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Laid out in a Fibonacci-esque spiral fashion you are encouraged to escape the formal green paths and enter the network of hidden trails within the borders. The reward is to walk amongst tall perennials and billowing grasses to be at one with plant, bee and butterfly, absorbing the sights, sounds, smells and textures at first hand.
The owners and designers Paul & Pauline McBride have created a unique relaxed experience here for visitors to the garden. Returning to West Sussex in 2009 after working on large projects in Luxembourg and also alongside naturalistic landscape and garden designer Piet Oudolf, the couple took on the incredible project of transforming the six acres of farmland into the Sussex Prairies Garden.
Nothing is done in half measures here, layer upon layer of great stonking strokes of colour and texture allow you really focus on the plants merits without distraction. With over 30,000 plants to choose from, the paths sing with the sound of insects feasting on the smorgasbord of rainbow nectar served daily throughout the summer.
Nothing is done in half measures here, layer upon layer of great stonking strokes of colour and texture allow you really focus on the plants merits without distraction. With over 30,000 plants to choose from, the paths sing with the sound of insects feasting on the smorgasbord of rainbow nectar served daily throughout the summer.
The hub of the garden is a barn of a building festooned with pretty vintage bunting serving delicious mummy made cakes alongside exquisite coffee. This weekend was our second visit of late which saw a lively plant, art and craft fair attracted huge numbers of plant lovers and hunters cramming trollies, bags, pockets and hats with every conceivable must-grow they could lay their green fingers on!
Laura Ingalls and Nellie Olsen never had a prairie like this......
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