National Garden Scheme - Sussex - 2025 booklet

54 SUSSEX 134 u SHEFFIELD PARK AND GARDEN D2 Uckfield, TN22 3QX. National Trust, 01825 790231, sheffieldpark@nationaltrust.org.uk, www.nationaltrust. org.uk/sheffieldpark. 10m S of East Grinstead. 5m NW of Uckfield; E of A275. For NGS: Tue 6 May (10-4.30). Adm £16.15, chd £8. Light refreshments. For other opening times and information, please phone, email or visit garden website. Magnificent, landscaped garden laid out in C18 by Capability Brown and Humphry Repton covering 120 acres (40 hectares). Further development in the early yrs of this century by its owner Arthur G Soames. Centrepiece is original lakes with many rare trees and shrubs. Beautiful at all times of the yr, but noted for its spring and autumn colours. National Collection of Ghent azaleas. Large number of champion trees, 87 in total. Light refreshments available in the Coach House Café and The Shant. Last entry 4.30pm. Garden largely accessible for wheelchairs, please call for information. efgCdbpc SHIELING The Warren, Kingswood, Tadworth, KT20 6PQ. See Surrey County Booklet or visit ngs.org.uk Sienna Wood © Irene Eltringha m -Willson 135 SHEPHERDS COTTAGE A3 Milberry Lane, Stoughton, Chichester, PO18 9JJ. Jackie & Alan Sherling, 07795 388047, milberrylane@gmail.com, www.instagram.com/ drjackieblackman. 9 ⅙ m NW Chichester. Off B2146, next village after Walderton. Cottage is nr telephone box & beside St Mary’s Church. No parking in lane beside house. Visits by arrangement Apr to Aug for groups of 10 to 30. Adm £15 pp inc home-made teas. A compact terraced garden using the borrowed landscape of Kingley Vale in the South Downs. The south facing flint stone cottage (not open) is surrounded by a Purbeck stone terrace and numerous individually planted and styled seating areas. A small orchard under planted with meadow, lawns, topiary yew hedges, amelanchier, cercis and drifts of wind grass provide structure and year-round interest. Many novel design ideas and unusual perennial combinations suitable for a small garden. Ample seating throughout the garden to enjoy the views. Featured in The English Garden, Gardens Illustrated, Country Living, and Good Housekeeping magazines. Also featured on ITV ‘Love Your Garden’, and SKY TV ‘The Art of the Garden’. gib 136 N SHORTS FARM B3 The Street, Nutbourne, Pulborough, RH20 2HE. Sarah & John Browne. 2m E of Pulborough. Take A283 from Pulborough towards Storrington. Turn L down West Chiltington Rd then L down Nutbourne Rd. Go along The Street, pass The Rising Sun pub. Follow parking directions from a volunteer. Thur 5, Sat 7 June (12-5). Combined adm with The Old Manor £8, chd free. Home-made teas. A ½ acre, classic cottage garden set around a C15 house of archaeological interest (not open). A thatched summerhouse, surrounded by herbaceous borders and lawned areas, separated by beds of perennial planting interspersed with occasional trees. There is a range of colour from early summer into late autumn, with some areas left wild. The garden has become more nature friendly over the yrs. bc 137 THE SHRUBBERY B3 140 Barnham Road, Barnham, PO22 0EH. John & Ros Woodhead, johnrosw@sky.com. Between Arundel & Chichester. At A27 Fontwell junction take A29 road to Bognor Regis. Turn L at next r’about onto Barnham Rd. After ½ m the garden is 40 metres after the speed camera. Sat 31 May, Sun 1 June (10-4). Combined adm with The Old Rectory £6, chd free. Home-made teas. Visits also by arrangement 2 June to 6 June for groups of 6 to 20. A garden of ideas in a ¼ acre plot of mature trees, shrubs, wild flower lawn, roses, agapanthus, and dahlias leading to a walled back garden of mixed colourful borders, soft fruit, sculptures and a large collection of hostas. egbc