Join Rebecca Porter, our Wildlife expert, for a winter tour of our Conifer Collection, home to some of the world’s rarest and most ancient trees. Hear the dramatic stories behind their discovery, learn how conifers survive tough conditions, and finish in the Pod with palaeontologist Andrew Lawrence, who will share fascinating plant fossils from the deep past.

Learn how to identify, prune, and care for different rose varieties with John Cunningham.

Join Rebecca Porter, our Wildlife expert, for a winter walk celebrating the beauty and structure of the park’s native trees. Discover their fascinating history, seasonal features and relationships with wildlife, before ending in the pod with local artist Stephen Bithell, who will share a captivating story linking oak trees, insects, people and the past.

Join Wildlife expert Rebecca Porter for a guided walk exploring the remarkable diversity of lichens across the park. Discover their main forms, foliose, fruticose, and crustose. Learn key identification features and reproductive strategies, and finish in the pod with handy resources and a chance to view lichens under a microscope.

Wildlife expert Rebecca Porter will be exploring the secret lives of dragonfly larvae in fresh waters with microbial ecologist Prof. Genoveva Esteban from Bournemouth University, revealing the hidden world of the underwater world, down to the microbes! Two time slots to pick from!

Join Andrew Lawrence for a Fossil Workshop at Sculpture by the Lakes!

We’re delighted to welcome Jamie Lord to the gallery for live demonstrations of his distinctive “paper patina” technique, featuring work on a Kingfisher alongside his Cockatoo, Owl and lifesize Peacock sculptures