Discover Wakehurst

Natural play features at Wakehurst Place

The Adventurous Journey continues!

Millennium Seed Bank Exhibition

Plants are essential to our existence, providing foods, building materials, fibres for clothing, medicines and fuel. However, habitats around the world are being rapidly destroyed by activities such as logging and urban developments.

The Water Gardens (Slips, Black Pond, Ditch Beds, Iris Dell and Water Garden)

The stream that runs through the Slips connects several water-based garden features.

Tony Schilling Asian Heath Garden

Lying east of the Mansion Pond, the Tony Schilling Asian Heath Garden displays plants from mountainous regions of Taiwan, Korea, the Sino-Himalayas and Japan.

Wetland Conservation Area and Westwood Lake

Water runs all the way through Wakehurst Place - the streams from Westwood Valley and Horsebridge Wood were dammed to create Westwood Lake, set in a valley and surrounded by mostly mixed native woodland.

Loder Valley Nature Reserve

Opened in 1980, the focus of the Loder Valley Nature Reserve is on conservation of the plants and animals of the High Weald of Sussex.

Course - Kingfisher and badger watching evening

Thu 09 August 2012, 5.30pm - 9.30pm

The Loder Valley Nature Reserve forms part of the Wakehurst estate and offers an exciting combination of woodland, wetland and meadowland habitats ideal for wildlife.

Talk - Seasonal stroll and soup

Spring, summer, autumn or winter - come and celebrate the joys of seasonality in this series of quarterly talks and strolls at Wakehurst, a garden for all year round interest.