Parham House

The foundation stone of Parham House was laid in January 1577. In 1922 the house was bought by Clive and Alicia Pearson, who carefully restored both the house and the seven acres of garden, which include a lake, a maze and a walled garden containing wide herbaceous borders, a cut-flower garden, as well as vegetables and an orchard. The magnificent greenhouse houses a collection of pelargoniums.

The Old Rectory

The old drive in front of The Old Rectory is now a densely planted mass of perennials and grasses, followed by a terrace almost smothered by Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’. Double borders, punctuated by hornbeam obelisks, run away from the back of the house. Nearby are cushions of box under a run of hornbeams leading to the kitchen garden and wildflower meadows.

The Old Vicarage

The garden around the Regency vicarage is entirely the work of Meryl and Peter Walters, who bought the house in 1993. Since then, the garden has evolved with great flair and originality. From a pair of conventional borders at the top of the steep slope, the garden continues past fruit cages and a cutting garden enclosed by yew hedges to a Japanese garden and a woodland garden. A summer pavilion complements the spectacular conservatory in the south-facing garden in front of the house.

Provided by kind permission of Parham House and Gardens, West Sussex.