Places to Visit

August

All details for NGS Gardens open this month can be found on… www.ngs.org.uk

PUBLIC GARDENS well worth a visit:-

Nymans: A 33-acre garden (National Trust) featuring a winter garden. Free to RHS members

Riverhill, Sevenoaks. 10-5pm. Free for RHS members on Wednesdays and Thursdays  

Wakehurst Place. Year- round interest.

Lullingstone Castle & World Garden, Kent. Prairie Garden open. Free 11-5pm 9th April until 30th October Thursday- Sunday.

Sheffield Park 124 acres on our doorstep! Free to RHS members

One Garden Brighton. Stanmer Park. Free entry, pay to park. Walled garden.

Denmans, West Sussex. Free to RHS members on Sundays until December.

Penshurst Place and Gardens: Features 11 garden rooms divided by yew hedging.

Leonardslee Lakes Gardens.

Hever Castle: Free for RHS members Mon-Fri, but only in Kent ‘term-time’

Borde Hill Garden: A Grade II-listed 383 acre garden with champion trees and collections of plants, trees, and shrubs. 

NURSERIES & PLANT CENTRES….. Newick has several local, independent and interesting nurseries within a 20 mile range - excellent growers of garden-worthy, unusual and rare plants. If you know of others, please let us know and we can add them to our list.

STAVERTON NURSERY, Eastbourne Rd, Halland, Lewes BN8 6PU. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Closed Sunday

GOLDCLIFFE NURSERY; Family-run, independent garden centre, located just north of Lewes on the A26

CADE STREET NURSERY; bedding, perennials, hanging baskets – at plant centre and online.
Cade St, Heathfield, TN21 9BU  www.cadestreetnursery.co.uk

CHALK FARM NURSERIES; grows their own from seeds, cuttings and plug plants. A good source of plants to grow on. Larger stock sourced from various suppliers. North of Eastbourne.
Coopers Hill, Willingdon, BN20 9JD www.chalkfarmnurseries.co.uk

DOVES BARN NURSERY; Bedding orientated grower, mainly plugs for growing on at home.   Copthorne Road, Felbridge, RH19 2PB www.dovesbarnnursery.co.uk

ENGLISH WOODLANDS; Large range of container and field-grown trees, conifers and shrubs. Knowledgeable staff.
Burrow Nursery, Cross in Hand, Heathfield, TN21 0UG www.ewburrownursery.co.uk

GROW LOCAL SUSSEX; Rachel grows and sells her vegetable, herb, companion plants and plants for pollinators at farmers’ markets and plant fairs in Sussex and directly by appointment from her nursery in Halland. www.growlocalsussex.co.uk 

ORCHARD NURSERY PLANT CENTRE; produce most of their own herbaceous perennials, seasonal bedding, shrubs and
vegetables; also provides landscape and garden design
Holtye Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3PP www.orchardnursery.co.uk

PELHAM PLANTS NURSERY; Traditional, small independent nursery. Good range of herbaceous familiar and unusual plants. Also runs workshops and garden tours.
Rose Cottage, off Common Lane, Laughton, Lewes, BN8 6BX https://pelhamplants.co.uk

PLANTBASE; Tropical, exotic, hardy, bog, rare, South African plants – plant fairs, online and at nursery. A bit of a drive, but such unusual plants. Sleepers Stile Rd, Cousley Wood, Wadhurst, TN5 6QX www.plantbase.co.uk

SUSSEX FRUIT TREES; By appointment. Wide range of trees - apples, pears, cherries, plums, quinces, peaches, etc. Also has pruning and planning service. Hook Farm, Nettlesworth Lane, Vines Cross, TN21 9EN. www.sussexfruittrees.co.uk

RAPKYNS NURSERY; Independent, family run nursery specialising in cottage garden plants, shrubs, climbers and perennials. Large collection of Salvia. Street End Lane, Broad Oak, Heathfield TN21 8UB www.rapkynsnursery.co.uk

THORPE GARDENS; Independent nursery that grows many of its own plants.Little London Rd, Horam, Heathfield, TN21 0BG
www.thorpegardens.com

ARCHITECTURAL PLANTS; 32 acres: Japanese Niwaki, European topiary, hardy palms, bananas and other rare and exotic plants from all over the world. By appointment. www.architecturalplants.com
Stane Street, North Heath, Pulborough, RH20 1DJ

BIG PLANT NURSERY; Hardy exotic, architectural, rare and exciting plants from the temperate regions of the world. Also has garden design service. www.bigplantnursery.co.uk
Hole Street, Ashington, RH20 3DE. 

LAURENCE HOBBS ORCHIDS; By appointment. Wide variety of orchids: Phalaenopsis, Paphiopedilum, Dendrobium, Cattleya, Vanda, Oncidium and Coelogyne. https://laurencehobbsorchids.co.uk

BAILIFFS COTTAGE NURSERY, Hophurst Lane, Crawley Down, RH10 4LN

LODER PLANTS; Mostly grown on site, unusual and difficult-to-find cultivars of Azalea and Rhododendron, Camellia and Hydrangea. Market Garden, Lower Beeding, Horsham, RH13 6PP       www.loder-plants.co.uk

SOUTHON PLANTS; They regularly have a stall at the Orchards Centre in Haywards Heath.  southon-plants.co.uk