Helen Andre

Helen Andre has an exhibition at the Highdown Gallery from 3 July to 11 July 2027. It's a short run, just over a week, so if you're planning to head in, it's worth picking a day early rather than leaving it until the final weekend.

The gallery sits right in the heart of Highdown Gardens, which is a bit of a local curiosity. It's a chalk garden, shaped over 58 years by Sir Frederick Stern, and his collection of rare, chalk-tolerant plants has been admired since 1910. Stern wrote A Chalk Garden and The Study of the genus Peonia (1946), and he was the first to describe more than one species of snowdrop (Galanthus), coming up with an identification method that's still in use today. The gardens draw around 80,000 visitors a year and they're free to visit, so you can easily make a day of it: wander through the plants and then step inside the gallery for the art.

That's the best way to approach it, really. The gallery itself is used for art and craft exhibitions, workshops and talks, and since it's tucked inside the gardens, you can combine the two. If you're already out for a walk around Highdown, the exhibition is right there on your path. Helen Andre's work will be on display from 3 July to 11 July 2027 at the Highdown Gallery in Worthing.