What's On

Daily Picnics

You can now order a perfectly packaged picnic when you visit our gardens - choose from freshly baked pies, garden salads and buttermilk scones with jam and cream. Not forgetting the drinks - iced tea, chilled rosé and lashings of...apple juice.

How it works:

Order your picnic in advance using the link below, or from our Cyder Bar during your visit (orders must be made at least 30 minutes before you'd like to eat). Simply select your items from the menu, hand in and pay, then we’ll give you a collection slot as close as possible to your preferred time.

Collect your picnic from our Cyder Bar, or the Winter Gardens in adverse weather. Tnjoy in the gardens wherever you fancy, and return everything to us to be recycled.

Collection slots available from 11.30am-4pm, with final orders at 3.30pm.

Herbarium Workshop

Create a decorative herbarium for your home using plants from our garden, with the help of our expert floriculturist and Heritage Manager, Maiko Ishida.

Modern herbariums are a relatively new concept, thought to be created in Japan around 2015. While traditional herbariums preserve plants for scientific study, modern herbariums are not just for botanists but plant lovers, crafters and interior enthusiasts. The beauty is that the oil captures and magnifies the details, from flower structures to veins on leaves, adding natural adornment to any room or space.

During our workshop, Maiko will guide you through creating your own herbarium. Choose from a selection of dried and preserved plants, using your imagination to create a unique piece with flowers or leaves, in monotone or a burst of colour. They will last 5-7 years in good condition. We use a type of mineral oil, sometimes used for massage oil or medicinal purposes, that causes no harm to the skin.

The workshop includes tutorials, materials and refreshments, including a full herbarium kit to take home and make another on a rainy day. Group size is a maximum of 6 people, with social distancing and sanitisation in place.

10am - Arrive to welcome teas, coffee and floral-themed cakes
10.30am - Introduction to Herbariums
10.45am - Create your own Herbarium
12.30pm - Admire your creations

After the workshop, why not head to the Garden Café for a sustaining, vegetable-led lunch? Advance booking is advised.

Enchanted Treasure Trail

This festive season, join us on an Enchanted Treasure Trail through the gardens - for families, the young and young at heart.

Solve the riddles of gardener character 'Jacques Vert' to complete a trail around the gardens, taking in some of our best-loved spots. Colour in the illustrations behind the doors on the map, then collect your festive prize at the end.

All you need to take part is a Day Ticket or Garden Membership, some good walking shoes and a sense of adventure...

Enchanted Treasure Trail runs 28th November–31st December, every day except Christmas Day. Begins and ends at the Threshing Barn, with our hosts starting you on your way.