A view of the Forecourt Garden in winter | © NTI / Chris Lacey

Gardens in Sussex

Beautiful gardens are found all over Sussex. Discover frost covered topiary, winding garden paths and fragrant, winter-flowering plants. Wrap up warm and come out for an uplifting winter stroll at Nymans, Sheffield Park and Garden, Bateman’s, Petworth and Standen.

Discover frost covered topiary, winding garden paths and fragrant, winter-flowering plants. Wrap up warm and come out for an uplifting winter stroll at Nymans, Sheffield Park and Garden, Bateman’s, Petworth and Standen.

A wintery scene over the lakes at Sheffield Park and Garden, East Sussex

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Sheffield Park and Garden

Winter brings lingering misty mornings over Sheffield Park’s lakes, allowing frosty trees to display their sculptural beauty. There’s still plenty of green in this garden for all seasons. Head down Conifer Walk or spot the giant redwoods for a splash of winter colour.

View lit by late sun, from a frosty rockery with low plants and a tall palm tree, up to a ruined house folly

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Nymans

Walk along winding paths past sculpted topiary and yew globes. Fragrant daphnes and colourful camellias ﬂower in winter, along with witch-hazels and ﬂame-coloured cornus stems. The Winter Walk is just the place to enjoy subtly colourful flowers such as hellebores and pulmonaria.

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Standen

Winter is a colourful time of year in the garden at Standen. Discover flowering camellias and sculptural trees. The hollies, heathers and hellebores all along the top terrace are a cheery sight. Enjoy crisp, frosty walks through the woodland on the estate and warm up with coffee and a delicious home-made cake from the Barn café.

The Ionic Rotunda, a round stone structure with a domed roof supported by columns, stands on raised grassy ground, with bare-branched trees to both sides

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The Pleasure Garden at Petworth

Find out what to see in the garden at Petworth House. From the peaceful woodland walk to the impressive Doric Temple, there's much to take in during a stroll.

Discover the top Sussex gardens designed or influenced by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown or Humphry Repton.

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The garden at Sheffield Park and Garden

Explore a horticultural work of art at Sheffield Park in East Sussex, formed through centuries of landscape design, famed for its autumn colour but beautiful in every season.

The Ionic Rotunda in the Pleasure Garden at Petworth House, West Sussex, with green lawn and avenue of trees

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The Pleasure Garden at Petworth

Petworth’s Pleasure Grounds and majestic deer park are one of ‘Capability’ Brown’s finest unspoilt landscapes, full of vistas and impressive features such as the Doric Temple and woodland walk.