“ A living tableau of plants- a vast,moving sea of densely planted perennials and grasses on a scale that has to be seen to be believed ”
Home and Garden Magazine
The project has been selected as the Winner of the RIBA South East Client of the Year Award 2022 & RIBA South East Small Project of the Year 2022 sponsored by Gaggenau @gaggenauofficial
Photo by Richard Chilvers
If you wish to visit the garden regularly, you may wish to buy one of our excellent value SEASON TICKETS, which will allow you entry as often as you like, without requiring you to pay each time you visit. NB – a Season ticket is just for this 2022 season !
The Teashop will operate as a kiosk serving Takeaway teas, coffee and homemade cakes and ice cream which you can enjoy throughout the garden. There will be no sandwiches or savouries on offer. However,you are always very welcome to bring picnics to enjoy in the garden and in our farm fields .
Sussex Prairie garden opened to the public in 2009, just one year after planting. We count ourselves amongst a handful of large new gardens, designed and created in the 20th and 21st century, in Great Britain.
We are Britain’s largest “Prairie,” or “Naturalistic,” garden, with eight acres of stunning garden to roam around. Unlike most gardens of a comparable size, we have no castle or stately home! We designed and planted the garden ourselves, on Pauline’s family farm in West Sussex. Instead of armies of servants and gardeners, we planted all 35 000 plants with help of amazing friends and family!
Our garden encourages exploration using a network of small wood chip paths which snake through the huge borders. Come and visit, please do walk on the grass and in the borders! Sussex Prairies-an extraordinary garden created by ordinary people!
View of the garden from the barn
The Sussex Prairie Gardens will be host to an arts exhibition. Entitled ‘Rooted’ the exhibition will feature outdoor sculptures by local and regional artists. The exhibition will run from 1st June through 16th October 2022.
The exhibiting artists include Rosalind Barker, Caroline Bugby, Sarah Cliff, Šárka Darton, Sally Eldars, Sue Evans, Paula Haughney, Ruth Heaton, Lester Korzilius, Jill Laudet, Chérie Lubbock, Hala Sabet, Katharine Rabson Stark, Karen Sturtivant, and Christopher Walker. Between them, their work has been exhibited throughout the UK, and is held in numerous public and private collections.
An event spread out in Marquees in Sussex Prairie Garden. Gorgeous clothes in cottons and vintage sari silk,semi precious designer jewellery,scarves,home furnishings and gifts – all ethically traded from India.
Coro Nuovo Voices will perform in the garden with their accompanist Andrew Storey, The repertoire will be largely solo songs from the shows, opera numbers and so on. There may be some duets and trios also. Perfect for a summer afternoon.
Keep up to date with what’s going on.
Paul & Pauline McBride,
Sussex Prairie Garden
Morlands Farm, Wheatsheaf Road (B2116),
near Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9AT
