Thursday 25 September 2025 

A tour of the Glasshouse Range with Luigi Leoni (Team Leader: Glasshouses & Nursery)

Wednesday 16 July, 2025

Elton Hall Garden is a picturesque and historic landscape surrounding the grand Elton Hall. Featuring beautifully maintained formal gardens, enchanting topiary, vibrant seasonal flower beds, and tranquil water features, it offers a serene retreat for visitors. The walled garden, filled with fragrant roses and herbaceous borders, adds to its charm, while the orangery and elegant pathways create a timeless atmosphere. 

The Manor Hemingford Grey beautiful, tranquil garden is filled with old cottage garden plants, reminding visitors of favourite gardens they visited in their childhood. It is also very up to date with plants not commonly seen.

Depart CUBG 08:00 am or Trumpington Park & Ride 08.15 am

“Difficult Decisions: gardening choices in a changing climate.”

Join us for a talk by Dr John Grimshaw, former Director of the Yorkshire Arboretum and now Editor-in-Chief of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine and IDS Trees and Shrubs Online. Dr Grimshaw will explore the challenges of gardening in a changing climate and how this affects the whole range of horticultural practice, whether we like it or not.

Tuesday 14 October 2025, 6:30pm

AM Session: Monday 24 November, 10am-1pm

Our popular wreath-making workshops return for Christmas 2025. With the assistance of award-winning florist, Sam Cotterell, you will create your own beautiful door wreath. Using the traditional method of moss and wire, we will have an array of interesting foliage, seedheads, fresh fruit and decorations, together with a bit of sparkle. Both sessions include tea, coffee and mince pies.

PM Session: Monday 24 November, 1:30pm – 4:30pm

Our popular wreath-making workshops return for Christmas 2025. With the assistance of award-winning florist, Sam Cotterell, you will create your own beautiful door wreath. Using the traditional method of moss and wire, we will have an array of interesting foliage, seedheads, fresh fruit and decorations, together with a bit of sparkle. Both sessions include tea, coffee and mince pies.