The National Garden Scheme: Garden Open Days: Gorselands West Chiltington
25 June 2023
11am to 4pm
The National Garden Scheme: Garden Open Days: Gorselands West Chiltington https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/37047/gorselands Visit the stunning garden at Gorselands West Chiltington and help raise funds for NGS charities including Macmillan Cancer Support and Marie Curie. Gorselands has a garden of approximately ¾ acre featuring mature mixed borders, dahlia garden, fruit area, woodland area with giant redwood, camellias, azaleas, rhododendrons and two ponds. While wandering round the garden there will be gentle music by members of the Downland Ensemble. Also on display will be sculptures for sale by Uckfield sculptor Allan Mackenzie. Wheelchair access on sloping garden with short grass. Gorselands is opening for the National Garden Scheme Sun 25 June, Sun 2 July (2-5). Admission £5, children free. Home-made teas. Book online https://ngs.org.uk or pay on the day. About the National Garden Scheme The 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. Gorselands Common Hill West Chiltington Pulborough RH20 2NL Take either School Hill or Old Mill Drive from Storrington. 2nd L on to Fryern Rd to West Chiltington & continue on to Common Hill. Gorselands is on the R. Roadside parking.
