{"id":31958,"date":"2026-03-16T11:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/?post_type=event&#038;p=31958"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:40:21","slug":"the-national-garden-scheme-shalford-house-kingsley-green-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/event\/the-national-garden-scheme-shalford-house-kingsley-green-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Garden Scheme: Shalford House Kingsley Green: Open in aid of NGS charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/findagarden.ngs.org.uk\/garden\/19184\/shalford-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shalford House<\/a><br \/>\nSquare Drive, Kingsley Green, GU27 3LW.<br \/>\nOpen Sun 24 May, Sun 2 Aug (12-5). Adm \u00a310, chd free. Pre-booking essential, please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngs. org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> for information &amp; booking. Home-made teas. Visits also by arrangement 18 May to 31 Aug for groups of 40 to 60.<\/p>\n<p>A garden designer and plantsman\u2019s garden, set in 40 acres, with 10 acres of well maintained gardens created over 30 yrs. Featuring various herbaceous borders, ponds, a waterfall lake, and a 120 metre rill. Walled garden with large Alitex greenhouse with interesting plants inc acers, hostas, Cornus kousa and hydrangeas, all within a beautiful setting. A further 30 acres with arboretum and lake is perfect for picnics. Flat gravel areas with York stone terrace around the house with access to the main sloping lawns via gently sloping paths. Disabled WC.<\/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":31959,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event_categories":[1097],"class_list":["post-31958","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-national-garden-scheme"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-08-03 11:37:00","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\/31958","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\/31958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31961,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/31958\/revisions\/31961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=31958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}