National Garden Scheme - Sussex - 2026 booklet

52 SUSSEX 111 RYMANS A3 Appledram Lane South, Apuldram, Chichester, PO20 7EG. Zarina Chatwin, rymans.garden@gmail.com. 1m S of Chichester. If coming from A27, exit at Fishbourne r’about & follow signs to Fishbourne. Take 1st L onto Appledram Lane South, the house is 1m S. Sat 11, Sun 12 Apr, Sun 14 June, Sun 13 Sept (2-5). Adm £8, chd free. Refreshments in aid of St Mary’s Church, Apuldram. Visits also by arrangement 11 Apr to 25 Sept for groups of 10 to 30. Walled and other gardens surround a C15 stone house (not open). Featuring bulbs, flowering shrubs, roses, ponds, a potager, and many unusual and rare trees and shrubs. In late spring, the wisterias are spectacular. Hybrid musk roses fill the walled garden in June, and in late summer, the garden is filled with dahlias, sedums, late roses, sages, and Japanese anemones. fgbc may be possible. Planted with an artist’s eye for contrast and complementary colours. Vibrant late summer flower beds filled with salvias, eryngiums, agapanthus, grasses, and lilies that attract bees and butterflies. A broad lawn is surrounded by borders containing maples, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, and mature trees, interspersed with ferns and grasses. The large fruit cage and vegetable beds comprise the productive area of the garden. Level garden with good access, except in very wet conditions. efgbc 112 SAFFRONS C3 Holland Road, Steyning, BN44 3GJ. Tim Melton & Bernardean Carey, 07850 343516, tim.melton@btinternet.com, www. thetransplantedgardener.uk. 6m NE of Worthing. Exit r’about on A283 at S end of Steyning bypass into Clays Hill Rd. Take 1st R into Goring Rd, then 4th L into Holland Rd. Park on Goring Rd or Holland Rd. Sun 5, Fri 10 July (1-5). Combined adm with Lynwood £8, chd free. Home- made teas. Visits also by arrangement 15 June to 31 July for groups of 8 to 30. Combined visit with Lynwood 113 u ST MARY’S HOUSE GARDENS C3 Bramber, BN44 3WE. Roger Linton & Peter Thorogood, 01903 816205, info@stmarysbramber.co.uk, www.stmarysbramber.co.uk. 1m E of Steyning. 10m NW of Brighton in Bramber village, off A283. For NGS: Fri 26, Sat 27 June (2-6). Adm £11, chd free. Light refreshments. For other opening times and information, please phone, email or visit garden website. 5 acres inc formal topiary, a large prehistoric Ginkgo biloba , and a magnificent Magnolia grandiflora around an enchanting timber-framed medieval house (not open for NGS). Victorian Secret Gardens inc a splendid 140ft fruit wall with pineapple pits, Terracotta Garden, Jubilee Rose Garden, King’s Garden, and a circular Poetry Garden. Woodland walk and a Landscape Water Garden. In the heart of the South Downs National Park. WC facilities. Wheelchair access with level ground throughout. egCbc