{"id":2411,"date":"2018-08-10T13:18:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T12:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2018-08-10T13:25:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T12:25:38","slug":"woolbeding-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=2411","title":{"rendered":"Woolbeding Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Johanna Crawford, Senior Gardener and standing in for Head Gardener Paul Gallivan, entertained us with captivating images of Woolbeding Gardens, situated near Midhurst and presently owned by the\u00a0 National Trust.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2417\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=2417\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2417\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2417\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Jo-conducting-a-Herbaceous-Borders-Maintenance-Workshop-photo-credit-to-Emma-Haines.-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Jo-conducting-a-Herbaceous-Borders-Maintenance-Workshop-photo-credit-to-Emma-Haines.-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Jo-conducting-a-Herbaceous-Borders-Maintenance-Workshop-photo-credit-to-Emma-Haines.-1024x870.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Jo-conducting-a-Herbaceous-Borders-Maintenance-Workshop-photo-credit-to-Emma-Haines..jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jo conducting a Herbaceous Borders Maintenance Workshop, photo Emma Haines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jo\u2019s gardening career started 8 years ago as a complete novice with a notice in the newsagent\u2019s, an armful of gardening books, a fork and trowel. 8 years of practical experience alongside studying for professional qualifications paid off well, as her passion for heritage gardening at Woolbeding clearly shines through.<\/p>\n<p>Originally mentioned in the Doomsday Book, Woolbeding\u2019s 26 acres of gardens, including the Grade I listed house (privately rented) and Saxon church, are set within the \u201cgreenest valley and prettiest river\u201d. The gardens match and enhance the setting, and, following a suggested path, visitors are led through various \u201crooms\u201d each with their own colour (vegetable, fountain, herb, pool \u00a0garden), past follies and intriguing sculptures (in memory of ancient and monumental trees), ornamental\u00a0 and architectural greenhouses and an orangery fronting the pool. A \u201druined abbey\u201d and a river walk reveal more hidden features. <a href=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=2419\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2419\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2419\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Woolbeding-views-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Woolbeding-views-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Woolbeding-views-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Woolbeding-views.jpg 1841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the gardens, meticulously maintained in keeping with the original planting but with design tweaks to always offer something new to visitors, are the main attraction and a tribute to the 6 members of garden staff who, aided by a number of volunteers, keep the beds and borders, the climbers and greenhouse plants, including orchids, looking magnificent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2415\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=2415\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2415\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2415\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Jo-chatting-with-patron-Gordon-Rae-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Jo-chatting-with-patron-Gordon-Rae-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Jo-chatting-with-patron-Gordon-Rae.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jo chatting with our patron Gordon Rae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well-worth a visit (April to September, Thursdays and Fridays only, booking required, 0344 800 1995). More information on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/woolbeding-gardens\">https:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/woolbeding-gardens<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Click on photos to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Johanna Crawford, Senior Gardener and standing in for Head Gardener Paul Gallivan, entertained us with captivating images of Woolbeding Gardens, situated near Midhurst and presently owned by the\u00a0 National Trust. Jo\u2019s gardening career started 8 years ago as a complete novice with a notice in the newsagent\u2019s, an armful of gardening books, a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=2411\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Woolbeding Gardens<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-lectures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions\/2431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}