{"id":32036,"date":"2026-04-09T10:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/?post_type=event&#038;p=32036"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:37:58","slug":"national-garden-scheme-knepp-castle-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/event\/national-garden-scheme-knepp-castle-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"National Garden Scheme: Knepp Castle: Open in aid of NGS charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/findagarden.ngs.org.uk\/garden\/30212\/knepp-castle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KNEPP CASTLE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Apple Store, nr Knepp Castle, off Pound Lane, West Grinstead, Horsham.<br \/>\nOpen for NGS: Sat6 June (10-5). Adm \u00a315, 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. Timed slots at 10am, 11.30am &amp; 2pm. Refreshments in aid of Shipley CE Primary School. For other opening times and information, please visit garden website.<\/p>\n<p>The Walled Garden at Knepp has been transformed into a garden for biodiversity. With designers Tom Stuart- Smith and James Hitchmough, we have applied some of the principles we\u2019ve learned from rewilding the wider landscape to this small, confined space to create a mosaic of dynamic habitats for wildlife. The croquet lawn is now a riot of humps and hollows, hosting almost 1000 species of plants. Lunches available at Knepp Wilding Kitchen, RH13 8NQ.<\/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<p>Instagram:<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sussexwestngs\/ \ufffc<\/p>\n<p>Facebook:<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sussexwestngs\/ \ufffc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32037,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event_categories":[1097],"class_list":["post-32036","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-national-garden-scheme"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-06-07 10:35:00","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\/32036","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\/32036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32039,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/32036\/revisions\/32039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=32036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}