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The National Garden Scheme: Fittleworth House 

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/14546/fittleworth-house

Visit the stunning gardens at Fittleworth House, Pulborough and support National Garden Scheme charities.

Fittleworth House was built around 1720 from locally quarried stone as a home for the squire of the village. Currently the house (not open) is a full-time home and has been in the same family ownership for over fifty years. Its front is covered in a long-established Wisteria fronted by mixed flower beds. The three-acre garden contains both formal and informal areas with much emphasis on wildlife and habitat creation. Most of the garden sits on a gentle eastward facing slope which is manageable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. The croquet lawn in front of the house is bordered on its southern edge by a magnificent Cedar of Lebanon and its northern edge by an imposing Holm Oak, both very tall and grand for their type and both planted around the 1740s. Near the Cedar sits a natural looking stream, built using locally quarried stone and planted with many shade and moisture loving plants. The garden then gently slopes down to the fountain garden with its mixed flower borders, topiary and globe fountain with an established Yew hedge as backdrop. An archway through the hedge then leads to a fully productive half acre walled garden and a romantic Apple tunnel. The vegetable beds are used to grow a wide range of fruit and vegetables for the house and staff. The long borders down the middle of the walled garden are planted each year with a mixture of beautiful Dahlias, annuals and vegetables for decorative effect. Just to the side of the walled garden is a smaller walled area where a large glasshouse and the potting sheds can be found. There is also a Spring garden and wildlife pond, large Rhododendrons and Camellias. The father and son garden team will be on hand to answer any questions.

Light refreshments. Visit the National Garden Scheme website to book online https://ngs.org.uk or pay on the day.

Visits also by arrangement 22 Apr to 23 Aug for groups of 8 to 40. Weekdays only. Please visit the National Garden Scheme website for more details.

For other West Sussex NGS gardens opening in Spring 2024 click on the following link https://ngs.org.uk/west-sussex-spring-gardens/

The National Garden Scheme

The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,500 exceptional private gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, and raises impressive amounts of money for some of the UK’s best-loved nursing and health charities through admissions, teas and cake.

Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors we have donated more than £70 million to our beneficiary charities, and in 2023 made donations of over £3.4 million. Founded in 1927 to support district nurses, we are now the most significant charitable funder of nursing in the UK and our beneficiaries include Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK and The Queen’s Nursing Institute.

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 2017, we launched our annual Gardens and Health Week to raise awareness of the topic. Our funding also supports the training of gardeners and offers respite to horticultural workers who have fallen on difficult times.

To learn more about the National Garden Scheme, discover your perfect garden or find out how to open your own garden visit ngs.org.uk, download the National Garden Scheme app or pick up the National Garden Scheme Sussex 2024 Booklet.

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Please contact the Library before attending to be sure of being able to secure a place.

STORRINGTON TRAFFIC GROUP

Are you joining us at our next public meeting?
18th April 2024
15th May 2024
20th June 2024
10th July 2024
7:30pm, Storrington Village Hall

We will be giving an update on progress since the last public meeting, (there’s been lots going on), sharing our list of potential short-term solutions to address Storrington’s traffic issues and planning our Week of Action at the end of May.

May Meeting: We are delighted to announce that we will have special guests, including newly re-elected Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne, who at a recent Parish Council said she understood the pressures our community is under as a result of the volume, speed and type of traffic which makes it way through our streets. This is a brilliant opportunity to share with Katy what impact the traffic has on residents.

IMPORTANT – Please email StorringtonTrafficGroup@gmail.com to let us know that you are coming as, although we would like as many people to attend as possible, the hall capacity is limited.

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!

If you are able and willing to print and display the poster below please do so.

Finally, did you know there is a Storrington Traffic Facebook Group to engage with residents, gather evidence and share experiences has been set up – you can join it here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2964128787080776

We’ve also set regular dates for STG meetings to put in your diaries till July – our next STG meetings, all at Storrington Village Hall, will be at 7.30pm on:

15th May 2024
20th June 2024
10th July 2024

Best wishes,

Storrington Traffic Group

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Liaise offer free debt and benefit advice as well as help with evictions, repossessions, welfare benefits and benefits appeals. If you would like to book an appointment, please contact: liaise@frontlinedebtadvice.org.uk

Alternatively, turn up on the day to see about a slot.

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Baby Club – Thursdays, 10am – 12pm (term time)

Family-focused coffee morning for expectant parents and parents with a new baby.
Older siblings are welcome.

Come along to this supportive group and connect with others in the community over a cup of tea or coffee.

