Pauper Picking
How does our garden grow? Come and chat to our garden volunteers, explore our produce and take home some of the delicious fresh harvest.
- Booking not needed
- Free event (admission applies)
Take time to explore the kitchen garden and sample its harvest. Chat to our volunteer gardeners, dressed in costume as paupers, to learn about what we grow, how we grow it and historically what would have been grown in the garden.
Pick up some useful gardening tips and recipes and take home freshly picked produce for a donation.
Every donation helps support the care of the property.
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This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.
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- Suitability
Family friendly
- Meeting point
In the kitchen garden
- Accessibility
The garden has wide accessible paths across the width and length of the garden.
Upcoming events
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