Saturday Magazine - 24.08.2019

SATURDAY MAGAZINE 65

THE GREAT OUTDOORS

● Don’t miss Alan’s gardening column and Tip Of The Day every weekday in the Daily Express.

GARDENING

PLANT

OF THE

WEEK

Garden art

Visit the Arts and Crafts

garden at Standen, in

West Sussex, to discover the

inspiration behind William

Morris’s ground-breaking

designs for fabrics,

wallpapers, tapestries and

embroidery in the 19th

century. The National Trust

property’s beautiful garden

features ancient apple trees

in the vegetable plot and

Sussex Weald views from

the formal gardens, and

there’s a trail showing why

trees such as oak, ash and

yew were important to

Morris. Until November it

also has the exhibition Morris

& Co. Inspired By Nature,

which explains how his

repeating patterns of flowers

and birds were chosen. The

house is open daily from

11am to 4.30pm and the

garden from 10am to 5pm

until November when they

close at 3.30pm and 4pm.

Entrance is £12.60, £6.30

for children and free for

members. Call 01342

323029 or go to

nationaltrust.org.uk.

Pale beauties

These single flowering

snowdrops bloom from February

to March with fragrant nodding

heads. Order 25 hardy bulbs for

£8.99, including p&p, or buy 50

for £17.98 and get a further

25 free. Order online at shop.

express.co.uk/EXP497, call 0871

664 1469, or send a cheque

made payable to Express

Newspapers to Express Offer

EXP497, 14 Hadfield Street,

Old Trafford, Manchester

M16 9FG.

‘MINUET’ is a

blend of white

and purple

‘PURPUREA PLENA
ELEGANS’ has
double rosettes