Events for Children and Young People

Join us for a morning of singing, dancing and illustration with Julia Donaldson and friends, including Sara Ogilvie, the illustrator of Gozzle, who will be illustrating live.

Julia Donaldson, much-loved author of The Gruffalo, Stick Man, Room on the Broom and many others, introduces her funny new picture book. Gozzle (created with Sara Ogilvie who illustrated The Detective Dog) sees a freshly hatched gosling latch onto a rather confused bear.

It’s springtime. Bear has woken up hungry and finds a lost egg outside his cave. Breakfast? No! Out hatches Gozzle, a very sweet little gosling who is convinced that Bear must be her daddy – and that she should be able to climb, dig and eat honey just like him.

An opportunity to get crafting! Activities differ every day, including everything from print-making to junk modelling with recycled materials. Get messy and creative in these interactive sessions delivered by artists and discover that your imagination is the only limit.

Book for the session and you can drop in at any point during the 1.5 hour duration. Accompanying adults: please stay in attendance at all times, but you do not require a ticket.

Come to the Family Garden for a pizza masterclass with Kitchen Garden Pizza. In this one-hour session your imagination and creativity will be fed along with your belly! You’ll get your hands messy with freshly grown and foraged ingredients, make and top your own dough and observe the pizzaioli at work at the wood-fired oven.

Dairy-free and gluten-free options available.

Come to the Family Garden for a pizza masterclass with Kitchen Garden Pizza. In this one-hour session your imagination and creativity will be fed along with your belly! You’ll get your hands messy with freshly grown and foraged ingredients, make and top your own dough and observe the pizzaioli at work at the wood-fired oven.

Dairy-free and gluten-free options available.

Dip into the animal kingdom with naturalist, wildlife cameraman and Strictly Come Dancing 2022 winner Hamza Yassin on an incredible and immersive journey. Soar through skies, dive underwater and roam the land with Hamza as he guides us through fun facts and figures, as well as eye-catching photos exploring the natural world. Hamza will share some of his own fascinating stories from adventures in the wild throughout his unique career as a conservationist and cameraman.

Hamza’s love for the natural world and animal kingdom encourages children to fall in love with the world around them. His book is accessible for all and has dyslexia-friendly formatting for readers, like Hamza, who are dyslexic.

An opportunity to get crafting! Activities differ every day, including everything from print-making to junk modelling with recycled materials. Get messy and creative in these interactive sessions delivered by artists and discover that your imagination is the only limit.

Book for the session and you can drop in at any point during the 1.5 hour duration. Accompanying adults: please stay in attendance at all times, but you do not require a ticket.

Come to the Family Garden for a pizza masterclass with Kitchen Garden Pizza. In this one-hour session your imagination and creativity will be fed along with your belly! You’ll get your hands messy with freshly grown and foraged ingredients, make and top your own dough and observe the pizzaioli at work at the wood-fired oven.

Dairy-free and gluten-free options available.

Settle into your seats to hear the illustrator of The Gruffalo and author of the Pip and Posy books read stories all about kindness. Axel will read his book Kind and The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson, and you’ll also be treated to a sneak preview of his forthcoming book, Welcome. Axel will do some live drawing and you’ll have a chance to ask him some questions.

Come to the Family Garden for a pizza masterclass with Kitchen Garden Pizza. In this one-hour session your imagination and creativity will be fed along with your belly! You’ll get your hands messy with freshly grown and foraged ingredients, make and top your own dough and observe the pizzaioli at work at the wood-fired oven.

Dairy-free and gluten-free options available.

Come to the Family Garden for a pizza masterclass with Kitchen Garden Pizza. In this one-hour session your imagination and creativity will be fed along with your belly! You’ll get your hands messy with freshly grown and foraged ingredients, make and top your own dough and observe the pizzaioli at work at the wood-fired oven.

Dairy-free and gluten-free options available.

Come to the Family Garden for a pizza masterclass with Kitchen Garden Pizza. In this one-hour session your imagination and creativity will be fed along with your belly! You’ll get your hands messy with freshly grown and foraged ingredients, make and top your own dough and observe the pizzaioli at work at the wood-fired oven.

Dairy-free and gluten-free options available.