Great Big Green Week Festival at Scotney Castle
We're celebrating Great Big Green Week with a week-long programme of nature walks, talks and tours. Find out what's going on each day and click to reserve your place.
Select your activities from the table below. Click on the links for more information and, where applicable, the live booking page so you can reserve your place. The Guided Estate Walks listed in italics and without links are drop-in events with no need to book in advance.
Do also remember to book your parking in advance to guarantee entry on your chosen day and time.
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11am-12pm |
11.30-1pm |
12-1pm |
2-3pm |
2-3.30pm |
2.30-3.15pm |
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Wednesday |
Guided Estate Tour |
Meet our butterfly surveyor | Guided Estate Tour |
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Weekends |
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Daily 10am-5pm |
‘Changed Priorities Ahead’: Created on road signs, Nessie Ramm’s art showcases our native wildflowers thriving on verges, laybys and car parks. Displays in the old castle (11am-4pm) and the garden (10am-5pm). |
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'Changed Priorities Ahead' exhibition (1 June–20 October)
With a display in the old castle and a trail in the garden, 'Changed Priorities Ahead' showcases the work of nature artist, Nessie Ramm. Nessie paints our native wildflowers with exquisite detail as they thrive undisturbed on roundabouts, slip roads and laybys. Using metal road signs as her canvas, her large-scale art renders visible the wildness and value of these unloved spaces.
Scotney Sub-tropical Garden
Discover our plans for new sub-tropical garden at Scotney nestled within the inner courtyard of the old ruined castle as part of Scotney's work to mitigate against the effects of climate change.
Discover the Picturesque garden at Scotney
The 30-acre garden at Scotney was created by Edward Hussey III in the 1830s. When he built the new house he wanted the garden to encompass and beautifully frame the ruin of the old castle while seamlessly blending the boundaries of the surrounding estate to create a Picturesque garden. Today, the garden team are mindful of this vision as we maintain viewpoints and open up new ones.
Conservation grazing at Scotney Castle
Discover how we're working with Kent Wildlife Trust to help manage the grassland on part of the Scotney estate.