Description
Wakehurst is Kew’s wild botanic garden in Sussex, with over 500 acres of dramatic landscape. Discover beautiful ornamental gardens, temperate woodlands and a nature reserve teaming with wildlife. At the heart of Wakehurst is the world’s largest wild seed conservation project, the Millennium Seed Bank.
We provide assisted educational sessions, run by experienced Wakehurst teachers. All programmes are linked to the curriculum and we cater for different ages, abilities and learning needs.
Reviews
Overview
4.8
53 reviews
Excellent
79%
Very Good
21%
Average
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Poor
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Excellent liaison with teachers before the day. (July 2024 - Secondary School)
It was great (July 2024 - Primary School)
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A beautiful place to explore biodiversity and conservation.
Great tutors and a great cafe too! (May 2024 - Secondary School)
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(January 2024 - Primary School)
Lots of Science activities are run at Wakehurst for day trips etc (December 2023 - Secondary School)
(November 2023 - Secondary School)
(October 2023 - Secondary School)
This was a very well organised trip. Wakehurst staff had planned an action packed day for us that consolidated our learning in science. The timing was impeccable and there were a number of volunteers and teachers to from Wakhurst to help us too. It was great to discuss with Jojo (the lead Wakehurst teacher) prior the trip, to plan the activities, discuss groupings for each activity so that myself and the year 2 team could plan ahead. (July 2023 - Primary School)
Fabulous well structured trip- the children loved it! (June 2023 - Primary School)
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(May 2023 - Secondary School)
Fantastic and professional staff with brilliant teaching skills. (January 2023 - Primary School)
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(July 2021 - Primary School)
(June 2021 - Primary School)
Wakehurst Place was an excellent venue to take the children to learn about Plants for their Science topic. The grounds are beautiful and the staff / volunteers very knowledge and helpful in all regards. The selection of options available to choose from was substantial but the choices made through discussion fit the desired learning outcomes and were enjoyed by all. (March 2020 - Primary School)
Very well organised by Wakehurst Place- the lead teachers ran the day. The site is very large but all of our activities were within close proximity to each other. We ate lunch outside but there were rooms/a large tent in place in case of poor weather. All of the activities were well organised and appropriate for the age group.
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(December 2019 - Primary School)
(December 2019 - Primary School)
Excellent all round (December 2019 - Secondary School)
The staff support and educational workshops offered by Wakehurst were fantastic. (November 2019 - Primary School)
(October 2019 - Primary School)
(June 2019 - Secondary School)
Useful and relevant workshops.
Well organised by Wakehurst staff. (May 2019 - Primary School)
Helen Hicks - Wakehurst Place staff member, met us for the risk assessment visit and walked us through the day, workshops and locations. (May 2019 - Primary School)
Extremely communicative and helpful Wakehurst Place Liaison Officer to arrange visit and who met us for our risk assessment orientation - Helen Hicks. (May 2019 - Primary School)
Very well organised by the staff who work there. Toilets available at different points in the trip which was really useful. All activities were well-planned and successful. (May 2019 - Primary School)
Really well organised and knowledgeable staff made this trip enjoyable for both adults and children. (May 2019 - Primary School)
Very good day out - informative and lots learnt (year 1) (March 2019 - Primary School)
A very successful trip. The teachers at Wakehurst are very knowledgeable. We were given a teacher for each class plus volunteers from Wakehurst. Interesting workshops that support the curriculum for Year 2 plants. (October 2018 - Primary School)
(July 2018 - Primary School)
Very organised, very welcoming and the learning that took place was exactly what we were after. We had a great time and the staff made the day easy and enjoyable for everyone. (July 2018 - Primary School)
It was very well organised, the children were engaged throughout and it met out learning outcomes. (July 2018 - Primary School)
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