Helene Walker

Helene Walker is showing at the Highdown Gallery from 3 April to 11 April 2027, a short run that puts her work right in the middle of one of Worthing's most distinctive spots.

The gallery sits inside the visitor centre at the heart of Highdown Gardens, so the exhibition is more of a destination than a quick stop. The gardens themselves were built over 58 years by Sir Frederick Stern, who spent that time collecting rare, chalk-tolerant plants from all over the world. They've been admired since 1910, and Stern's particular passion was the snowdrop — he wrote a book on them and was the first to describe more than one species. The gallery was given a makeover to work as a versatile space for art and craft exhibitions, workshops and talks, and Walker's show is the next one in that rotation.

Because the gallery is tucked into the visitor centre, you can easily make a day of it. Highdown Gardens draw about 80,000 visitors a year and are open every day of the year, free to visit, so you can wander through the collections before or after you see the work. The exhibition runs from 3 April to 11 April, so you've got a little over a week to catch it.