Early Years sessions

Inspire and engage your pupils with our wide selection of hands-on sessions led by experienced and enthusiastic teachers.

Pupils on a Wakehurst school visit

This learning programme at our wild botanic garden in West Sussex inspires curiosity and wonder for the world of plants and fungi.

We offer hands-on education sessions designed around inquiry-based learning. Our sessions link to the national curriculum and Kew’s science work and are led by experienced and enthusiastic teachers.

A full-day’s educational trip to Wakehurst typically centres around one workshop. Our team work with you to plan a day that suits your preferred learning themes and timings. You can add notes in the ‘Any additional comments’ section of the booking form.

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Prices, planning and practical information

Browse our Early Years workshops

  • 45 minutes

    EYFS Sense-ational

    Explore the beauty of nature through the senses.
  • 2 hours

    EYFS Meet the Wakehurst Green Fairy

    Explore the beautiful gardens at Wakehurst with the Green Fairy.
  • 45 minutes

    EYFS Minibeast safari

    Pupils hunt through the long grass, trees and leaf litter to find and observe a variety of creatures.
  • 45 minutes

    EYFS In the potting shed

    Pupils join our experts in the plant nursery to find out about how plants grow from seed, and take their potted seeds back to school to watch them grow.
  • 45 minutes

    EYFS Plant eater

    Pupils explore the different parts of plants and discover that some parts provide us with food.
  • 45 minutes

    EYFS Life in water

    Pupils discover the amazing variety of life collected from the Wakehurst ponds. Currently available as an indoor session only.
  • 45 minutes

    EYFS Art in the garden

    Using natural materials from the garden, artworks on a grand or mini scale are created to form a temporary art gallery.
  • 45 minutes

    EYFS The dragon's amazing seeds

    Explore natural materials up close using scientific equipment.

    • Browse our Early Years trails

  • 45 minutes

    EYFS Wakehurst in the spring trail

    Explore the Wakehurst gardens in spring and find out what happens to plants this season.
  • 45 minutes

    EYFS In search of a home trail

    Go on a trail to look for animal homes in trees and bushes, under log piles and in leaf litter.
  • 45 minutes

    EYFS Sense-ational trail

    Pupils explore the beautiful gardens at Wakehurst on a sensory trail.
  • 45 minutes

    EYFS The dragon's treasure trail

    Explore the gardens, search for the ‘dragon’s treasure’, and collect natural materials along the way.
  • 45 minutes

    EYFS Wakehurst in the autumn trail

    Explore the beautiful Wakehurst gardens and find out what happens to plants in autumn.
    • Pupils on a school session

    Browse our post-visit activities

    If you enjoyed your visit to Kew, why not explore more of our educational resources?

    Early Years post-visit activities