A-Z Nature Scavenger Hunts
There's new nature scavenger hunt activity sheets available from visitor reception across the summer holidays. What will you discover on your way around the garden? Can you find something beginning with every letter? Take on the nature challenge and explore your surroundings.
Our top '50 Things' activities
Get stuck in to '50 Things' activities at Smallhythe Place this summer. Here are some of our favourite:
#1 Get to know a tree - wander through the apple orchard and nuttery and find your favourite tree. Can you guess how old it is? What colour are its leaves? What makes this one different to the others in the garden?
#13 Make a mud creation - find a muddle puddle or bank and build a mini sculpture.
#17 Set up a snail race - in damp dark areas of the garden, can you find some shiny shelled friends to race?
#18 Create some wild art - go foraging for fallen petals from our apple blossom trees, acorns from the oak trees and greenery and twigs from our hedges. What masterpiece can you create from bits around the garden?
#22 Find some funky fungi - they like to shelter from the sunlight in cool, damp ground, will you find any on your nature quest around Smallhythe?
#31 Make friends with a bug - our bug hotels, log piles and rockeries are a great place to hunt for bugs and hold a scary beast. How many will you find on your nature hunt around the garden?
#35 Discover what's in the pond - explore the banks of our recently rejuvenated pond. Full of life and colour, it's the perfect spot for all sorts of wildlife to bask in the sun or make a home. Why not make a list of all the wildlife you see there today?
#44 Watch a bird - follow our resident swallows swooping in and out of the Theatre Tea-room and across the bright spring skies. You can also watch them feed their hatchlings and peak inside their nest on our new wildlife camera in the Tea-room.