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Friday Lates

Every Fri evening from Fri 21 Jun - Fri 26 Jul: we're open until 8.30pm. Make the most of long summer evenings and experience the garden in a new light.

  • Booking not needed
  • Free event (admission applies)

Pack up a picnic, flick out your rug, sit back and relax and enjoy live music on the Main Lawn. Takeaway drinks and snacks will be available from the horsebox too and there’s no need to book ahead. Dogs on leads are welcome for these special evening openings. Horsebox open for snacks and drinks. Last entry 7.30pm.

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This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.

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The basics

Accessibility

Some level paths, some gravel paths.

Upcoming events

Event

The Tiger Who Came to Tea 

Explore this very special teatime through extracts and illustrations from Judith Kerr’s classic story, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, on a family trail around the garden, produced in partnership with HarperCollins Publishers. Sat 4 May - Sun 14 Jul.

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on
9 May to 14 Jul 2024
at
10:00 to 16:30
+ 66 other dates or times
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Daily guided tours of the garden 

Join a daily guided garden tour led by expert garden guides.

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on
9 May to 31 Dec 2024
at
10:00 to 17:00
+ 236 other dates or times
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Guided Tree Tours for 2024 

Join our Guided Tree Tours to learn more about our Champion Trees, see our seasonal highlights and understand the influence that the Messel family had on the creation of this wonderful garden.

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on
18 May to 30 Nov 2024
at
10:30 to 12:00
+ 14 other dates or times
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John Thompson art workshop: Meadow Flowers Thu 23, Fri 24 & Sat 25 May 

Join John Thompson, Artist in Residence, for this full day art workshop in the rustic and cosy potting shed at Nymans.

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on
23 May to 25 May 2024
at
10:30 to 16:00
+ 2 other dates or times