The National Garden Scheme: Judy’s Cottage Garden, Worthing

Open: Sat 25 Apr, Sat 27 June, Sat 5 Sept (10.30-3). Admission: £5, children: free. Homemade teas.

A beautiful medium-sized cottage garden with something of interest all year-round. The garden has several mature trees creating a feeling of seclusion. The informal beds contain a mixture of shrubs, perennials, cottage garden plants and spring bulbs. There are little hidden areas to enjoy, a small fish pond and other water features. There is also a raised, pretty log cabin overlooking the garden.

Occasionally, garden openings need to be cancelled. Please always check on the NGS website ngs.org.uk 

 

Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors, The National Garden Scheme has donated over £77.8 million to nursing and health charities and in 2025 made an annual donation of over £3.8 million. The core beneficiaries include Carers Trust, Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK, Parkinson’s UK and The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing.

 

The National Garden Scheme doesn’t just open beautiful gardens for charity – they are passionate about the physical and mental health benefits of gardens too. They also support charities doing amazing work in gardens and health and grant bursaries to help community gardening projects.

 

To learn more about the National Garden Scheme, discover your perfect garden or find out how to open your own garden, visit ngs.org.uk. For gardens opening in Sussex, pick up a copy of The National Garden Scheme Sussex booklet, available free from many local stores, garden centres and libraries and as an online Flip Book https://www.galleries.co.uk/NGS/sussex26/