October half term at RHS Gardens

Join us, if you dare, at the five RHS Gardens for a spooky half term holiday! Learn about the most wicked plants hiding in the garden and enjoy planting and craft activities

Experience spooky fun this half term at the five RHS Gardens  – Wisley in Surrey, Bridgewater in Greater Manchester, Harlow Carr in Yorkshire, Hyde Hall in Essex and Rosemoor in Devon.

There are plenty of opportunities to create magical memories, with Wicked Plants Trails, ghostly seed planting, spooky craft activities and enchanting storytelling. You will learn about beautiful but toxic flowers, insect-munching carnivorous plants, freaky fungi called dead man’s fingers and plants used for spells and potions.

Find out what’s on this holiday, from Saturday 19 October to Sunday 3 November 2024...

RHS Garden Bridgewater, Salford

19 October – 3 November 2024

Come along to RHS Garden Bridgewater for a bubbling brew of autumn fun. Embark on a spine-tingling garden adventure and create your own bat out of a toilet roll tube. Come and meet a variety of insects and hear about the wicked plants they love to eat with ZooLab. Dance and stomp your way around the garden with Bread and Butter’s Zombie Disco. Honour the Mexican tradition by creating your very own Day of the Dead mask and have a go at Rangoli to celebrate Diwali.

Half term at Bridgewater

RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Yorkshire

26 October – 3 November 2024

Get ready for a spook-tacular adventure at RHS Garden Harlow Carr. Let imaginations run wild in our outdoor forest school workshops and craft something wicked using natural materials found around the garden. Prepare to be amazed as ZooLab introduces you to wonderful creatures and enjoy enchanting stories from the Garden Detectives. 

Half term at Harlow Carr

RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Essex

26 October – 3 November 2024

Discover our spooky garden trail at RHS Garden Hyde Hall. Join us in the Hilltop Lodge and get creative with three Halloween craft activities. Let your imaginations run wild with popular storyteller Mike Dodsworth, as he leads you on an interactive, spine-tingling storytelling walk around the garden.

Half term at Hyde Hall

RHS Garden Rosemoor, Devon

26 October – 3 November 2024

RHS Garden Rosemoor is ready to enchant you! Unearth autumnal delights on a garden trail, turn a pumpkin into a wicked plant or a woodland creature, and have a go at a different craft every day. Don’t miss the lively and original family magic show performed by the strikingly unique Professor Strange.

Half term at Rosemoor

RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey

26 October – 3 November 2024

Lots of half-term fun at RHS Garden Wisley this October. Follow a family trail around the garden to discover deadly plants, drop into the CLORE Learning Centre and get stuck into some wicked planting or spooky craft activities. Meet fascinating creatures with ZooLab and join Chris Jarvis from CBeebies for his fun-filled show, The Spooky Plant. If you want to hear scarily funny stories, make sure you stop by the Hilltop Auditorium.

Half term at Wisley

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