The Garden
Huxley's started off as a private collection and was finally moved and opened to the public at Horsham, West Sussex in 1993. The site was previously a dumping ground for the adjoining Garden Centre, and required a lot of hard, back breaking work.
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We are proud of the fact that the garden has won awards in its own right. Gold award for the best commercial premises in Horsham in Bloom, and has also been featured in National Garden magazines.
In the summer, the garden border is a mass of colour, with lavender and roses heightening the overall colour scheme. There is a large collection of tropical plants, such as Palms, Thunbergias and various Tree Ferns , some of which are quite rare.
The Hawk Walk and Fernery is just as the name suggests, a place where you can get close to our flying team (helpful for photos) whilst walking round a collection of Tree Ferns in the centre display.
Our Japanese water feature, completed in Spring 2003, has a variety of Acers and Bamboos planted around the pond, and some Bonsai Trees . Scattered around the garden are seats for you to sit on and relax, away from the stresses of every day life. Our aviaries are set around the sides of the garden so there's plenty of scope to wander round the path and still smell the roses. The Display Lawn is central to the centre with plenty of seating to watch the birds flying. Our aim is to ensure that our visitors have a pleasant day with us, with plenty of information about our birds, and other birds of prey in general, including habitat and conservation.
There are always staff around if you have a particular question to ask.
