Great activities to enjoy together in the garden

‘Sculptures in the Landscape Exhibition’ is a seven‑month showcase where contemporary art is immersed in 45 acres of dramatic woodlands and gardens  alongside the permanent collection of 90 contemporary sculptures.  

Works vary from figurative to abstract using a variety of materials including recycled compressed polystyrene from the fish markets of Hong Kong to wheat grass root heads, forged steel, ceramics and glass. Sculptures on display in the garden this year also include 9 large pieces from the Michael Lyons collection. Michael was a founding member of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Vice-President of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.

There is also an international feel to this year’s exhibition with work from Hong Kong, America, Armenia and Spain.

2026  Exhibition Sculptors

Diane Maclean, Russell Coleman, William Allan, Ben Greenwood, Dave Watkinson, Clementine Drake, Simon Conolly, Mark Haddon, Gordon Senior, Helen Denerley, Amy Oliver, Martha Ellis, Deirdre Nicholls, Manuela Kagerbauer, Jane Dennis, The DNA Factory,  Min Reid, Joanna Cohn, Ruth Hallgarten, Moira Ferguson, Patrick Bull, Mark Butler, Matt Cobb, Catherine Macrae, Magda Gay, Ruth Craig, Vincent Lee, Charlotte Anstey, Tiffany Prescott, Tim Reilly, Laura Carey, Anastasia Olarou, Sarah Cleaver, Sally Pennycate, Michele Greene, Hasna Sal, Kit Garnett, Cristóbal Corbeaux, Toddy Hoare, Anna Jakovleva, Henry Bircham, Lisa Delarny RBS, Robert Faherty, Peter Rogers, Gevorg Tadevosyan, Katie Ventress, William Harling, Manuel Ferreiro Badia, Heather Croft, Helen Green, Stego Parker, David Lyons.

Botanical Casting Workshop, Saturday 4th July, 10am – 1pm

Join Jenny Radbourne from Wensleydale Botanicals and learn how to make gorgeous botanical casts to take home. Jenny is a florist, passionate gardener and flower grower, her casts create a snapshot in time and a lasting imprint of flowers pressed into clay to make a fine plaster cast.

Price £70.  Limited places, booking essential, please email info@himalayangarden.com

Come and experience life in the turbulent Viking Age as the seaborne Scandinavians clash with the ancient kingdom of Northumbria. Local Viking reenactment group ‘Vanaheim’ will be putting on displays of crafts, cooking and combat. See the sights and smells of the Viking village and hear the clash of swords and shields in our battle displays. Normal garden entry applies.

Programme:

From 10.00am – 4pm              

• Meet the Vikings in their village with crafting displays
• Norse Hutt – hunters base (watch out of the hunters parading around the garden)
• Sheild Making and Clay activity at the Yeti Den for children

 Main arena displays

11.30am           weapons display – learn about the weaponry, armour & tactics

12.15pm           Kiddie Vike –  visiting kids train in the shield wall against the Vikings

1.30pm              Sharp weapons display

2.30pm              Main battle performance (the Vikings have raided the monastery at Ripon and are trying to make off with their haul, but will the local Saxons intercept them?)

3.30pm              Finish in main arena

Ceramic Poppies Workshop, Saturday 1^st August

Join ceramicist Anna Whitehouse for a talk about her 2022 poppy installation in the garden ‘Bursting from the Slumber’, before customising your own unique trio of ceramic poppies for your own garden. Anna will take the poppies back to her studio to glaze, fire and assemble onto steel rods, returning them to the Himalayan Garden for your collection.

Workshop details:

 2 hour workshops at:

• 10am – 12noon
• 1pm – 3pm

 Cost per workshop : £70 per person

 Limited places, booking essential, please email info@himalayangarden.com

Viking Weekend, Saturday 11^th & Sunday 12^th July

Dog Day with Positively Canine, Sunday  6^th September 10am – 4pm

Ceramic Seed Head Workshop, Saturday 3^rd October

Autumn Harvest Experience, Thursday 15^th October