{"id":32437,"date":"2026-06-08T08:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/?post_type=event&#038;p=32437"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:31:43","slug":"national-garden-scheme-architectural-plants-pulborough-garden-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/event\/national-garden-scheme-architectural-plants-pulborough-garden-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"National Garden Scheme: Architectural Plants Pulborough: Garden open in aid of NGS charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/findagarden.ngs.org.uk\/garden\/47186\/architectural-plants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Architectural Plants<\/a><br \/>\nStane Street, North Heath, Pulborough, RH20 1DJ.<\/p>\n<p>Sun 26 July (10-4). Adm \u00a315, chd free. Tea, coffee &amp; cake. Guided tours on the hour.<br \/>\nArchitectural Plants is home to an ensemble of captivating garden spaces designed to inspire you. Explore the Mediterranean lake garden and surrounding bankside<br \/>\nwalk tended by Head Gardener Colin and his apprentices. Italian cypress, olives, pines, hardy palms, spiky plants, and bamboo grove. The guided tour inc the large Acer house, the greenhouse of exciting and rare exotics, and a specialist Niwaki Production Zone. Prepare to enter exotica. The best cake in Sussex, so we hear. Hourly horticultural tours and some clipping demonstrations. Wheelchair access to the garden and lake view via grass lawns, and the plant nursery spans over a flat site.<\/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>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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sussexwestngs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>:<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sussexwestngs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>:<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32439,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event_categories":[1097],"class_list":["post-32437","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-national-garden-scheme"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-07-27 08:29:00","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\/32437","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\/32437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32441,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/32437\/revisions\/32441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=32437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}