Spooky Halloween trail at RHS Garden Wisley
Spooktacular Half Term Fun at RHS Garden Wisley from 26 October – 3 November 2024
Join us, if you dare, for a spooky Halloween trail! Learn about the most wicked plants hiding in the garden and enjoy planting and craft activities at RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey.
Have a wicked half term at RHS Garden Wisley, with Halloween-inspired activities for your little monsters!
Discover deadly plants on a family garden trail, take part in ghostly seed planting and spooky craft activities, meet fascinating creatures with ZooLab and join Chris Jarvis from CBeebies for his fun-filled show, The Spooky Plant.
Wicked plants trail
Saturday 26 October – Sunday 3 November
Weekdays 10am – 4.30pm, weekends 9am – 4.30pm
Follow our family garden trail and spot the ingredients for a witch’s potion to cast your own magic spell! Learn about beautiful but toxic flowers, insect-munching carnivorous plants, freaky fungi called dead man’s fingers and plants used for spells and potions.
Suitable for all the family.
ZooLab animal encounters
Monday 28 October – Friday 1 November
Bookable sessions at 11.30am, 1.15pm and 2.30pm; quieter sessions at 10.15am and 3.30pm, The Clore Learning Centre
Come and meet some fascinating creatures! The insects and reptiles of ZooLab have gone on an adventure to RHS Wisley to discover how wicked some plants can be. Suitable for ages 4+ (must be accompanied by an adult).
Booking essential – click here to book.
The Spooky Plant*
Thursday 31 October, Friday 1, Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 November
Bookable shows start at 10.30am, 12noon and 2.30pm, Hilltop Garden Room
Join Chris Jarvis from CBeebies and his friends Flora, Daisy and Oleander for a musical story and learn fascinating facts about wicked plants and their hidden powers. Discover how looks can be deceiving, and that love and care have the power to transform even the spookiest looking plant.
*£5 per child. Suitable for ages 3–9 (must be accompanied by an adult). Booking required:
Booking essential – click here to book.
Craft activity and seed planting
Saturday 26 October – Sunday 3 November
Drop-in sessions 10am – 4pm, The Clore Learning Centre
Drop into the CLORE Learning Centre and get stuck into some wicked planting or spooky craft activities. Suitable for ages 3+ (must be accompanied by an adult).
Walk and talk
Tuesday 29 October
10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm, meet at Clore Learning Centre
Join us for a guided walk around Oakwood to see some of autumn’s highlights. Meet some wicked plants and learn terrific tales of mythical trees. Walks last approximately 30 minutes. Suitable for ages 4+ (must be accompanied by an adult).
Plus, what’s Halloween without some spine-tingling stories? Join us for some spooky tales and scarily funny stories in the Hilltop Auditorium on Monday 28 and Wednesday 30 October at 11am. (Suitable for ages 3+ accompanied by an adult.)
For further details, please visit www.rhs.org.uk/wisley.
For more events in the local area, please visit the Raring2go! What’s on Guide, or check our Places2Go section of the website for some great ideas for family days out.
