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| Wakehurst Place is a respected botanical garden of international importance. The 300 acres of garden and woodland offer interest and beauty year round, with bluebells in May and spectacular autumn colours as popular highlights. The gardens are also home to the Millennium Seed Bank Project – a race against time to save the world's most endangered plants from extinction. | | | | Wakehurst Place is funded, administered and maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Wellcome Trust Millennium Building, adjacent to Wakehurst Place, aims to house seeds from 10% of the world's flora by 2009 to save species from extinction in the wild. Enjoy the Millennium Seed Bank interactive public exhibition in the Orange Room and follow the journey of a seed from identification and collection, to drying and cold storage in the massive underground vaults. The mansion in the grounds is used principally for educational visits. Two rooms only are open to visitors | | |  | Guided tours
Average length of visit: 4hrs. Special interest tours: Badger Walks, out of hours£. Bat Walks, out of hours£. Garden Tours£. Themed tours available£ | | |  | Coach parking
Coach parking, 50yds | | |  | On site catering
The Stables & Tack Room Restaurant (licensed), self service, 140 covers adjacent to mansion. Seed Café, self service, 80 covers at visitor centre. Further 56 covers outside on veranda. Set menu, private room available. Groups can reserve tables | | |
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