Nymans NT

Nymans NT The perfect countryside retreat with views across the Sussex Weald. Garden & woodland, romantic ruins, house & gallery. It helps us to learn and grow.

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As autumn colours arrive, it’s a great time to come and learn a little more about Nymans’ tree collection. 🍂Join one of ...
10/09/2026

As autumn colours arrive, it’s a great time to come and learn a little more about Nymans’ tree collection. 🍂

Join one of our expert volunteer Tree Guides for a 90-minute guided walk through the garden and Arboretum, discovering some of Nymans’ remarkable Champion Trees and learning more about the trees that help make the garden so special.

With autumn bringing changing colours, it’s a chance to look closely at the trees around you and discover some of the stories behind Nymans’ impressive collection.

🌳 Tree Tours
📅 Thursday 17 September
📅 Friday 2 October
📅 Monday 19 October
📅 Tuesday 3 November
📅 Wednesday 18 November
⏰ 10.30am–12pm
🎟️ £10 per person, plus normal admission

Booking is essential. Come and see Nymans’ trees through the eyes of our Tree Guides this autumn.
See webpage or link in our profile

📷National Trust/ CH/ Angela Burton

Autumn opens new doors at Nymans. 🍂The first signs of the season are appearing across the garden. Trees are beginning to...
09/09/2026

Autumn opens new doors at Nymans. 🍂

The first signs of the season are appearing across the garden. Trees are beginning to turn, the long borders are taking on warmer, rustier tones and the mornings have that unmistakable autumn chill.

It’s the time of year for jackets and brollies, but perhaps keep the sunglasses handy too.

Inside the house, our Celebration of Flowers brings the garden indoors with floral displays that mark the transition between seasons and take inspiration from the Oliver Messel exhibition 🌺

If you’re looking for a midweek wander, come and see how the garden is changing, explore the house and enjoy a little early autumn at Nymans.

📷National Trust/ CH/ Gary Cosham

This weekend, discover Nymans for free as part of Heritage Open Days. 🌿On Friday 11 and Saturday 12 September, explore t...
08/09/2026

This weekend, discover Nymans for free as part of Heritage Open Days. 🌿

On Friday 11 and Saturday 12 September, explore the gardens as summer gives way to autumn, wander among the romantic ruins and discover more about Nymans’ history as a house and garden.

Inside the house, explore The Art of Illusion: The Theatrical World of Oliver Messel, celebrating the work of the renowned stage designer, and don’t miss A Celebration of Flowers, our annual floral display inspired by Messel’s theatrical style.

There’s also a rare opportunity to step inside the Messel family flat, with special tours led by members of the family at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Tickets are free and allocated on arrival, with no advance booking.

📅 Friday 11 & Saturday 12 September
🕙 10am–5pm
🎟️ Free entry – no booking required

Come and discover a different side of Nymans this weekend.

Find out more about Heritage Open Days at Nymans⁠ on the webpage

Excited to announce 📣 We’re Going on a Ghost Hunt is coming to Nymans this Halloween!Based on the bestselling children’s...
07/09/2026

Excited to announce 📣 We’re Going on a Ghost Hunt is coming to Nymans this Halloween!

Based on the bestselling children’s books, this Halloween adventure invites little explorers to join the bunnies as they search Nymans for some spooky hidden friends. 🐰👻

Along the way, choose your bunny name, try your hand at Halloween hoopla, race your broomstick and keep an eye out for warty toads as you make your way around the trail. Then it’s time to join the celebration party and collect your sticker!

📅 Saturday 10 October – Sunday 1 November
10am–4.30pm
Free trail, normal admission applies

📚 Illustrations by Cherie Zamazing, based on the original characters created by Laura Hughes, copyright Bloomsbury Publishing 2023.

🌺 A Celebration of FlowersThe finishing touches are being made at Nymans, as our talented volunteer flower arrangers put...
04/09/2026

🌺 A Celebration of Flowers

The finishing touches are being made at Nymans, as our talented volunteer flower arrangers put the final details to their displays for this year’s A Celebration of Flowers.

Inspired by the drama, detail and imagination of Oliver Messel’s work, each arrangement takes its cue from a different aspect of his creative world. Do take a moment to read the explainer boards beside the displays to discover the inspiration behind each design.

Take a scroll through here, look closely at Nina’s floral dress design and you’ll spot angel wings, or Senecio leaves, forming her bodice, with buttons made from dried spray roses grown in her own garden. Asparagus fern and other foliage from the Nymans garden add further detail, alongside flowers brought in especially for the displays.

See the finished arrangements in the house from 5–13 September, 11am–4pm, alongside The Art of Illusion: The Theatrical World of Oliver Messel.

📷National Trust/ CH

03/09/2026

Say hello to Archie and Percy, getting tacked up for another outing in the woods.

Chestnut Shire Archie is seven and in his first year in the job, while the much more experienced Percy is on hand to guide him, and give him a nudge if he’s slacking off!

Back at , these two are best friends and spend plenty of time grooming each other ❤️

Here at Nymans, their work removing coppiced logs provides a gentle, less invasive way to manage the woodland, with much less impact on the land than machinery.

🌿 Working for the woodlandOur Wood Volunteers have been busy over the last few weeks, cutting the grass in the glades an...
01/09/2026

🌿 Working for the woodland

Our Wood Volunteers have been busy over the last few weeks, cutting the grass in the glades and rides through Nymans’ woodland.

We leave these areas uncut through the summer, giving wildflowers time to flower and set seed. Now that summer is coming to an end, the growth can be cut back and cleared away.

Removing the cut grass is an important part of the process. It keeps nutrient levels low, creating the conditions that wildflowers thrive in, while preventing the glades from becoming overgrown.

Carefully managed rides and glades also bring more light into the woodland, allowing shorter vegetation to grow and creating warm, sunny patches that are especially important for insects, including butterflies and dragonflies. 🦋

It’s all part of the ongoing work our volunteers do to care for Nymans’ woodland and support its rich biodiversity.

📷 National Trust/ Kate Gould

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