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Denmans tel: 01243-542808 Area: West Sussex |
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| Visitor Information | www.denmans-garden.co.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Denmans West Sussex All details updated* as of: 19/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
All year; every day; 9am - 5pm (dusk in winter) Not open 25/26th Dec or 1st Jan. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 3rd Apr and 16th Oct; 5pm - 7pm with wine. |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| Adults £4.50 Over 60s £34.25; Child (4-16 years) £3; Family ticket (2A + 2C) £14 Pre-booked groups of 15 or more £4 Guided tours £75 and introductory talks for £35 available on Mon, Tues & Wed |
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| 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: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Tours can be arranged on certain days of the week. Les Routiers Cafe of the year 2005 for London & South East. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Formal herb garden and restored and renovated Victorian Conservatory. Owned by well-known garden designer and author of a number of popular books on gardening. |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
John Brookes MBE |
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| Denmans is a superb 20th century garden of about 1.5 ha, planted for all year interest. Once farmland, Denmans Garden nestles in the West Sussex countryside. It is predominantly the work of renowned landscape designer, John Brookes. He has combined native species with many frost tender plants, which the visitor will be pleasantly surprised to find thriving so near the Sussex Downs. Some of the latter are housed within the Dutch light Greenhouse - a feature one cannot miss upon arrival. Gravel is used extensively in the garden both to walk on and as a growing medium so that you walk through the plantings rather than past them. A dry gravel 'stream' meanders down to a large natural looking pond. There is a walled garden, conservatory and a glass area for tender plants. From here, The South Garden can be reached in which Brookes has experimented with both texture and colour. Year round interest is provided by Aquilegia in late spring; Campanulas and Ceratostigma in summer; and Hellebores with Iris foetidissima in winter. A Clock House, conservatory and locally produced statuary provide further interest in this varied and innovative garden. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| Denmans was rescued from dereliction in 1946, when Joyce Robinson and her husband set about designing themselves a garden. Mrs. Robinson's love of dense and random groupings of plants, indeed her general interest in wild species, enthused John Brookes. While faithful to his predecessor's horticultural agenda, Brookes has however, since 1980, also succeeded in making Denmans a showcase of his own work. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby West Sussex Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Bonham's Country House, Arundel Chichester Lodge, Oakwood, Chichester |
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| Inns & Pubs: Gribble Inn, Oving George & Dragon, Burpham The Fox Goes Free, Charlton |
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