Harvest Garden Tours

We’re running an array of free tours across the weekend, with our Kitchen Gardeners, with Kew’s Kitchen Gardener, Helena Dove and Productive Garden Manager at The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Katie Kingett. Join our resident entomologist to learn about beneficial garden insects, or let your Newtlings loose for some sensory fun.

Explore and book using the links below:

Saturday 20 & Sunday 21

10:30 – 11:00 - Inside Organic Gardening: A Tour with Newt’s Kitchen Gardener

Find out how we use natural ways to feed the soil and encourage wildlife to maintain a healthy, productive and sustainable garden. How to use organic methods for pests and diseases.​

12:00 – 12:30 Edible Flowers with Newt Kitchen Gardener

All the flowers in the Kitchen Garden are edible, and there are some that may surprise such as begonias and day lilies - come for a tasting tour and find out how we grow them.

15:00-15:30 Beneficial Garden Insects with Newt Entomologist

Listen to our resident entomologist discuss the beneficial insects you should be encouraging into your gardens and how best to support struggling invertebrate species. 

15:30 – 16:00 Herbs and perennial vegetables with Newt Kitchen Gardener

Meet the 'bones' of our garden - the herbs and vegetables that come back every year. Tips on growing and harvesting asparagus, rhubarb, globe artichoke, sorrel, oca - easy when you know how.

10:00 & 11.45 Newtlings: Taste of the Garden

Join our Education Leader Martha and expert Kitchen Garden team for a Newtlings adventure that brings the garden to life. In this Harvest special, children will explore the Kitchen Garden through their senses, sampling and judging our home-grown vegetables and edible plants, brushing past fragrant herbs, feeling textures, and tuning in to the buzz of garden life. No ‘do not touch’ rules here - it’s hands-on, noses-in, full-sensory fun! Children aged 6+ can attend without adults but all are welcome!

Saturday 20

13:30 – 14:00 Heritage Varieties with Helena Dove, Kitchen Gardener at Kew

Discover the importance of heritage vegetables, explore them in the garden, and learn how to grow and save seed to create your own heirlooms with an expert from our Partner Garden.

Sunday 21

13:30-14:00 Heritage Varieties with Katie Kingett, Productive Garden Manager at Heligan

Discover the importance of heritage vegetables, explore them in the garden, and learn how to grow and save seed to create your own heirlooms with an expert from our Partner Garden.