Garden at Parsonage Farm Kirdford to open for the National Garden Scheme

Parsonage Farm is a major garden in beautiful setting developed over 30 years with fruit theme and many unusual plants. This stunning garden is formally laid out on grand scale with long vistas. Features include a C18 walled garden with borders in apricot, orange, scarlet and crimson. Topiary walk, pleached lime allée, tulip tree avenue, rose borders and vegetable garden with trained fruit. Turf amphitheatre, informal autumn shrubbery, yew cloisters and jungle walk.

Open for The National Garden Scheme Fri 23 June, Sun 3 Sept (2pm-6pm). Admission £7, children free. Home-made teas. Pay on the day.

About the National Garden SchemeThe National Garden Scheme was founded in 1927 by The Queen’s Nursing Institute to raise money for district nurses. Ever since then it has given annual donations to nursing and health charities totalling over £67 million. It gives visitors unique, affordable access to over 3,500 exceptional private gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands and raises impressive amounts through admission charges and the sale of tea and cake. Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors we are now the most significant charitable funder of nursing in the UK. As well as the Queen’s Nursing Institute, our beneficiaries include Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK and Parkinson’s UK. The National Garden Scheme doesn’t just open beautiful gardens for charity – we are passionate about the physical and mental health benefits of gardens too. We fund projects which promote gardens and gardening as therapy, and in 2016 commissioned The Kings Fund report Gardens and Health Our Gardens and Coronavirus 2020: The importance of gardens and outdoor spaces during lockdown report was published in September 2020.For more information on the work of the National Garden Scheme, to find other gardens open in the area or to enquire about opening your own garden visit https://ngs.org.uk

Parsonage Farm Kirdford nr Billingshurst RH14 0NHLocated between Petworth & Wisborough Green in the village of Kirdford. Opp side of the road from the turn to Plaistow.