Part-formal, part-romantic garden has something for all to enjoy
Published Date:
24 July 2008
OPENING under the National Gardens Scheme is Clinton Lodge in Fletching, near Uckfield.
This six-acre garden, part-formal, part-romantic, is one of the jewels in the NGS's crown.
Double herbaceous borders set between yew and box, it is full of delphiniums, phlox and monkshood with drifts of crambe and arums.
Arcades are wreathed in white roses and clematis while knots of box envelope aromatic plants.
Seats are made of turf and paths release the fragrance of camomile. A potager, with colourful vegetables and flowers, espalier greengages and bowers of sweet peas and beans can be enjoyed by visitors.
A pear walk, wild flower garden and a rose garden are all places to linger and inhale and the swimming pool garden is a lesson on how to incorporate a pool into a garden.
l Clinton Lodge, Fletching TN22 3ST (4 miles NW of Uckfield, from A272 turn N at Piltdown for Fletching), is open on Monday July 28 (also Aug 4), 2 – 5.30pm, adults £4, children free.
The full article contains 180 words and appears in Sussex Express Series newspaper.
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Last Updated:
24 July 2008 3:01 PM
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Source:
Sussex Express Series
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Location:
Lewes
