subject: Enjoy A Trip This Spring To Sussex [print this page] Spring is a stimulating time to get out in Sussex. Spring flowers like tulips and daffodils are opening, and the spring lambs are grazing. Sussex offers a range of spring time endeavors in the preserves, farms, gardens and museums.
Spring flowers are flourishing all over Sussex in preserves, woods and gardens. Bluebells are blooming at Abbot's Wood, Ditchling Commons and Arlington Bluebell Walk. A variety of anemones and bluebells are budding at Park Wood in Hellingly. Hikers can enjoy spring walks at Wilderness Woods.
Spring's lambs are romping in the fields of Sussex. Farm Park at Spring Barn Farm has been open to the public since 2002, though the farm has been in the Carr family since 1917. They have been diversifying the farm for visitors to view a working farm, for dining at the restaurant, for providing farm goods in the shops and for camping.
Families will have a spectacular day at the farm. They can view animals and hold some of them, help with the feeding of the pigs and give bottles to the lambs. They can enjoy tractor rides and participate in indoor and outdoor play adventures. The chefs of the Farmhouse Kitchen prepare food with local ingredients from Sussex and around the UK. The Farm shop sells a variety of naturally raised farm products such as meats, fruits and vegetables as well as Sussex game.
Sussex is home to spring festivals. The Brighton Festival is the largest arts festival held in Britain. The Eastbourne Festival is three weeks of art and culture along with a film festival in April and May. A celebration of classical music, international music stars and foremost choral presentations takes place in early May, 2012, in Mayfield. The Steyning Country Fair marks the history of Steyning with a farmers' market and craft fair. Jack-in-the-Green is a weekend of holiday festivities of ceilidhs, Morris dancing and traditional music. The RX Wildlife and Culture Festival, occurring along the coast from Hythe to Hastings is a family event focusing on the environment and culture later in May.
The spring flowers are blooming in the gardens of Sussex. Sheffield Park Gardens was designed by Capability Brown in the 1700s and later expanded by owner Arthur G. Soames in the 1900s. The showpiece of the garden is four lakes. Bluebells and daffodils provide springtime color. The Nymans Gardens on the estate is in the High Weald. The garden has landscapes for year-round plantings and color.
Weald and Downland Open-Air Museum is in the center of South Downs National Park. The museum has 45 historical buildings recovered from their locations and rebuilt. Visitors to the museum can view how people lived in the past. They see the flint cottage from the 13th century to a wood-framed worker's cottage from the Victorian period, the medieval farm, the watermill from the 17th century, the Tudor kitchen from the 16th century, the running watermill, industrial buildings trade workshops. view the early construction of homes and methods for planting crops. They can view regular farm animals and Shire horses. The visits can take from two to four hours.
The museum's collection of 15,000 artifacts sustains their collection, particularly their historic buildings, the trades and crafts. This includes wheeled vehicles of carts, huts of shepherds, and farm machinery. museums displays the artifacts and uses them for hands-on demonstrations. take visitors to view the collections.
Spring in Sussex is best spend outdoors. Sussex offers spring walks along trails and visits to gardens to view the bluebells and daffodils. Spring lambs frolic in farm fields. It is a time to enjoy the fresh air and crisp air of spring.
