Great activities to enjoy together in the garden

Sculptures in the Landscape Exhibition 2025

The Garden is known for its picturesque settings and innovative artistic showcase of 90 permanent sculptures. The 2025 exhibition showcases a new diverse array of 70 extra sculptures that harmonize with the natural beauty of the landscape. From monumental installations to intricate pieces, each sculpture invites visitors to engage with the environment in a unique and thought-provoking manner.

Botanical Illustrations Workshops

Back by popular demand, we are running two Botanical Illustration Courses, with Bridget Gillespie.

Botanical Illustration is the art of depicting plant forms accurately, to capture their individual characteristics and to aid identification. This 3-day workshop will be in a step-by-step format, with demonstration and individual tuition from Bridget covering drawing, composition and watercolour techniques. Suitable for complete beginners to intermediate painters. Materials are not included.

Bridget Gillespie is an award-winning Botanical Illustrator. In 2002, 2008, 2017 and 2018 she was awarded Gold Medals by the RHS who have purchased several pieces for their archive collection. Bridget has works in the RHS, Hunt Institute collections and illustrated The Northern Pomona.

Workshop Details:

Spring Workshop: Wednesday 30th April – Friday 2nd May 2025

Autumn workshop: Monday 8th – Wednesday 10th September 2025

10am – 4pm Suitable for beginners and intermediate painters.

Cost: £200

Booking essential: info@himalayangarden.com

Botanical Casting Workshop

Thursday 10th July 10am -1pm

Join Jenni Radbourne from Wensleydale Botanicals making gorgeous botanical casts at this new workshop
A florist, passionate garden and flower grower, Jenni creates a snap shop in time and lasting imprints of flowers and botanical plants pressed into clay to make fine decorative plaster casts.

Price £70 per person

Thursday 10th July at 10am – 1pm
To book a place email: info@himalayangarden.com

Ceramic Poppies Workshop

Saturday 2nd August

Join ceramicist Anna Whitehouse for a walk and talk about her 2022 poppy installation ‘Bursting From The Slumber’ in the sculpture park, before heading inside to customise 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

Price : £70 per person

To book a place email info@himalayangarden.com

Fun Dog Day

Positively Canine are holding a fun dog day here at the garden to raise funds & awareness for Lost Dog Tracking on Sunday 14th September

Come and have a go at different activities run by other amazing local trainers, including Hoopers, Gun Dog Scurry & Scentwork, enter the fun dog show, visit the wellness area for your dogs and have some moments captured on camera by our talented photographer.

Have an opportunity to chat with operational Lost Dog Tracking teams, meet some of the dogs and see how you too can get involved. Dog products will also be on sale. Normal garden entry applies 10am – 4pm