Purple wisteria in bloom and flowering over the pergola on the croquet lawn — Wisteria pergola at Nymans | © National Trust Images / Mark Wigmore

Gardens in Sussex

With vibrant displays of flowers and long sunny days, summer is here in our gardens in Sussex. This is the time of year when many gardens are at their peak – full of roses, waterlilies and swathes of lavender bushes that release a heady scent as you brush past. Don't miss summer's highlights at Sheffield Park and Garden, Nymans, Standen, Petworth and Bateman's

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Nymans

This beautiful garden, near Handcross, is perfect for a summer day out. In high summer the herbaceous borders are the centrepiece of the Wall Garden - once a sleepy orchard and now home to rare trees and shrubs. The long double borders are an inspiration: bursting with colour and character from July right through into autumn.

Standen pictured in high summer from the garden.

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Standen

The 12 acre garden at Standen was almost entirely the creation of a self-taught gardener - Margaret Beale. Inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement, she developed this hillside garden so that it looked like a natural part of the High Weald landscape. Today you can explore the house terrace, lavender lawn, rosery and kitchen garden.

Looking over a pond towards the Jacobean house.

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Bateman's

Discover the garden at Bateman's. Find out what to see, from the Rose Garden designed by Kipling to wildflowers, an orchard and even a working mill.

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Lamb House

The gardens at Lamb House come alive with vibrant seasonal blooms and lush greenery, offering a tranquil retreat for visitors. The historic garden features neatly tended borders and charming pathways, complemented by fragrant flowers bursting into colour. As the season progresses, the garden room wall becomes adorned with a breathtaking cascade of purple wisteria in full bloom.

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

An image of spring flowers in bloom with bluebells and pink azaleas

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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.