Early Years sessions
Inspire and engage your pupils with our wide selection of hands-on sessions led by experienced and enthusiastic teachers.
This learning programme at our wild botanic garden in West Sussex inspires curiosity and wonder for the world of plants and fungi.
We offer hands-on education sessions designed around inquiry-based learning. Our sessions link to the national curriculum and Kew’s science work and are led by experienced and enthusiastic teachers.
A full-day’s educational trip to Wakehurst typically centres around one workshop. Our team work with you to plan a day that suits your preferred learning themes and timings. You can add notes in the ‘Any additional comments’ section of the booking form.
Browse our Early Years workshops
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45 minutes
EYFS Sense-ational
Explore the beauty of nature through the senses.
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2 hours
EYFS Meet the Wakehurst Green Fairy
Explore the beautiful gardens at Wakehurst with the Green Fairy.
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45 minutes
EYFS Minibeast safari
Pupils hunt through the long grass, trees and leaf litter to find and observe a variety of creatures.
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45 minutes
EYFS In the potting shed
Pupils join our experts in the plant nursery to find out about how plants grow from seed, and take their potted seeds back to school to watch them grow.
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45 minutes
EYFS Plant eater
Pupils explore the different parts of plants and discover that some parts provide us with food.
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45 minutes
EYFS Life in water
Pupils discover the amazing variety of life collected from the Wakehurst ponds. Currently available as an indoor session only.
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45 minutes
EYFS Art in the garden
Using natural materials from the garden, artworks on a grand or mini scale are created to form a temporary art gallery.
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45 minutes
EYFS The dragon's amazing seeds
Explore natural materials up close using scientific equipment.
Browse our Early Years trails
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45 minutes
EYFS Wakehurst in the spring trail
Explore the Wakehurst gardens in spring and find out what happens to plants this season.
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45 minutes
EYFS In search of a home trail
Go on a trail to look for animal homes in trees and bushes, under log piles and in leaf litter.
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45 minutes
EYFS Sense-ational trail
Pupils explore the beautiful gardens at Wakehurst on a sensory trail.
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45 minutes
EYFS The dragon's treasure trail
Explore the gardens, search for the ‘dragon’s treasure’, and collect natural materials along the way.
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45 minutes
EYFS Wakehurst in the autumn trail
Explore the beautiful Wakehurst gardens and find out what happens to plants in autumn.
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