World Book Day – celebrate reading for pleasure with us
We’re pleased to be able to say …. ‘dont stop celebrating reading!’ this coming Thursday, 2nd March. We know just how excited many children get when dressing up as their…
Volunteering at our Lantern Events 2017
We are looking for willing volunteers to be Stewards and servers of hot chocolate and marshmallows to visitors at our upcoming Lantern Festival! Here are some descriptions of the roles…
Harvest…
The Gardens are blessed with 2 apple and pear orchards and espaliered fruit fences all planted with over 60 heritage varieties dating back to the 1500s. Like many fruit growers…
Traditional family fun day
Nearly time again for our amazingly popular low-tech family fun day. Skittles, sack races, hopscotch and egg and spoon races bring three – or more – generations together this Thursday…
Dogs Don’t do Ballet
To kick off the summer holidays with a fun and warming outdoor show , get the kids up and moving with Bif… Biff is not like other dogs. He doesn’t…
Pop in for pop-up food and music…
A new series of gentle, relaxed afternoons where you can take full advantage of the Gardens for some ‘me-time’. We’ve asked some of the best local or artisan food businesses…
Auricula …not a very prim primula
To celebrate our 17th century Gardens’ new ‘Auricula Theatre’ feature we are holding a day with specialist growers HillView Hardy Plants. On Easter Bank Holiday Monday, the nursery people from…
Event support volunteers
Do you love making something happen? Want to do something good in your community? Like working with others in a team? Come and be a part of something which makes people smile…
White and Green – Snowdrops and a Green man
Celebrate the return of the light with the ‘sweet harbinger of Spring’, the delicate snowdrop. Sunday 5th February 11am -3pm. Our snowdrops have been increasing every year and they make…
Dig, crush, drink, eat
Fresh as fresh as fresh… Our harvest apple celebration is fast approaching. It’s been positively Isaac-Newton-like here with apples from our heritage orchard plopping, heavy and ripe, to the ground. This year,…