Get hands-on with Roman medicine, create your own herbal remedy discovering the plants and ingredients Romans believed could cure a range of ailments and learn about ancient healing traditions. Suitable for ages 5-12 years; included in standard admission.
Tag: Nature
Gavin Thurston at Sheldon School
An evening with world-renowned wildlife filmmaker Gavin Thurston as he shares some of the adventures, mishaps, wonders and discoveries from his career spent filming the natural world. For over 40 years Gavin has travelled to some of the wildest and most remote corners of the planet, often spending weeks or months waiting for extraordinary wildlife...
A Garden Love Story at the Holburne
Hear about Paul Weiland’s 30-year effort to restore the historic Georgian landscape at Belcombe Court. A Garden Love Story tells the story of a remarkable house and its gardens, tracing their history and following the rhythm of the seasons as they flourish throughout the year. Filmmaker Paul Weiland and his wife Caroline have transformed the...
Ancient Landscape, Modern Times at the Holburne
Bringing together works by Eric Ravilious, William Nicholson, Paul Nash, John Nash, Tirzah Garwood, Peggy Angus and other British artists from the 1910s to the 1940s with paintings, drawings, prints and archival material. The exhibition reveals how the stark, rolling forms of the South Downs and related chalk landscapes inspired a generation of artists seeking...
Open Day at Jamie’s Farm
An opportunity to explore the work of Jamie’s Farm, which blends farming with a sense of belonging and purpose, supporting young people who aren’t thriving academically, socially or emotionally. Visitors can go on farm tours showcasing the countryside and working farm, as well as take part in activities and interactive sessions, listen to talks from...
Forest of Imagination at The American Museum
Discover a series of outdoor art installations in the gardens, woodland and arboretum to experience the landscape through creativity, nature and play.
Woodland Orchestra at Westonbirt Arboretum
Make a variety of instruments from woodland materials, including a frog stick, rain maker and seed shaker, then try the sound challenges using your instruments, creating a soundtrack as frog goes on a woodland adventure. Suitable for ages 4+ years.
Wild About Bees at Westonbirt Arboretum
An informative discovery day about free-living honeybees and their lives led by members of the Natural Beekeeping Trust. Step into the observation hide to watch bees at work, try bee puzzles and challenges to enter the prize draw, and create bee crafts to take home. Suitable for ages 3+ years.
Sensory Woodland Walks at Westonbirt Arboretum
Guided walks that venture off the beaten path, encouraging families to explore the arboretum through smell, touch, sound and sight. Sessions run 10.30am–12pm and 1.30–3pm.
In Tune with Wellbeing at Westonbirt Arboretum
Outdoor wellbeing walks with gentle yoga, designed for families to unwind together beneath the trees. Pre book to avoid disappointment on the day. Wellbeing walks will run at allocated timeslots throughout the day, with sessions suitable for different ages.
Natures Soundtrack at Westonbirt Arboretum
Days of playful exploration, connecting with trees through sound creativity.
If Trees Could Talk at Westonbirt Arboretum
Uncover the secret lives of trees by learning to read their signs. Look at tree rings from different trees to see what this shows us about how they have lived – revealing the past environmental conditions they lived in such as droughts and fires. Create your own tree ring of life, and have a go at...
Creature Conversations at Westonbirt Arboretum
Is it possible to talk to a woodpecker? This gentle day invites families to sit quietly among the trees, map the sounds of woodland wildlife and sharpen listening skills.
Secret Garden Event at The Hall
An opportunity to visit seven acres of the historic gardens of The Hall
Moth & Butterfly Day at Iford Manor
Enjoy a day out in nature including butterfly trail with Butterfly Conservation guides in the wildflower meadows, free craft activities for children with Noeline Beesley, moth display, and the opportunity to experience moth release and hold them (4pm). Picnics welcome by the river, opposite the Manor; food and drinks available from the Cafe. This event...
Propagates day at Bath Library
With drop-in talks, workshops and displays focused on gardens and allotments. The day will include work from the joint Bath Spa University and Bath City Farm residency programme showcasing the results of the students’ exploration of the farm. Workshops will include: making art about nature, simple printing and an opportunity to make an small insect...
Tree at Roseberry Road Studios
Exhibition featuring eight selected artists who have been inspired by our relationship with our arboreum friends. The artists were free to interpret the theme in any way they chose, personal, environmental or aesthetical to create a fascinating mix. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures and photography by local, national and international artists – Joe Byerley, Claire...
Summer of Play at Stourhead
Have some outdoor fun at the Stableyard and Summer of Play Meadow. Scramble up the straw castle, aim for gold at the archery range, or race through the meadow maze to find the hidden camp.
Half Term at Mompesson House
With bonnet trimming and Regency letter writing activities, spring-themed spotter trail, outdoor games and activities in the garden, including child-sized croquet.
May Half Term at Lacock Abbey
Find art boxes in the orchard with everything you need to create a masterpiece, visit the Bothy to make a butterfly mask, and pick up a spotter sheet and wild-art sheet to discover and create on a walk around the gardens and woodland.
May Play Days at Stourhead
With crafts, hobby horses, games, ride -on tractors, puppet theatre, books under the story tree, as well as Spring scavenger hunt to see what you can find as you wander around the garden.