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West Dean Gardens
West Dean
Chichester

PO18 0QZ

tel: 01243 818210
fax: 01243 811342

Area: West Sussex
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West Dean Gardens -- West Sussex
Visitor Information www.westdean.org.uk -- email: celia.dickinson {at} westdean.org.uk

West Dean Gardens
West Sussex
All details updated* as of: 12/01/2011
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

1st March - 31st October; every day; 10.30am - 5pm, last entry 4.30pm.
1st Nov - 28th Feb; every day; 10.30am - 4pm. Last entry 3.30pm

Parties / Coaches: Yes
15+ £6.50 per person, Nov - Feb 2012 £4.25
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: Yes
only 2nd & 3rd Oct for Apple Affair

National Garden Scheme days: Yes
1st June
Best Times of Year to Visit:
June, July and August
To see:
Herbaceous borders and pergola with roses.
 Admission Prices
Mar - Oct: Adult £8; Child £4; Over 60s £7.50; Family £20 (2 adults + 2 children under 16)
Nov - Feb: Adult £5; Child £2.50; Over 60s £4.50; Family £12.505
 Onsite Facilities
Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Light Refreshment: Yes
Picnics: Yes
Dogs Allowed: No
On Lead only: No
Special Events: Yes
Other Facilities:
only assistance dogs allowed, other dogs only on Parkland Walk on lead on non-event days, limited disabled access.
Dates for 2011 Garden Events
Garden lecture - Rain Gardens 5th Feb; 10.30am - 3pm £59 (incl tea, coffee and lunch)
Garden Lecture - Plant Hunting 16th Apr; 10am - 3pm £59 (incl tea, coffee and lunch)
MedFest - Taste of Mediterranean 9/10th July 10.30am - 5pm, £10 (on the door)/£8.50 (online) plus concessions
Chilli Fiesta Friday 5, Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 August, 10.30am - 5pm
West Dean Festival - 26th - 29th Aug; see own website for details
Apple Affair 1st - 2nd October
 Garden Features
Liriodendron: Tulip tree
Aesculus: Horse Chestnut Tree.
Walled Kitchen Garden and Victorian glasshouses
English Heritage Garden Grade: II*
National Collection: Liriodendron and Aesculus
 Description of Garden
Designer:
Set in the rolling South Downs, West Dean is a 35 acre garden on an expansive scale and was HHA/Christie's Garden of the Year 2002. Its sweeping lawns punctuated by venerable trees help to balance the scale of the plantings and relate the gardens to the landscape. The 300 ft pergola, designed by Harold Peto, running east-west across the North Lawn is undoubtedly the most spectacular feature of the formal gardens. At its eastern end, the Sunken Garden with spring and summer bedding, has replaced a late Victorian rose parterre.

In the Spring Garden, one of the oldest parts of the grounds, a complete redevelopment of the area has now been undertaken, reinstating lost features such as the Laburnum Tunnel. The charming Summerhouses have been beautifully restored, using natural materials, and extensive work has taken place on the Regency stone and flintwork around the watercourses, and a naturalistically-planted pond created.

The restored Walled Kitchen Garden features some of the finest Victorian glasshouses in the country. Thirteen in total, packed full of exotic flowers, seasonal fruit and vegetables - from orchids to nectarines, peppers and cucumber, tomatoes to aubergines. There is an impressive display of over 100 varieties of apples in the Fruit Garden and an abundance of colour in the Vegetable Garden's Hot Border.

 History of Garden
Dating from 1622, West Dean's rare trees were mentioned by Loudon in 1836. In 1891 the property was purchased by William James, who requested Harold Peto in 1910 to design the extraordinary pergola.
 Nearby West Sussex Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
Chichester Lodge, Oakwood, Chichester
Forge Hotel, Chilgrove, Chichester
Cedar House, Chichester
Restaurants:
Inns & Pubs:
The Fox Goes Free, Charlton
The White Horse at Chilgrove
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Chichester
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