Gardens
Discover the beautiful gardens of Sussex...Nymans Gardens
One of the great Gardens of the Sussex Weald with a collection of rare and beautiful plants from all over the world, including breathtaking spring colour in the walled garden, an old fashioned rose garden, summer borders and much more.
The romantic ruins of the family mansion, part destroyed by fire in 1947 can be seen and five of the remaining Messel family rooms are open. The wider estate offers wonderful woodland walks and a wild garden.
Open Banks Holiday Mondays.
Borde Hill Garden
Described as 'One of the country's truly great gardens' by Country Life magazine, Borde Hill is more than just a beautiful and historic garden. It not only boasts outstanding views across 200 acres of Grade II listed parkland and woodland, but also a nationally important collection of fine trees and shrubs, including 80 champion trees.
The formal garden is planted as distinctive 'rooms', each offering an abundance of colour and interest throughout the seasons.
Explore the adventure playground, relax with a lakeside picnic, enjoy delicious home cooked food at Café Elvira, gourmet meals at Jeremys Restaurant or a special gift from the Green Tree Gallery
Sheffield Park Gardens
Just a few minutes away, this beautiful 120 acre woodland garden is set out on the edge of the Sussex Weald.
In 1775 the 1st Lord Sheffield, commissioned James Wyatt to design a neo-Gothic mansion to crown his new property and engaged 'Capability' Brown to landscape the grounds.
Brown's basic design of trees, sweeping lawns and two serpentine lakes was enhanced in the 20th century by the inspired planting of Arthur G. Soames.
He acquired the estate on the death of the 3rd Earl of Sheffield in 1909 and devoted the next 25 years to introducing a huge variety of exotic trees and shrubs, transforming and extending the 18th century landscape park.
In 1954 the magnificent woodland garden was acquired by the National Trust.
Wakehurst Place
Situated just 6 miles west of Piltdown, this magnificent garden is affiliated to Kew Gardens and is home to the Millenium Seed Bank.
With its interactive exhibition - visit the heart of this £80m international conservation project. See scientists at work and discover how Kew is helping to safeguard the world's most endangered plants. Explore the work of the project through touch screens. Learn how the seeds survive, for hundreds of years, in massive underground vaults at minus 20 degrees Celsius.
