The National Garden Scheme: Open Garden: Hammerwood House

5-acre south facing garden with lots of mature shrubs including camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas. The old yew and beech hedges give a certain amount of formality to this traditional English garden. There is an arboretum with a variety of flowering and fruit trees and a stroll across the field takes you to the wild water gardens. For the more energetic there is a woodland walk. Tea on the terrace is a must, surrounded by tulips and iris and looking out to the beautiful view of the South Downs.
Partial wheelchair access as garden is set on a slope.

Hammerwood House Iping, Midhurst GU29 0PF is open for the National Garden Scheme Sun 12 May 1pm – 5pm. Admission £6, children free. Book online at https://ngs.org.uk or pay on the day. Home-made teas.

Photo Judi Lion

Why support 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 purchase the National Garden Scheme’s Garden Visitor’s Handbook, which is published annually and available via ngs.org.uk/shop and at all good book retailers.
For more see www.ngs.org.uk

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