insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 17 - July 2016 | Page 3
Photography by Elizabeth Zeschin © Parham Park Limited
Taking place over the weekend of Saturday 9th &
Sunday 10th July 2016, Parham House & Gardens is
celebrating the 23rd year of its popular annual Garden
Weekend, opened by Parham’s chatelaine Lady
Emma Barnard and Head Gardener, Tom Brown. The
event is open from 10:30am – 5:00pm on both days.
Fast-track admission can be purchased in advance
offering a saving of 10% from the standard admission
prices. Prices include Event, House & Gardens.
The Garden Weekend is Parham’s
flagship event, showcasing high-quality
specialist nurseries. It is also one of the
best garden weekends in the South East
of England for viewing and buying
really top quality plants. The event takes
place in the Pleasure Grounds adjacent
to Parham’s award-winning gardens,
which will be open throughout the
event. Explore the Pleasure Grounds
and a four-acre Walled Garden, which
includes stunning herbaceous borders, a
glasshouse, vegetable garden, orchard and
a 1920s Wendy House.
The garden team, led by Head Gardener
Tom Brown, grow and sell over 200
herbaceous perennial plants, as found in
Parham’s famous borders. The Parham
Plant and Garden Shop will also be
open throughout the event, where the
experienced Parham team will also be onhand to answer your gardening questions.
The House will also be open on both days.
Visitors are invited to enjoy the rare and
precious collections of paintings, furniture,
needlework, antiquities and delight in the
fresh flower arrangements in every room.
Alicia Pearson (Lady Emma’s greatgrandmother) insisted that flowers from the
Garden should be displayed in this way,
and this is a tradition Parham continues to
this day. The flowers are arranged in what
can only be described as “Parham-style”,
where weeds, bolted herbs or anything
that looks good is used, co-ordinating the
colours to the objects in each room. This
brings the Garden into the House, and it
brings Parham alive! There will also be
a Flower Festival in St Peter’s Church,
located just to the south of the house.
A jazz duo, the Arundel and
Littlehampton District Scout Band, the
Davison’s Worthing Youth Concert Band
and the Broadwood Morris Men will all
At 2pm on both days, join Head Gardener,
Tom Brown, for an informal talk in the
garden “Success with Sweet Peas”
be performing during the weekend. The
Silver Stag Scouts offer a Plant Crèche
facility and can help visitors to their car
with their purchases.
A mouth-watering selection of light
lunches, afternoon teas and cakes will
be available at several outlets including
the Tudor Big Kitchen, the Old Mower
House and the catering tent in the
Pleasure Grounds. Produce from the
Garden is used whenever possible.
Tickets to the event can be booked
in advance on the Parham website,
where a 10% discount is offered as
well as fast track entry. Please book
via www.parhaminsussex.co.uk
or contact 01903 742021 [email protected].
Parham Park Limited is a registered
charity, No. 276673