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Your Visit
Visitors are welcome to stroll through the gardens on the meandering shingle paths, watch dragonflies flit on the pond, and sit on a secluded bench. The 4-acre garden has year-round interest, structure, and colour so can be visited several times a year as each visit will differ with the change of seasons.
Though not required, booking is encouraged. Open Monday-Saturday from 9.30-4 & Sunday 11-4.
No admission the plant centre, gift shop or Midpines Cafe.
TO BOOK A GARDEN VISIT, PLEASE CLICK HERE
TO CONTACT MIDPINES CAFE, PLEASE RING 01243 256621
OR EMAIL hello@midpines.co.uk
Save a little time to browse the plant centre which carries various unusual plants, and the gift shop
which carries vintage garden ornaments, beautiful home accessories, cards, hats, scarves, seeds, and gadgets.
No admission or booking is required for the gift shop, plant centre, and cafe.
Admission to the Garden is £9 per adult and £7 for children and seniors.
Payment must be made at the time of booking and is non-refundable.
Admission is free to card-carrying RHS members on Thursdays & Saturdays (Saturdays until the end of March 2024). Please note that you must bring your card with you.
Gardeners World 2-4-1 admission is £9 per couple and £4.50. Cards are required.
Gardens Illustrated members free garden entry Mondays September – May 2024. Proof of membership required on arrival.
Denmans Garden is not affiliated with the National Trust and receives no outside funding.
The garden is shingle but many visitors in wheelchairs find it accessible.
One carer goes free with disabled visitors.
The Plant Centre features unusual plants many of which are propagated on site.
We do not have bedding plants or compost.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Ts & Cs
Please book your visit in advance and note that admission is non-refundable.
- As always, picnicking is not permitted on site — for a list of our favourite locals please click here.
- Children must remain with their adults at all times and may not run through the garden.
- Dogs must remain on leads.
We ask that you please do not visit the Garden if you or a family member are feeling unwell or have Covid-19 symptoms. Stay at home and get better — we will be very happy to see you when you are back on your feet.
Click here for directions on Google maps. Scroll down for additional information.
“I often see people going round the garden here at Denmans with their noses almost amongst the planting, and while I can understand their interest in individual plants, I long to say to them: ‘Now stand back and look at the associations and contrasts between individual masses and then see the plants individually up close, afterwards.'”
John Brookes MBE, 2018
Group Bookings
Group Visits of the garden are available by prior booking. Please contact us for our availability at office@denmans.org or ring +44 1243 278950.
BOOKINGS
GROUPS
The Botanical Room is a beautiful space for private lunches, teas, wakes, meetings, and other events. In cold weather seating is indoors and in warm weather people can enjoy sitting outside on the shingle terrace.
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Gift Shop
The Denmans Gift shop offers a variety of items. In addition to scarves, hats, and beautiful jewelry, the shop has a broad variety of cards, jewelry, scarves, bird feeders, beautiful vases and pots, vintage garden ornaments, garden gadgets, and locally made products. We are always adding new items! We carry brands such as Powder, London Ornament, East of India, Toasted Crumpet, EcoChic, Bertie Girl, Seedball, Dorset Sea Salt, and Avenida, and are always adding new things!
We are happy to send you a gift voucher if you are unable to visit us.
Just email us at office@denmans.org or give us a ring at +44 (0)1243 278 950 to let us know what you need and we will do the rest! Thank you for your support!
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Plant Centre
In the tradition of Joyce Robinson and John Brookes MBE, the Denmans plant centre offers plants that are suitable for the climate and soil in West Sussex and regions with similar growing conditions. Many of the plants are propagated on site in the newly renovated greenhouse, and we are there to help you make choices that are right for you.
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What people are saying
“Just wanted to send a brief email to say I have just visited the gardens and am absolutely thrilled to bits with all the work and transformation that has been undertaken. A particular favourite of mine is the pond and the statue, so peaceful.”
“Garden quite spectacular and atmosphere heart warming and so promising for the future…”
“The garden and buildings were looking great and you have all worked so hard; many many congratulations (and of course thanks).”
“What a joy it was to walk round the garden in its renovated state. I know there is more to be done, and that maintenance will be on-going, but John would have been delighted with the progress that has been made so rapidly to the place he loved most.”
“The gardens and cottage are looking lovely, but we can see you have lots still to do and will look forward to visiting again sometime to see how you are getting on. Hope the pond planting went well!”
“What a joy it was to walk round the garden in its renovated state. I know there is more to be done, and that maintenance will be on-going, but John would have been delighted with the progress that has been made so rapidly to the place he loved most.”
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Getting there by car
Denmans Garden is situated off the A27, westbound, half a mile west of Fontwell roundabout between Chichester (6 miles) and Arundel (5 miles), and adjacent to Fontwell Racecourse. From London, take the A3 to Guildford and Godalming, take the A283 exit from the A3, then follow the A283 and then A285 down to the A27, turn left on the A27, then follow Arundel Rd/A27 to Denmans Lane. Take the small driveway Denmans shares with Global Technologies Racing (GTR) and follow all the way down the end to where it terminates in the Denmans Garden car park.
Getting there by train
From London, take a train from Victoria station to Barnham. Barnham Station Taxis are normally available at the station or can be pre-booked (www.barnhamstationtaxis.co.uk/contact). Denmans Garden is about 10 minutes away.
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