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West Dean Garden's celebrated apple collection is housed within and around this Walled Garden. There are over 100 varieties of apple and 45 varieties of pear, including heritage varieties with links to West Sussex, many of them trained into exquisite traditional shapes.

In its heyday, at the turn of the last century, this area would have been the furiously active 'engine room' for driving the whole of the extensive gardens operation. Fruit was a very important part of the kitchen garden economy with a wide variety of different fruits being produced at all times of the year utilising the 'forcing' capacity of the glasshouses and frames. Pineapples, figs, peaches, nectarines, grapes, cherries, plums, soft fruit, pears and apples were all grown to perfection, polished prepared and taken to the great house.

There have been gardens here since 1622 when the original manor house was built by James Lewkenor. In 1804 when the current house, now home to West Dean College of Arts and Conservation was built, the gardens were enlarged and the kitchen garden was moved to its present position. William James purchased the estate in 1891 and made further improvements, including extending the glasshouses and constructing the pergola.

In 1912 Edward James inherited the estate. Best known for his patronage of artists including Dalí, Magritte, Tchelitchew, Fini and Carrington, in 1964 he established the Edward James Foundation, a charitable educational trust. West Dean College opened in 1971 and today offers short courses to Foundation, Diploma and Masters degrees in arts and conservation. Edward died in 1984 and is buried in St. Roche's Arboretum.

The transformation of the gardens began after the storms of 1987. From 1991, the 19th century landscape has been revitalised bringing the gardens international respect for the quality and variety of horticultural practice.

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