Round Hill Community Pocket Park
Planter 1 maintenance plan and plant photos
Aster Monch
Geum Tangerine
Nepata Faassenii Walkers Low
Erysimum Erysistible Magenta
Bergenia Bressingham Ruby
Heuchera Caramel
Carex oshimensis Everoro
Salvia Caradonna
Convolvulus Cneorum Sense
Pilosella Aurantiacal
Lavender purple
Penstemon Digitalis Huskers Red
Geranium Dusky Crug
Planter 2 maintenance plan and plant photos
Hebe Black Beauty
Lavender white
Penstemon Digitalis Huskers Red
Aster Monch
Geranium Rozanne
Convolvulus Cneorum Sense
Verbena Bonariensis
Sarcococca ruscifolia
Lavender purple
Erysimum bowles mauve
Echinops ritro ruthenicus Platinum Blue
Sedum Autumn Joy
Planter 3 maintenance plan and plant photos
Achillea Terracotta
Carex oshimensis Everoro
Helenium Moerheim Beauty
Salvia Caradonna
Erysimum bowles mauve
Artemesia Powys Castle
Sarcococca ruscifolia
Ophiopogen
Euphorbia Characias wulfenii
Sedum Autumn Joy
Geranium Dusky Crug
Eryagium planum Blue Cap
Convolvulus Cneorum Sense
Heuchera Ginger Ale
Planter 4 - herbs
Rosemary, Bay, Chives, Oregano, Thyme, Sage, Purple Sage, Tarragon, Greek Basil, Mint, Flat leaved Parsley.
1st May 2025
Dominic Furlong of Round Hill Green Spaces writes:
"The Round Hill Community Pocket Park is planted including the herb garden! Thanks to Garden Sage for excellent plant advice. The water butt stored in the garden behind the pub will arrive tomorrow. Many thanks to our brilliant local, The Roundhill, for its support and services to watering and Patrick at The Wood Store for the plaque. DM me if you’d like to be part of the watering and maintenance crew. We hope it brings you joy!"
"Five-and-a half-years in the planning, a Round Hill 'pocket park' was installed alongside the southbound bus stop on Ditchling Road by the Wood Store team. It consists of four wooden planters. The container soil mix (165 bags) was delivered on Wednesday, 16 April. Plants and flowers followed soon after."
Illustration by Peter Gates
In Spring 2025 saw the installation of the long-awaited Round Hill Community Pocket Park. Funding was secured from a range of sources – most notably the UK Shared Prosperity Fund - in Autumn 2024. The pocket park, consisting of four wooden planters with a mixture of suitable perennial plants and bulbs, is situated alongside the southbound bus stop at the junction of Ditchling Road and Prince's Crescent. The pocket park will also eventually include a new community noticeboard and a "Welcome to Round Hill" sign.
Planning permission
The proposal to create a pocket park public garden on the pedestrian walkway at the junction of Ditchling Road and Princes Crescent was granted planning permission on 6th July 2023.
Read the Proposal: 19-page illustrated PDF
Please click here to view the planning decision and approved drawings on the Council's website.
The fourth planter — and future herb garden — was finished by the team from the The Wood Store and filled with soil. Plants were ordered from Garden Sage Nurseries, a local supplier just outside Henfield.
Volunteers needed
Dominic of Round Hill Green Spaces writes:
"We would like to set up a regular volunteer group to maintain the planters as a social activity. We've been working on this since 2018/19 and previously collected details of people interested in helping us to plant, manage and maintain the planters along with the ones already installed at both ends of Round Hill Crescent. It's been such a long time we thought we should start again on that, so If you are a Round Hill resident and you'd like to get involved, please let us know via The Round Hill Community Noticeboard Facebook Group.
We don't need regular commitment, just a willingness to help with whatever needs doing when you have time. We plan to meet regularly to plant/weed/water/litter pick/deal with any graffiti (though our planters will have anti-graf coating).
Council officers have concluded that the design and modest scale of the planters are unlikely to encourage any increase in anti-social behaviour. However, we hope that the volunteer group and ALL interested neighbours will help us to keep an eye on the planters, sharing any incidents on the Round Hill Community Noticeboard and reporting to the Police if necessary. Hopefully we can get our new PCSO sophie.powell@sussex.police.uk involved too.
It would be great to have a core of volunteers, but when we eventually arrange work sessions, we'd like to invite anyone and everyone of all ages/abilities to help - and if you'd like to sit and watch and chat you'll be very welcome.
Keep your eyes peeled for further announcements about pocket park dates and volunteer activities on the Round Hill Community Noticeboard on Facebook."
This page was last updated by Ted on 21-Apr-2026