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Activities to enjoy at home or in a garden

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Art Transfer

Transform your photos into garden artworks

A garden rainbow

Explore gardens by color

From soft yellows to vibrant pinks

Can you guess where this is?

Clue: It's name is Plas Brondanw

Wales

The folly at Plas Brondanw (Plas Brondanw)

Patterned from nature

Enjoy some of the beautiful patterns, designs and shapes found in our gardens

The Garden Museum's mystery objects

Can you guess what these garden tools are for? Click on them to see if you are right!

Mystery Object

From the Garden Museum

Mystery Object

From the Garden Museum

Mystery Object

From the Garden Museum

Mystery Object

From the Garden Museum

Mystery Object

From the Garden Museum

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Inspired by Nature

Discover William Wordsworth, a legendary poet who was inspired by the great outdoors

Listen to 'O Happy Garden'

Enjoy a poetry reading from Dove Cottage

Rydal Mount, England's finest Romance Garden

Introduced by Christopher Wordsworth Andrew

The Rydal Mount Gardens

Christopher Wordsworth-Andrew talks us through the beautiful gardens in the heart of the Lake District

The Poetry of Gardens

Join poetry fans worldwide in celebrating Wordworth's 250 anniversary with poetry inspired by gardens

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Find your own writing inspiration

Create your own poetry, prose and plays from these garden based prompts

Find a moment of calm in a garden

Watch calming videos and have a gardens ASMR experience

5 Minutes of Relaxation: Bladon Bridge & Lake at Blenheim Palace

5 Minutes of Relaxation: Sheep Grazing in front of the Palace

5 Minutes of Relaxation: A Frosty View across the Finest View

5 Minutes of Relaxation: The South Lawn at Blenheim Palace

5 Minutes of Relaxation: View Across The Lake at Blenheim Palace

Relax

Relax in a VR x ASMR experience

Volume Up

What's that on my plate?

You can grow lots of food in a garden, but can you guess which foods are these essential plants?

These are red hot to bite into!

A tasty sweet treat

A healthy vegetable

The inside is a beautiful red

A superfood that can be both green and purple

Can you name that flower?

Clue: It's the national flower of England

Rose

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

From sunrise to sunset

Meet the neighbours

Gardens are home to range of native and exotic animals

Wall Lizards

These Spanish lizards also live in Ventnor Botanic Gardens

Henry IX

Meet Henry IX the Cat King of Hampton Court

Dormice

These sleepy mice are cared for by Kew Wakehurst

Shire Horses

These gentle giants are royal horses

Ravens

Watch these baby ravens who live at the Tower of London, home of Raleigh's garden

Wander Oxford Botanic Gardens via Garden View

From humid greenhourses to the peaceful arboretum - explore these beautiful gardens online

ExploreThe Walled Gardens

ExploreThe Greenhouses

ExploreThe Wildflower Meadow

ExploreThe Conservatory

ExploreThe Native Woodland

Plant Watch

From the mysterious and beautiful to the weird and wonderful, get up close to some of the garden action

The Giant Victoria Amazonica

A timelapse video from Oxford Botanic Gardens

The Perfect Synergy

The jade vine has adapted to life in the jungle thanks to bats

A Plant with Feelings

See an incredible plants that can move when touched

Watch the Santa Cruz Water Lily

These vast lily pads grow up to 2 metres wide!

See Newby Hall from the sky

See these beautiful Yorkshire grounds from above

Are you a teacher or parent?

A downloadable lesson plan to be used in the classroom or given to students to work through at their own pace

Explore the Botanic World of Gardens

Lesson Plan

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Explore more gardens, what's next?

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