The Old Vicarage, Washington opens for the National Garden Scheme every Thursday, July to October.

Garden open for the NGS at the Old Vicarage, Washington

3½ acres of gardens set around the 1832 Regency house (not open). The front is formally laid out with topiary, wide lawn, mixed border and contemporary water sculpture. The rear features new and mature trees from C19, herbaceous borders, water garden and views of the North Downs. The Japanese garden with waterfall and pond leads to a large copse, stream, treehouse and stumpery.

For more details go to findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/the-old-vicarage and to pre-book your ticket in advance go to bookings.ngs.org.uk

Self-service refreshments: Picnics welcome.

The National Garden Scheme opens beautiful gardens for charity. They donated over £63 million to nursing and health charities and made an annual donation of over £3 million in 2021. Their core beneficiaries include Macmillan Cancer Support and Marie Curie.