National Garden Scheme - Sussex - 2026 booklet

22 SUSSEX walk in spring leads you past beautiful sculptures, against a backdrop of colourful rhododendrons and azaleas. In summer the garden is a colourful tapestry of heathers, well-known for their abundance and variety. The travelling exhibition ‘Art of the Newlyn School’ can be viewed in the Music Room on Sun 10 May prior to its two year UK tour. Optional combined garden and art exhibition entry £10 (pay on the day only). eCbc 24 CHALK FARM FLOWERS B3 Rogers Lane, Findon, Worthing, BN14 0RE. chalkfarmflowers.com. 4m N of Worthing. On A24, just S of Findon village. Turn onto Rogers Ln directly at entrance to Findon Vale Garden Centre. We are located by the 1st farm gate on the L. Parking at farm, limited spaces at garden centre. Sat 18 Apr (9-5.30); Sun 19 Apr (10-4.30); Sat 8 Aug (9-5.30); Sun 9 Aug (10-4.30). Adm £6, chd free. Pre-booking essential, please visit www.ngs.org. uk for information & booking. Light refreshments. A sustainable working flower farm, run by two young horticulturalists with a passion for the environment. Our mission is to spread the word about British-grown flowers and share our story with visitors. We grow a wide range of flowers across a 1 acre site, where fresh, chemical-free bunches are available. You can also enjoy refreshments with a beautiful view of the flower field. Wheelchair access over gentle slopes and wide grassy and bark paths alongside the flower farm growing beds. efgbc 25 CHAMPS HILL B3 Waltham Park Road, Coldwaltham, Pulborough, RH20 1LY. Mrs Mary Bowerman, 01798 831205, info@thebct.org.uk, www.thebct.org.uk. 3m S of Pulborough. On the A29, turn R towards Fittleworth onto Waltham Park Rd. The garden is 400 metres on R. What3words app: call.lakeside.fellow. Sun 10 May (11- 5); Sun 9 Aug (2-5). Adm £7, chd free. Home-made teas. Visits also by arrangement 2 Mar to 4 Sept for groups of 10+. Adm inc tea, coffee & biscuits. A natural landscape, the garden has been developed around three disused sand quarries with far-reaching views across the Amberley Wildbrooks to the South Downs. A woodland 26 u CHARLESTON D3 Firle, Lewes, BN8 6LL. The Charleston Trust, 01323 811626, press@charleston.org.uk, www.charleston.org.uk. Charleston is on the A27 signed halfway between Brighton & Eastbourne. From A27 follow narrow lane with deep ditches either side. Parking 200 metres from house entrance. Blue badge parking only 50 metres from house. Please arrive promptly for tour & talk to start. For NGS: Fri 12 June (10-12). Adm £12.50, chd free. Pre-booking essential, please visit www.ngs. org.uk for information & booking. Tour & talk about the garden at 10am & 11am with Head Gardener. For other opening times and information, please phone, email or visit garden website. Created in 1918 by Roger Fry, Charleston’s walled garden became a painter’s paradise and sanctuary for artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Alive with colour from spring bulbs to summer roses, autumn dahlias to daisies, it brims with creativity and cottage charm. Still artistically tended, it offers inspiration year-round and hosts Festival of the Garden in July. Featuring a variety of sculpture, mosaics and tiled pools, orchard and tranquil pond. Refreshments available to purchase at on site café. Multiple features on BBC Gardeners’ World. Garden and grounds partially accessible. Gravel pathways, some uneven and narrow. efCbpc