{"id":28647,"date":"2026-03-06T15:04:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/?post_type=event&#038;p=28647"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:04:57","slug":"the-national-garden-scheme-champs-hill-coldwaltham-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/event\/the-national-garden-scheme-champs-hill-coldwaltham-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Garden Scheme: Champs Hill Coldwaltham: Open in aid of NGS charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful garden developed around three disused sand quarries with far-reaching views across the Amberley Wildbrooks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/findagarden.ngs.org.uk\/garden\/6291\/champs-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Champs Hill<\/a><br \/>\nWaltham Park Road, Coldwaltham, Pulborough<br \/>\nRH20 1LY.<br \/>\nOpen for NGS Sun 10 May (11- 5); Sun 9 Aug (2-5). Adm \u00a37, chd free. Home-made teas. Visits also by arrangement 2 Mar to 4 Sept for groups of 10+. Adm inc tea, coffee &amp; biscuits.<\/p>\n<p>A natural landscape, the garden has been developed around three disused sand quarries with far-reaching views across the Amberley Wildbrooks to the South Downs. A woodland walk in spring leads you past beautiful sculptures, against a backdrop of colourful rhododendrons and azaleas. In summer the garden is a colourful tapestry of heathers, well-known for their abundance and variety. The travelling exhibition \u2018Art of the Newlyn School\u2019 can be viewed in the Music Room on Sun 10 May prior to its two year UK tour. Optional combined garden and art exhibition entry \u00a310 (pay on the day only).<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally garden openings need to be cancelled please always check on the NGS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngs.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors The National Garden Scheme have donated over \u00a377.8 million to nursing and health charities and in 2025 made an annual donation of over \u00a33.8 million. The core beneficiaries include Carers Trust, Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK, Parkinson\u2019s UK and The Queen\u2019s Institute of Community Nursing.<\/p>\n<p>The National Garden Scheme doesn\u2019t just open beautiful gardens for charity \u2013 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.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the National Garden Scheme, discover your perfect garden or find out how to open your own garden, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngs.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>. 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galleries.co.uk\/NGS\/sussex26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flip Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28648,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event_categories":[1097],"class_list":["post-28647","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-national-garden-scheme"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-08-10 15:02:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"event_categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/28647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/28647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28650,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/28647\/revisions\/28650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=28647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}