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Summer Garden and Outdoor Living Fair
Garden and Outdoor Living Fair
New for 2024, we will be hosting our Garden and Outdoor Living Fair in summer too!
This June, a wide range of stallholders will bring plants galore, crafts and decorative items, and other gardening goodies to help you create that ideal outdoor space and get your garden looking gorgeous this summer.
With exhibitors displaying a wide range of plants from bulbs to begonias, hostas to hydrangeas, gardening essentials and ideas on how to create that ideal outdoor space.
Join our walk and talk tours around the beautiful setting of the walled garden including tours of the Samuel Wyatt vinery.
Plant Bug Clinic with Dr Ian Bedford
Visitors will also be able to pop along to the ‘Plant Bug Clinic’ marquee to chat about their garden plant bug issues with local entomologist Dr Ian Bedford.
Dr Ian (aka the Norfolk Bug Man), is regularly seen and heard talking about bug-related topics through the media and at garden clubs throughout East Anglia, and, hosting Holkham’s Plant Bug Clinic, he’ll happily examine any specimens that you wish to bring along for him to identify.
Dr Ian will also be explaining the most environmentally-friendly ways to control problematic garden bugs and, how to encourage the beneficial ones into our gardens.
Also, we will all be aware that Britain’s native butterflies are currently in serious decline, so Dr Ian will explain how our home gardens, no matter what size they are, could provide perfect places for butterflies
to visit and safely feed on nectar-rich plants on their journey to find a mate and lay eggs.
Using environmentally friendly products that protect plants from damage without harming the garden’s wildlife, is also an important aspect of trying to help butterfly numbers to recover, so Dr Ian will be showcasing some of the products that he’s tried and tested in his own wildlife-friendly garden.
Further details on talks and exhibitors to follow.
Well-behaved dogs on leads are very welcome to come and have a sniff at what’s on offer.
Parking is complimentary at the Walled Garden and exit is via the west gates. If reentering the park to enjoy the attractions a parking charge will apply in the car park. However, you’re more than welcome to leave your car parked at the Walled Garden and take the scenic route via the lake by foot back to the Holkham Stories Experience, café, gift shop, cycle hire and ropes course.
Event details
15th June
Included in Walled Garden admission: Adult £5.50, Child (5-15 years) £2.50, Family £15
10am-4pm
Walled Garden
Parking is free at the Walled Garden. A parking charge applies if re-entering the park.
Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome
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Parkrun
Every Saturday
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it’s up to you!
Read moreThe Grand Tour – tractor trailer tour
Various dates in March, April, May, July, August and September
Let us welcome you aboard our tractor-trailer for a family-friendly, whistle-stop tour of the park.
Read moreCricket matches
Various weekends this summer
What better location to relax and unwind and enjoy a game of cricket.
Read moreTemples, Trees, Turnips and a Tipple – Tractor Trailer Tour
Tuesdays 30th April, 14th May, 11th & 25th June, 2nd July, 10th & 24th September and 10th October
Climb aboard the tractor trailer as we set out on an expedition to discover hidden buildings, fascinating stories and the many varied landscapes within the nine-mile wall surrounding Holkham Park.
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