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Charleston Manor
In a quiet crease of the South Downs lies Charleston Manor. It is somewhere I have long wanted to visit and so, when I heard that the gardens were open, I almost fell over with excitement. After a pub...
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Gravetye Manor
I planted a Clematis ‘Gravetye Beauty’ early last year but I had no idea what or who it was named after. And then in August, a blogging friend, Sara, wrote about her visit to Gravetye Manor (you can...
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Follers Manor
When Geoff and Anne Shaw bought Follers Manor in 2006 it was a mess. The house was virtually uninhabitable and the grounds an eyesore: a jumble of tussock, weeds and builders’ rubble with a large,...
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Follers Manor Opening Times 2015
Last summer I visited a stunning private garden called Follers Manor. The gardens sit on a shoulder of the South Downs, to the south of Alfriston, East Sussex and above the pretty village of...
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A Garden Tour: The Clergy House, Alfriston
On a sunny day in June of last year, and anxious to avoid a long list of home DIY jobs, I drove a few miles over the South Downs to the village of Alfriston.* I spent an absorbing hour browsing in the...
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