{"id":32300,"date":"2026-05-14T11:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/?post_type=event&#038;p=32300"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:18:03","slug":"national-garden-scheme-oaklands-farm-shipley-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/event\/national-garden-scheme-oaklands-farm-shipley-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"National Garden Scheme: Oaklands Farm Shipley: Open in aid of NGS charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/findagarden.ngs.org.uk\/garden\/34939\/oaklands-farm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oaklands Farm<\/a><br \/>\nHooklands Lane, Shipley, Horsham, RH13 8PX.<\/p>\n<p>Wed 24 June (11- 5). Adm \u00a36, chd free. Home-made teas. Refreshments in aid of Crawley Open House.<\/p>\n<p>Country garden designed by Nigel Philips in 2010. Oak lined drive leading to the house (not open) and farm opens out to an enclosed courtyard with pleached hornbeam and yew. The herbaceous borders are colourful throughout the year. Vegetable garden with raised beds and greenhouse with white peach and vine. Wild meadow leading to orchard and views across the fields, full of sheep and poultry. Mature trees. Wheelchair access over gravel and brick paths, large lawn area and grassy paths.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally garden openings are cancelled please always check on the NGS <a href=\"https:\/\/ngs.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> before visiting a garden.<\/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=\"https:\/\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sussexwestngs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sussexwestngs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook:<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sussexwestngs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sussexwestngs\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32304,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event_categories":[1097],"class_list":["post-32300","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-national-garden-scheme"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-06-25 11:15:00","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\/32300","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\/32300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32306,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/32300\/revisions\/32306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=32300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}