Pages from Nature: Walk through the Pleasure Grounds
Celebrate the 200 year anniversary of the publication of the 1824 guidebook to Croome, the Hortus Croomensis. Explore the views, scents and sounds of the garden at Croome using your own Hortus Croomensis booklet to guide you.
- Booking not needed
- Admission applies
Purchase a booklet inspired by the 1824 guidebook to Croome, the Hortus Croomensis, to explore the garden. Find out the history behind the landscape design; take time to sketch in the booklet, pause along the way to smell scents in the special scent boxes – can you guess what they are? Read quotes from the 1824 text to feel transported back 200 years.
Times
The basics
- Suitability
Yes
- Meeting point
N/A
- What to bring and wear
Weather appropriate clothing it is outdoors
- Accessibility
The route is approx. 2 miles long and is on hard surface paths.
Upcoming events
Christmas at Croome: Rapturous Delight
Rapturous Delight, Croome's festive sensory experience, returns for Christmas 2025, with glowing interiors, immersive projections, and a festive feel throughout.
Christmas wreath making workshop
Join Croome’s expert florists who create the floral displays in the House at Croome and make your own festive wreath to take home with you.
Rapturous Delight: after-dark
Experience the magic of Rapturous Delight after-dark. Immerse yourself in the glowing interiors and projections in the house and marvel at the new illuminated light trail through the garden.
Pages from Nature exhibition
Pages from Nature is a 200-year anniversary exhibition celebrating the publication of William Dean’s Hortus Croomensis; a detailed record of the vast and varied plant collection at Croome in 1824.