What's on

Enjoy traditional dance near Queen Charlotte's cottage, and demonstrations of traditional woodland activities running throughout the day. There is also the opportunity to tour Kew's conservation area, an area usually not open to the public.

Morris dancing
Performances at 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm & 3.30pm

Maypole dancing
Performances at 11.30am, 1pm & 2.30pm

Costumed Tudor Music by Circulus
Performances at 12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm

Birds of prey displays
Demonstrations at 12pm, 2pm & 4pm

Working horses demonstrations

Learn how horse power was harnessed to manage the land. Demonstrations at 11am, 1pm, 3pm & 4.30pm

Tours of the conservation area

Tours of this area of natural British woodland, not normally open to the public, gives you a sense of what Kew would have looked like before it turned into Royal Gardens.

Tours start at 11.30am, 12pm, 2.30pm & 3pm , and last 1 hour. Tours are free but are limited to 15 people, please reserve your place with the guide 15 minutes before the tour starts. Tours start at the information booth near Queen Charlotte's cottage.

Public woodcarving workshops, with Clinton and Cheryl
Workshops start 10.50am, 1.50pm, 3.20pm

Instruction and the chance to practice, simple woodcarving techniques. Workshops last one hour, and are not suitable for children under 12. Parents must accompany all workshop participants up to and including seventeen years of age. 

Queen Charlotte's Cottage

At the centre of the festival is this beautiful cottage hidden in a quiet corner of Kew Gardens. Visit this 18th century summer house built by Queen Charlotte just for royal picnics. Kew Palace staff will reveal it's history. Open 10.30am to 4.30pm.