National Garden Scheme - Sussex - 2026 booklet

41 SUSSEX LITTLE ORCHARDS Prince Of Wales Road, Outwood, Redhill, RH1 5QU. See Surrey County Booklet or visit ngs.org.uk 75 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 6, Sun 7 June (2-5). Adm £7, chd free. Tea, coffee & cake. Refreshments in aid of Rural Refugee Network. Visits also by arrangement 8 June to 5 Sept for groups of up to 30. Optional guided tour. 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. Wheelchair access is possible but may be difficult with gravel paths, uneven paving, and slopes. WC facilities are limited. No disabled WC. efgab 78 MALTHOUSE FARM C3 Streat Lane, Streat, Hassocks, BN6 8SA. Richard & Helen Keys, 01273 890356, helen.k.keys@btinternet.com. 2m SE of Burgess Hill. From r’about between B2113 & B2112, take Folders Ln & Middleton Common Ln E (away from Burgess Hill). After 1m, turn R into Streat Ln; the garden is ½ m on R. Please park carefully as signed. Visits by arrangement 1 June to 20 Sept for groups of 10 to 40. Home-made teas. A rural 5 acre garden with stunning views of the South Downs. The garden is divided into separate rooms, featuring a box parterre and borders with glass sculpture, herbaceous and shrub borders, and a mixed border for seasonal colour. An orchard with wild flowers leads to partitioned areas with grass walks, a snail mound, birch maze, and willow tunnel. A wildlife farm pond is surrounded by planting. Partial wheelchair access across grassed areas, though some gravel paths and steps may limit access to certain parts. ebc Manor of Dean © Leigh Cl app 76 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 the centre of West Hoathly village, nr the church, The Cat Inn, & Priest House. Car parks in the village. Sat 27, Sun 28 June (1.30-4.30). Adm £6, chd free. Open nearby The Priest House. Home-made teas at Priest House on 27 June & Luctons on 28 June. Refreshments in aid of Family Support Work. Visits also by arrangement June to Aug for groups of 10 to 30. ‘A garden with everything’, ‘lots of unusual plants’, and ‘stunning herbaceous borders’ are comments from NGS and overseas garden tour visitors. Set within 2 acres, this Gertrude Jekyll style garden features herbaceous borders, a wildflower orchard, swathes of spotted orchids, a pond, roses, vegetables, a herb garden, vine house, greenhouses, croquet lawn, and shrubberies. WC facilities. eb 77 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. Sun 5, Fri 10 July (1-5). Combined adm with Saffrons £8, chd free. Tea, coffee & cake at Saffrons. Visits also by arrangement 15 June to 31 July for groups of 8 to 30. To book, contact Tim Melton at Saffrons (07850 343516). Medium sized garden with three distinct areas around an Edwardian house. Recently replanted, the garden features colour-themed mixed borders of perennials and annuals, inc flowers for cutting, eating, and scent. Two lawned areas and two pot-filled patios, plus a cedarwood greenhouse where many of the plants are raised from seed. Wheelchair access over gravel and grass. efgbc THE MANOR HOUSE Three Gates Lane, Haslemere, GU27 2ES. See Surrey County Booklet or visit ngs.org.uk 79 MANOR OF DEAN B2 Tillington, Petworth, GU28 9AP. Mr & Mrs James Mitford, 07887 992349, emma@mitford.uk.com. 3m W of Petworth, just off A272. Car park accessed via New Rd. What3words app: unique.only.novels. Sun 1 Feb (2-4); Sun 22 Mar, Sun 26 Apr (2-5). Adm £6, chd free. Tea, coffee & cake. Visits also by arrangement 2 Feb to 19 June for groups of 20+. Approx 3 acres of traditional English garden with extensive views of the South Downs. Herbaceous borders, early spring bulbs, bluebell woodland walk, walled kitchen garden with fruit, vegetables and cutting flowers. NB under long term programme of restoration, some parts of the garden may be affected. bc