The Old Vicarage Washington

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/21793/the-old-vicarage

The 3½ acre garden at The Old Vicarage is set around an 1832 Regency house (not open) in the pretty village of Washington, West Sussex. As well as the stunning views looking towards the North Downs, enhanced by mature and various specimen trees, the garden has many pockets of interest. There is a Japanese garden with its waterfall, pond, bamboo and grasses, a further large water garden and numerous creatively planted herbaceous borders. A working kitchen garden has glasshouses, fruit cages, orchard and vegetables. The Italianate gazebo with green oak columns and lead roof offers a wonderfully comfortable place to sit and contemplate the beauty of this garden. Throughout, there are well placed seating areas to take in the stunning scenery. The treehouse is much loved by young and old alike, from here the nature viewing platform opens on to the woodland copse area which incorporates a stream and architectural stumpery. Everyone loves the topiary of characters who watch over the tennis court. In the spring there is an abundance of bulbs throughout: snowdrops, daffodils, tulips, fritillaria, camassia and bluebells. Whatever the weather, there is a haven in the conservatory where refreshments are available.

The Old Vicarage The Street Washington, Sussex RH20 4AS is open for the National Garden Scheme every Thursday 8th February to 10th October 2024 (10am-5pm) Admission £7, children free. Pre-book on the National Garden Scheme website https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/21793/the-old-vicarage.  Also open on other dates in April, May, June, August and by arrangement, see National Garden Scheme website for details. Self-service light refreshments, Picnics Welcome.

The National Garden Scheme
Founded in 1927 by the Queen’s Nursing Institute to raise funds for community nursing means that gardens, health and community are at the heart of what we do at the National Garden Scheme. Every ticket bought, every garden visited, and every cake and cup of tea savoured translates into millions of pounds in donations not only to some of the UK’s best loved nursing and health charities but to garden charities and community projects too.

In 2022 we made donations of 3.11 million. Beneficiaries include Marie Curie, Macmillan Cancer Support and Parkinson’s UK.

Visit https://ngs.org.uk for more information about the work of the National Garden Scheme, to search for gardens opening in your area or to find out how to open your own garden for the National Garden Scheme.

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Toddler Time: Storrington Library, Thursday 10:00 – 10:30 am

Pop in to join other families with under 5s for fun at the library, every Thursday 10.00-10.30am.

For more information, please contact Storrington Library.

Due to the popularity of these activities, there are limits on attendance numbers and sessions may become full.

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Join us for a free hot drink and a chat , every 3rd Thursday of the month 10.30am to 12.30pm at Chanctonbury Leisure Centre.

Transport may be available. register your interest with Storrington Community Bus: 01903 740 282

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Thursday afternoons 2.15pm to 4.15pm during Autumn, Spring & Summer terms – just drop in!

This friendly group always welcomes newcomers.

We dance in lines and circles, so no partners are needed.

All dances are taught, and they may be ancient or modern, slow or gentle or fast and intricate. Including dances from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and other Eastern European countries, always varied and beautiful music.

Join in loose comfortable clothing and either dance in bare feet or soft flat shoes.

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Thursdays Together (for over 65’s)

Thursdays except the last Thursday of the month when we are hosting High Tea, 2:30pm – 4pm

We would love to see you for a cuppa, come for a game or two, perhaps crafting, or just for a chat.

You are very welcome to come along, invite a friend and join in.

Please check the event is taking place, especially at holiday times.

Dramatic production of:

Dark Lucy by Philip King & Parnell Bradbury

Directed by Ralph Wigg

16th to 18th May at 7.30pm in the West Chiltington Village Hall

Tickets can be bought online through our website or from our box offices: Nisa Local or The Post Office Stores in West Chiltington.

Adults £12, under 18s £6.

This is an intriguing psychological thriller which will have you guessing right to the end, with a very unexpected turn of events.

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See the Changes to Storrington Recycling Collection Friday 5th April link for more details and the updated two helpful documents which we hope will clarify some of those complexities: the first one is a straightforward summary of some common everyday packaging items and indicates which can be passed to Horsham District Council Recycling via your own blue top bin; which to the local SGL recycling bins; and which ones can go to Supermarkets or other specific stores. You will notice that some of the items can be taken to more than one of these. Sadly, the only option for some items is your Horsham DC waste bin.

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Our market celebrated its 80th Birthday this September 2023. It’s always been a market for the community to sell from and for the community to buy from.

• Home made cakes, quiches, sausage rolls, cheese pastries and biscuits
• Local fruit, vegetables, mushrooms and plants.
• Homemade marmalade, jam and local honey.
• Crafts, wood and glass art, and jewellery
• Cards and gifts
• Forever Living Aloe Vera

A buzzing café

Sussex Green Living recycling point

Repair café team every first Friday of the month: can fix electricals and other household items.

Volunteers are always welcome – if you’re friendly and love working with people we’d love you to join us as a helper. No regular commitment needed, just let us know when you can help.

Pass the word around, word of mouth is the best recommendation.

First time visitors get a free tea or coffee in our cafe!

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