass. efgbc