• Small groups are taken around the Walled Garden and shown various points of interest.
• The children learn that the Walled Garden was the main source of fruit and vegetables for the people living in the Hall during Victorian times. Today the produce is used in the restaurant.
• Interesting Walled Garden features such as the Victorian cloches; water carrier and rhubarb forcing pots and the newly reconstructed glasshouses are highlighted.
• The principals of companion planting are explained and any minibeasts encountered are observed and discussed.
• The herb patch is particularly popular and examples of a number of herbs are passed round for smelling.
• Depending on what is growing in the garden at the time different vegetables are shown and discussed. Some of the children have often grown things at home or school and experiences and opinions are shared.

Charge:
£1.25/child. Education Group Members
£1.50/child for non-members

Curriculum links
Science: 
Life and living processes
Green plants as organisms

Geography: 
Food and Farming

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