Friends of Eastbourne Hospital

17/06/2026

Join us to take in this beautiful garden today.

We're looking forward to opening the gardens of Friston Place for you all to enjoy tomorrow! Friston Place is a historic garden in an Elizabethan setting, with Italian structure and precision, English, traditional planting. This is a garden of many different areas, do allow plenty of time for your visit so you get chance to see it all.

We will also have refreshments, stalls and a raffle. Admission is free, with donations very welcome. Open from 10.30am to 4pm, please do see our website for further details and directions: www.friendsdgh.org.uk/events/open-gardens-2026

16/06/2026

We're looking forward to opening the gardens of Friston Place for you all to enjoy tomorrow! Friston Place is a historic garden in an Elizabethan setting, with Italian structure and precision, English, traditional planting. This is a garden of many different areas, do allow plenty of time for your visit so you get chance to see it all.

We will also have refreshments, stalls and a raffle. Admission is free, with donations very welcome. Open from 10.30am to 4pm, please do see our website for further details and directions: www.friendsdgh.org.uk/events/open-gardens-2026

14/06/2026

Lovely day for a garden party - join us in Seaford today!

It's the end of an astonishing 20-year run of fundraising garden parties by these incredible hosts in Seaford, and they're signing off by opening their garden a final time on Sunday 14 June (11am to 4pm), with all donations coming to Friends of Eastbourne Hospital. A beautiful garden to visit, the event will also offer refreshments including cakes and drinks, ploughmans’ lunches and cream tea, along with live music and a tombola and raffle. Admission is free with donations very welcome. Please do visit and enjoy all that is on offer - it's the last event of its kind, and we are very grateful to have been nominated as the final beneficiary of such a legendary local event.

12/06/2026

It's the end of an astonishing 20-year run of fundraising garden parties by these incredible hosts in Seaford, and they're signing off by opening their garden a final time on Sunday 14 June (11am to 4pm), with all donations coming to Friends of Eastbourne Hospital. A beautiful garden to visit, the event will also offer refreshments including cakes and drinks, ploughmans’ lunches and cream tea, along with live music and a tombola and raffle. Admission is free with donations very welcome. Please do visit and enjoy all that is on offer - it's the last event of its kind, and we are very grateful to have been nominated as the final beneficiary of such a legendary local event.

11/06/2026

If you visited our Open Garden at the Old Vicarage in Firle yesterday, and think you may have left a pair of glasses behind then please do contact the Friends Office on 01323 749503 / [email protected] as we have a pair in lost property. Thank you.

09/06/2026

Whilst the weather we're currently having is certainly unusual, we are thankfully nowhere near the extreme conditions we experienced at some of our gardens last year. We will be opening the gardens of the Old Vicarage at Firle tomorrow, a traditional English country garden, nestled in the heart of the South Downs. Sun or the odd shower, don’t miss the chance to see how the owners are gradually making changes to reflect the effects of climate change and the growing awareness of gardens being in harmony with nature. Refreshments will be available to purchase and enjoy, and the gardens will also feature stalls and a raffle. We recommend bringing cash as card payments can be unpredictable due to poor mobile reception. Admission is free, with donations very welcome.

www.friendsdgh.org.uk/events/open-gardens-2026

05/06/2026

Royally proud of the Friends of Eastbourne Hospital this week as our contribution to the Sussex Surgical Centre was recognised at the unit's formal opening by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester. One million pounds' worth of equipment is now in use in the centre, raised by incredible Friends fundraising. Chairman Harry Walmsley, Vice-Chairman Hugh Parker and Trustee Ann Caffyn attended the ceremony on behalf of our Trustees, members, supporters and volunteers, without whom this enormous donation would not have been possible. Thank you to everyone who supports us, please do take a bow - or curtsy.

02/06/2026

Starting to think about Friday yet...? Tickets still available, come along for some quizzing fun!

Bragging rights up for grabs - along with friendly competition, fun and great prizes! Don't miss the Friends Quiz on Friday 5 June - get in touch with the Friends Office now to book your places.

26/05/2026

There can be few things more quintessentially British than a cup of tea in a fine country garden - with sunshine being an added bonus! Tomorrow we offer all that at Carters Corner Farm - a large country garden and attached smallholding, whose south-facing garden comprises a formal parterre with white roses, large borders with mixed planting, a formal rose garden and a white wisteria walk. This all sets off a small lake with ornamental bridge, pavilion and jetty. The remaining park-like garden has mature trees and a new Ornamental Pear avenue which leads to a pretty eight-acre woodland. There is a large vegetable garden and surrounding orchard adjacent to paddocks. There are sheltered areas, and seating around the land, some spots with distant views to the Downs.

Please do join us and enjoy this glorious garden, along with refreshments, stalls and a raffle. Admission is free, with donations very welcome. We regret, we cannot accept dogs.

For directions, and any updates, please see: www.friendsdgh.org.uk/events/open-gardens-2026

20/05/2026

Whilst we can't claim this as one of the gardens in our official Open Gardens programme, this special event (which is supporting the Friends independently) is a super way to start the season! A local event, held at 4 Rochester Close in Meads, these ornamental gardens are being opened and turned into a garden gallery of art by Liddy and Abi Davidson - all of which will be for sale, alongside refreshments (please do bring cash though as mobile network is unreliable). Open from 10.30am to 2.30pm, all are welcome to this event, and the admission is free. Please do be advised however, that the garden is not suitable for those in wheelchairs or with disabilities due to difficult access.