Woolbeding Gardens

Woolbeding Gardens Woolbeding is a beautiful constantly-evolving 20th century garden covering 30 acres Woolbeding Gardens is now closed for the 2022 season.

We reopen again on Thursday 20th April 2023! All visits must be pre-booked in advance. Tickets will be released in Spring 2023. See our website for details of how to book, or use the ‘Book Now’ button on this page.

03/05/2026

It’s International Dawn Chorus Day 🎶🌤️ Turn the sound up 🔉 and hear the chorus as it sweeps over Woolbeding Gardens.
The chorus can be heard loudest around 30 minutes before sunrise. The audio you hear in our reel was recorded at 5.10am on 26th April 2026. Cool, still morning air allows sound to carry further and clearer, making bird calls more effective with less energy. What birds can you hear in our reel?
📹 Credit: Emma Lavender-Brown

Tulip mania is taking hold here in the gardens, with all tulips already appearing two to three weeks early due to the wa...
11/04/2026

Tulip mania is taking hold here in the gardens, with all tulips already appearing two to three weeks early due to the warm weather.
With over 3,000 varieties of tulips worldwide, we grow around 80 different varieties each year at Woolbeding, and plant over 4000 bulbs.
This year’s favourites include:
🌷Jacuzzi in the Fountain Garden
🌷Passionale, Negrita and Royal Virgin in the Entrance Garden
🌷Angelique and Blue Diamond in the Pool Garden
The gardens are open again in 12 days! Tickets can be booked via our website.
📷 Emma Lavender-Brown

Tickets are now available to book for Woolbeding Gardens for 2026! Tickets can be booked via our website, or by calling ...
27/03/2026

Tickets are now available to book for Woolbeding Gardens for 2026! Tickets can be booked via our website, or by calling the National Trust Box Office on 0344 249 1895. All visits must be pre-booked, including for National Trust Members. Visit us from 23rd April, every Thurs and Fri, enjoy a cup of tea in our cafe and watch the seasons change throughout the garden.
📷 Emma Lavender-Brown

This World Poetry Day, we are celebrating Charlotte Turner Smith, 18th century poet and novelist who resided at Woolbedi...
21/03/2026

This World Poetry Day, we are celebrating Charlotte Turner Smith, 18th century poet and novelist who resided at Woolbeding House between 1785 and 1787. Inspired by her surroundings, Smith featured nature and botany in many of her writings, including in ‘Sonnet II Written at the Close of Spring’ which reflects on the passing beauty of spring:
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The garlands fade that Spring so lately wove,
  Each simple flower, which she had nurs’d in dew,
Anemonies that spangled every grove,
  The primrose wan, and hare-bell, mildly blue.
No more shall violets linger in the dell,
  Or purple orchis variegate the plain,
Till Spring again shall call forth every bell,
  And dress with humid hands, her wreaths again. 
Signs of spring are appearing everywhere in garden, with the first tulips appearing throughout the borders, and daffodils spreading around the follies. Swipe ➡️ to view.
🖼️ Image copyright National Portrait Gallery, London
📽️ Video copyright Emma Lavender-Brown / National Trust

The team are taking advantage of the glorious sunshine and are preparing the lawns ready for Spring opening 🌸 We start b...
13/03/2026

The team are taking advantage of the glorious sunshine and are preparing the lawns ready for Spring opening 🌸 We start by scarifying the lawns to get rid of the winter moss, which helps make the grass stronger to cope with the heat of the summer. It takes 6 days for one person to scarify all the lawns of the Formal Garden. Afterwards, the team will aerate to improve drainage and top dress areas if necessary.
📷 Paul Gallivan

🌼 February Colour 🌸 Despite the heavy clouds, there are still pockets of soft colour cheering up the borders around the ...
20/02/2026

🌼 February Colour 🌸
Despite the heavy clouds, there are still pockets of soft colour cheering up the borders around the gardens at the moment. These include:
1 - Helleborus x hybridus ‘Harvington Double Yellow Speckled’
2 - Camellia ‘Show Girl’
3 - Camellia japonica ‘Grandiflora Alba’
4 - Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’
5 - Nandina domestica
6 - Anemone coronia ‘Sylphide’
📷 Emma Lavender-Brown

The carpet of crocuses around the London Plane are looking stunning in the February sunshine ☀️ A welcome gap in the rai...
09/02/2026

The carpet of crocuses around the London Plane are looking stunning in the February sunshine ☀️ A welcome gap in the rain clouds! The crocuses now self seed every year; originally, the seed was scattered by Stewart Grimshaw and Simon Sainsbury a few decades previously.

Our roses growing against Woolbeding House are getting their seasonal tidy-up! 🌹 Of the nine roses growing around the ho...
04/02/2026

Our roses growing against Woolbeding House are getting their seasonal tidy-up! 🌹
Of the nine roses growing around the house, Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ or Lady Banks’ Rose is the largest and is an evergreen thornless rambler that produces small double yellow flowers in spring or early summer. While it can be pruned immediately after flowering, due to the team being busy in the garden during summer, now is the time for us to remove older woody stems and tie in the fresh new growth along the south-facing wall.

📸 Paul Gallivan and Emma Lavender-Brown

Vacancy: Senior Gardener at Woolbeding Gardens 🌴🌿🌱Are you an experienced horticulturalist looking for an exciting new ch...
26/01/2026

Vacancy: Senior Gardener at Woolbeding Gardens 🌴🌿🌱

Are you an experienced horticulturalist looking for an exciting new challenge? We are seeking a dedicated and skilled gardener to join our team! This role focuses on the Silk Route Garden and the iconic Heatherwick Glasshouse, designed by Heatherwick Studios.

You’ll lead the day-to-day care and maintenance of the Silk Route Garden and Glasshouse, ensure the highest standards of horticulture, and provide guidance and training to staff and volunteers, as well as engaging with visitors to share the story of the garden.

This is a special opportunity to contribute to the development and care of one of the National Trust’s most modern gardens. If you’re a passionate and knowledgable horticulturalist with strong leadership abilities and excellent communication skills we’d love to hear from you!

View the full job details and apply today by visiting https://careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/ #/vacancy-detail/168753 or search IRC168753 at nationaltrustjobs.org.uk

Closing date: 8th Feb 2026

📸 Credit: Paul Gallivan / Emma Lavender-Brown

From 2nd March, we’ll be making some essential repairs to the office building at Woolbeding Gardens. This work will prot...
20/01/2026

From 2nd March, we’ll be making some essential repairs to the office building at Woolbeding Gardens. This work will protect the Grade II listed building and make sure it continues to be safe for staff, volunteers and the public. We’re expecting to be finished by early June.

While we’re carrying out the repairs, we’ll need to close a short section of Woolbeding Lane that runs south from the junction of Brambling Lane and Hollist Lane alongside the building.

Vehicles won’t be able to use the closed section of road but they’ll still be able to enter the south end of Woolbeding Lane for access, including to All Hallows Church, and there will be a path running the full length of the lane for walkers and cyclists.

You’ll be able to visit Woolbeding Gardens as usual during the work – we reopen for spring and summer on 23rd April, Thursdays and Fridays, and look forward to seeing you then.

For more information, visit our dedicated web page: nationaltrust.org.uk/woolbeding-repairs

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Woolbeding
Midhurst
GU299RR

Opening Hours

Thursday 10:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 10:30am - 4:30pm

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03442491895

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