Sussex Prairie Garden is open until 13th October 2024. Our opening days and hours are wednesday to sunday . 1pm until 5pm . Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays . Dogs are welcome.

Our next super Event will be our Beautiful and Useful Craft Fair this coming weekend 14th and 15th September - 11am until 5pm - expect over 30 exhibitors all set in a glorious garden setting . Delicious refreshments , live music ,art exhibition , plant sale and of course homemade cake. Dogs very welcome !

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Events & Courses

Rag Rugs- Prairie Daisy Mat with Debbie Siniska

* THIS EVENT HAS NOW FINISHED *

Saturday 31st August 2019 | 9:30am - 1:30pm

Rag Rugs- Prairie Daisy Mat with Debbie Siniska
This timeless thrift craft has survived the test of time and is still a great way to recycle your pre loved clothes and textiles.
You will work with traditional hand tools onto a hessian backing to create a hooky or proddy surface – and make a start on a slip mat or seat mat. Cost £55 per person . Please contact Debbie to book your place at info@debbiesiniska.co.uk
I do ask that students bring pre loved tee shirts/fine knit woolies etc that they would like to recycle.
New hand tools will be available to buy if people want to continue with the craft.
Tutor Profile
Debbie Siniska is a textile artist – working with recycled texties and traditional hand tools. She has exhibited in the V&A museum , and was commissioned by Charleston, home of the bohemian Bloomsbury group of the 1920’s to create a facsimile of a Bloomsbury rag rug that now lies in Maynard Keynes bedroom in the house that is open to the public.
Debbie appeared on channel 4 tv with Kirstie Allsopp on her Homemade Home series 2 – and her book Rag Rugs Old into New was published to coincide with her tv appearance.
Debbie teaches in schools and colleges and runs her own series of textile workshops. She is  a member of the Heritage Crafts Association, The Sussex Guild and the Sussex Arts Collective.


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      Fraser BishopFraser Bishop
      10:50 11 Jul 22
      Wonderful garden well worth a visit. Great variety of plants showing so many ways of portraying a garden layout. Must comment on the great tea and cakes selection, our dog loved the doggy ice cream!
      Joan DaniellJoan Daniell
      15:13 06 Jul 22
      Beautifully planted area, in which you are encouraged to walk along paths between the plants so can be completely surrounded by foliage - a lovely effect.
      Peter WardPeter Ward
      08:40 28 Jun 22
      Beautiful garden, very relaxing, and bigger than you might think. Cafe is nice too
      Mike CleggMike Clegg
      16:07 08 Jun 22
      Tea room not brilliant nice cake but coffee in paper cup. No other options other then tea coffee and cake. Opening times short 1 to 5 but gardens beautiful
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