Half term isn’t just about the kids…

Well, O.k. Mostly it is… but its even better if you can do something everyone enjoys.  We have been working hard scrubbing, mowing, polishing and devising to make sure you have a great visit to the gardens this week. Lots of our team at Easton have small children and we have spent time making sure your visit will be fun for everyone.
So… the children get to make grass hedgehogs, plant hyacinths to take home, play on the swing, play in the den and make collages out of autumn leaves. Together, you can explore the gardens enjoying the Autumn colour, plant a bulb in the meadows for posterity, roll pumpkins together and Christmas shop while the children colour in! Round off your visit to the tearoom and sample hedgehog cupcakes (which may have more chocolate than hedgehog in them).
A few things to do on your visit:
Roll a pumpkin, press gang small children into bringing them back.

Swing under the Cedar tree and discover a den.

Make a bald hedgehog, take him home and water him and watch the grass grow on his back

Feed our snails and pot up a hyacinth to take home.

Plant a bulb for posterity in the meadow near our giraffes

Borrow our footballs, play games and run around A LOT…

…go home tired and happy. zzzz.
The gardens are open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday October 24-26th and 28th
For more information please click here

Daft English Sport at Easton Walled Gardens

October half term starts on Sunday which can only mean one thing.... the return of amateur sport to Easton Walled Gardens. Now, for those of you that imagine this is just for the kids, try again. Dads get very competitive over this but it's not about strength... you need skill, you need judgement and you need....er.. a pumpkin.

The terraces at Easton fall away to the river, and during the summer are a tasteful and creative melange of wildflowers, chirping crickets and droning bees...


The Venue

 but by the end of the summer all this has been mown away and general pumpkin mania is unleashed.

The rules are simple: no overarm, the pumpkin must touch the first terrace, furthest one wins. Collapsed pumpkin = instant disqualification.

There is only one caveat..if the river floods, you might have to bring a wetsuit to get your pumpkin back.

Pumpkins are supplied from local Lincolnshire growers making this an all round eco-friendly, local and slightly mad sport, come and give it a go. More information on half term activities for kids can be found by clicking here.