{"id":34862,"date":"2026-07-10T08:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/?post_type=event&#038;p=34862"},"modified":"2026-07-10T08:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:26:30","slug":"national-garden-scheme-findon-place-findon-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/event\/national-garden-scheme-findon-place-findon-open-in-aid-of-ngs-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"National Garden Scheme: Findon Place Findon: Open in aid of NGS charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/findagarden.ngs.org.uk\/garden\/42135\/findon-place\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Findon Place<\/a><br \/>\nFindon, Worthing, BN14 0RF.<\/p>\n<p>Sun 23 Aug (2-5). Adm \u00a38, chd \u00a34. Pre-booking essential, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/ngs.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> for information &amp; booking. Cream teas. Visits also by arrangement Apr to Sept for groups of 15 to 40.<br \/>\nStunning grounds and gardens surrounding a Grade II listed Georgian country house (not open), nestled at the foot of the South Downs. The most glorious setting for a tapestry of perennial borders set off by Sussex flint walls. The many charms including a yew all\u00e9e, cloud pruned trees, espaliered fruit trees, a productive ornamental kitchen garden, rose arbours and arches, and a cutting garden.<\/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><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":34864,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event_categories":[1097],"class_list":["post-34862","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-national-garden-scheme"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-08-24 08:22:00","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\/34862","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\/34862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34866,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/34862\/revisions\/34866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-sussex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=34862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}