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The Old Vicarage Washington
https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/21793/the-old-vicarage
Open Every Thur 5 Feb to 1 Oct (10am-4pm). Adm £10, chd free. Pre-booking essential, please visit www.ngs. org.uk for information & booking. Self service light refreshments on Thurs (cash only) & picnics welcome. Mon 6 Apr, Mon 31 Aug (10am-5pm). Adm £10, chd free. Home-made teas. Purchase ticket in advance or at the gate on the day. Visits also by arrangement 16 Mar to 1 Oct for groups of 10 to 30. No private group visits on Thursdays.
A truly creative garden, nurtured over 35 yeas to become a visitor favourite. Spanning over 3 acres, it features formal topiary, seasonal borders, a contemporary water sculpture, an Italianate gazebo, specimen and mature trees, a Japanese garden with waterfall and tea house, a large copse with a stream, a stumpery and treehouse, and a kitchen garden with fruit trees. With 4000 tulips and bulbs planted annually, the garden also opens in Feb for snowdrops. WC available. Featured in RHS The Garden magazine, March 2025. Regional Finalist, The English Garden’s The Nation’s Favourite Gardens 2021. Wheelchair access to front garden; rear garden is on a slope.
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.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Exhibition of traditional, contemporary and mixed media textile art by Worthing artist Jane Robinson, in The Seed Room Gallery at Parham House
Open from 12 to 5 pm on 12th to 31st of August, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays and bank holiday Monday.
Free entry via the garden: garden entry £13.75.
Free parking. Cafe on site.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Exhibition of traditional, contemporary and mixed media textile art by Worthing artist Jane Robinson, in The Seed Room Gallery at Parham House
Open from 12 to 5 pm on 12th to 31st of August, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays and bank holiday Monday.
Free entry via the garden: garden entry £13.75.
Free parking. Cafe on site.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Exhibition of traditional, contemporary and mixed media textile art by Worthing artist Jane Robinson, in The Seed Room Gallery at Parham House
Open from 12 to 5 pm on 12th to 31st of August, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays and bank holiday Monday.
Free entry via the garden: garden entry £13.75.
Free parking. Cafe on site.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
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Rotary Car Boot Sale: Summer Bank Holiday Monday 31st August 2026
Lots of bric-a-brac, plants, books, clothes and curios will be on sale at Storrington & Pulborough District Rotary Club’s Car Boot Sale in Storrington Library Car Park in Rycroft Lane Storrington RH20 4PA.
9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Free for Buyers
Sales pitches are available at CARS £10 (£8 for cars with an RH20 postcode – driving licence required) and VANS £15
Sellers to set up from 8:15 am to 9:00 am
Please contact: Malcolm Gray on 07908 576139 or malc_jane_gray@yahoo.co.uk
All proceeds go to charitable causes supported by Rotary. Registered Charity No. 1029115
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
The Old Vicarage Washington
https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/21793/the-old-vicarage
Open Every Thur 5 Feb to 1 Oct (10am-4pm). Adm £10, chd free. Pre-booking essential, please visit www.ngs. org.uk for information & booking. Self service light refreshments on Thurs (cash only) & picnics welcome. Mon 6 Apr, Mon 31 Aug (10am-5pm). Adm £10, chd free. Home-made teas. Purchase ticket in advance or at the gate on the day. Visits also by arrangement 16 Mar to 1 Oct for groups of 10 to 30. No private group visits on Thursdays.
A truly creative garden, nurtured over 35 yeas to become a visitor favourite. Spanning over 3 acres, it features formal topiary, seasonal borders, a contemporary water sculpture, an Italianate gazebo, specimen and mature trees, a Japanese garden with waterfall and tea house, a large copse with a stream, a stumpery and treehouse, and a kitchen garden with fruit trees. With 4000 tulips and bulbs planted annually, the garden also opens in Feb for snowdrops. WC available. Featured in RHS The Garden magazine, March 2025. Regional Finalist, The English Garden’s The Nation’s Favourite Gardens 2021. Wheelchair access to front garden; rear garden is on a slope.
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.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
Exhibition of traditional, contemporary and mixed media textile art by Worthing artist Jane Robinson, in The Seed Room Gallery at Parham House
Open from 12 to 5 pm on 12th to 31st of August, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays and bank holiday Monday.
Free entry via the garden: garden entry £13.75.
Free parking. Cafe on site.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
“Amberley Museum – by One of the Curators”
Tuesday 1st September 2026 at 7.30pm
Join us for an interesting Talk about another local Museum, on our doorstep!
The Amberley Museum is an open-air industrial heritage Museum and Heritage Centre located within historic chalk quarries. We will learn about it’s history and exhibits that cover a diversity of industrial and local heritage collections, including narrow-gauge railways, local bus services and a multitude of light and rural industrial subjects.
From printworks and wheelwrights to telecommunications and vintage transport, the Museum offers insights into industries that shaped everyday life during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Venue: The Old School, School Lane, Storrington, RH20 4LL
Members: £6 Non-Members: £8
All welcome
Registered Charity: 1084853
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
The Old Vicarage Washington
https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/21793/the-old-vicarage
Open Every Thur 5 Feb to 1 Oct (10am-4pm). Adm £10, chd free. Pre-booking essential, please visit www.ngs. org.uk for information & booking. Self service light refreshments on Thurs (cash only) & picnics welcome. Mon 6 Apr, Mon 31 Aug (10am-5pm). Adm £10, chd free. Home-made teas. Purchase ticket in advance or at the gate on the day. Visits also by arrangement 16 Mar to 1 Oct for groups of 10 to 30. No private group visits on Thursdays.
A truly creative garden, nurtured over 35 yeas to become a visitor favourite. Spanning over 3 acres, it features formal topiary, seasonal borders, a contemporary water sculpture, an Italianate gazebo, specimen and mature trees, a Japanese garden with waterfall and tea house, a large copse with a stream, a stumpery and treehouse, and a kitchen garden with fruit trees. With 4000 tulips and bulbs planted annually, the garden also opens in Feb for snowdrops. WC available. Featured in RHS The Garden magazine, March 2025. Regional Finalist, The English Garden’s The Nation’s Favourite Gardens 2021. Wheelchair access to front garden; rear garden is on a slope.
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.
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
The National Garden Scheme: The Cottage Pulborough
https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/45521/the-cottage
The Cottage, Potts Lane, Pulborough, RH20 2BT.
Saturday 23rd May, Saturday 5th September (10-4). Admission £6, children free. Home-made teas. Visits also by arrangement 20th May to 4th September for groups of 6 to 20.
A quintessential English cottage garden, packed with a mix of perennials and bulbs, set on a potentially challenging, multi-layered site. Comprising four distinct rooms, including a small roof terrace, a top terrace sitting above the house garden, and a vegetable garden built in what was once a small swimming pool. Every square inch has been used.
Occasionally garden openings need to be cancelled please always check on the NGS website ngs.org.uk
Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors The National Garden Scheme have donated over £77.8 million to nursing and health charities and in 2025 made an annual donation of over £3.8 million. The core beneficiaries include Carers Trust, Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK, Parkinson’s UK and The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing.
The National Garden Scheme doesn’t just open beautiful gardens for charity – they are passionate about the physical and mental health benefits of gardens too. They also support charities doing amazing work in gardens and health and grant bursaries to help community gardening projects.
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 For gardens opening in Sussex, pick up a copy of The National Garden Scheme Sussex Booklet, available free from many local stores, garden centres and libraries and as an online Flip Book
https://www.galleries.co.uk/NGS/sussex26/
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.