Coinciding with the National Trust's Blossom Watch, come and enjoy the sights and smells of Scotney's annual community flower festival in the mansion house.
Join one of our estate guides on a tour around Scotney's woods and parklands to see seasonal flora and fauna and learn about the history of Scotney. This tour is included in your entry to Scotney.
If you've ever wondered what it's like to volunteer at Scotney, here's your chance!
Scotney has one of the best examples of a garden designed along Picturesque principles in the United Kingdom. Join our guided garden tours (free with your entry ticket) to discover what this means.
Scotney has one of the best examples of a garden designed along Picturesque principles in the United Kingdom. Join a guided garden tour (free with your entry ticket) to discover what this means.
The mainstay of many an English garden, there is something magical about a herbaceous border. Hear how we plan, plant and care for our borders here at Scotney.
Create your own story-time classic with our summer half-term trail.
Learn how to use a camera to capture light, colour and shade this half-term in the beautiful surroundings of Scotney Castle.
This outdoor photography workshop is a perfect opportunity to learn how to capture the beautiful spring colour in Scotney's garden.
Teazels, cowslips, toadflax, vetch ... Discover the wildflower paintings of contemporary landscape artist, Nessie Ramm, displayed both inside the old castle and doors and as a trail in the garden.
Join us for a week long programme of green-themed walks, talks and tours for Great Big Green Week.
This Great Big Green Week, come and meet the rangers who survey for snakes. Reptiles are an important part of the Scotney ecosystem and we regularly conduct surveys to monitor reptile numbers and species.
Our senior gardener is leading this free 'walk and talk' event on growing cut flowers as part of Scotney's Great Big Green Week Festival.
Discover the medicinal uses of plants throughout history in this fascinating free guided tour of the garden. This event is part of Scotney's Great Big Green Week Festival.
Get hints and tips for growing vegetables from Scotney's head gardener as part of Scotney's Great Big Green Week Festival.
Meet one of our dragonfly surveyors and go on a dragonfly and damselfly hunt this Great Big Green Week to see some of these darting, shimmering beauties.
Learn about the amphibians who call Scotney home and then have a go pond dipping to discover what’s living beneath the surface. This free 'walk and talk' workshop is part of Scotney's Great Big Green Week Festival.
Get hints and tips for managing the grass in your garden from Scotney's lawn expert.
Carpenter or mason? Buff-tailed bumble or honey? Learn about some of the different species of bees and their individual habits and food preferences with our resident bee enthusiast gardener.
If you love to watch the birds in your garden or local park but want to know about them, this bird talk and walk is perfect. This session is aimed at people with with little or no prior knowledge of birds
The lead gardener for Scotney's new sub-tropical garden explains how this experimental project has been developed in response to climate change. This free 'walk and talk' workshop is part of Scotney's Great Big Green Week Festival.
Want to know how we conduct a butterfly or pollinator survey? Meet one of our experts for some butterfly ID and then take part in a survey in the walled garden as part of Great Big Green Week.
Enjoy a new display in the Friends Room in the mansion house of rare archive photographs from the Scotney collection.
Discover the dreamy roses of Scotney, scrambling up the medieval Ashburnham Tower, wall-trained in the kitchen garden, and in standalone beds.
Learn how we manage the garden to encourage and promote wildflowers
Join us for an evening of al fresco choral music at the front of Scotney's Victorian mansion house.
Roll up, roll up! Welcome to Scotney's Big Top Big Summer of Play.
The mainstay of many an English garden, there is something magical about a herbaceous border. Hear how we plan, plant and care for our borders here at Scotney.
A perfect summer holiday treat for younger audiences and new for 2024, Quantum presents a delightful new adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s much-loved tale, 'The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck'.
Enjoy a perfect night out with this open air production of the classic Noel Coward play, 'Present Laughter'.
"Once more unto the breach dear friends …" Join us for this production of William Shakespeare's Henry V.
Allowing grass to grow longer in certain areas of your garden has many benefits. Learn how we manage the meadows at Scotney to benefit wildlife and increase biodiversity.
Following their sell-out show at Scotney last year, the Swinging Little Big Band are back for another evening of live swing and jazz music ...
Calling all Dancing Queens! It's 50 years since Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Waterloo' and what better way to celebrate this historic landmark than with an evening of song and dance with tribute band, Abba Chique?
Rounding off our weekend of outdoor music concerts is an evening celebrating the music of Paul Simon, from the early classics with Art Garfunkel to his solo career and the 'Graceland' album.
From the misty marshes to the dusty, dirty streets of London, follow Pip’s journey through adversity to discover the true nature of his ‘great expectations’ in this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ popular and atmospheric novel.
The mainstay of many an English garden, there is something magical about a herbaceous border. Hear how we plan, plant and care for our borders here at Scotney.
With craft stalls, artisan food stalls, heritage skills displays, hog roast and have-a-go activities, the Heritage & Harvest Autumn Fair is a fantastic day out with lots to see and do.
Our knowledgeable guides will show you Scotney's amazing autumn colour. Discover the golden amber highlights of deciduous conifers, the yellows of the tulip trees, and the flaming reds of the Liquidamber and many acers.