Wilding Weekend

Full steam ahead for our third Wilding Weekend. It will be on 15th and 16th June in sunny West Dorset, near Beaminster! Opening hours will be 10.30am to 4.30pm.

The garden is wild. Come and have a look. We have wildflower meadows, a cascade of ponds, insect homes, a medieval walkway, a bat-egg (!), mown paths through swaying grass and lots more things to see.

Family friendly

There will be talks, tours and stalls as well as things to buy and things to eat. I’ll update this page with highlights and further details as they are confirmed.

We have expert moth trappers coming in the night so they can display what they’ve caught – and then let them go, of course! There will be a large selection of books about wilding, nature, and conservation for both adults and children. The wonderful Bee Happy Plants & Seeds will have a stall selling plants that appeal to pollinators.

And, this year we have a new attraction on Sunday only – giant puppets! They will act out wild themes and look like they’ll be lots of fun.
The Wilding Weekend will not only be celebrating Dorset’s nature, but also supporting conservation charities too. As before, the open weekend will be in conjunction with the National Garden Scheme (NGS) – and their charities will receive the proceeds from the entrance fee. All other proceeds will be split between, provisionally Butterfly Conservation, The Bumblebee Trust and Dorset Mammals Group.

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Wilding Weekend