Elizabethan gardens blossom in the sun

The Elizabethan Parham House & Gardens (www.parhaminsussex.co.uk) celebrated its 21st Annual Garden Weekend over the weekend of the 12-13th July and invited two well known TV gardening presenters to open each of the two days of the weekend.

On the Saturday, Joe Swift, a regular presenter on BBC2’s Gardeners’ World for the past 16 years and an award-winning garden designer and writer, joined Lady Emma Barnard, chatelaine of Parham, to officially open the weekend.

Commented Joe, “This is my first time ever at Parham and I had the honour of cutting the ribbon on the garden weekend which was a real honour. And I have to say I’m just amazed by the gardens here, I really am impressed. I didn’t quite know it was here, it’s a real gem. But what really impresses me is the range of gardens and the range of plants and the depth of horticulture that is going on here, there’s some serious gardening and everyone seems to just be having a fantastic day out, which is what it’s all about.”