‘Ask-the-Gardener' experts on hand to answer questions
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Specialist plants stalls
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Themed, free, guided tours
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Fun for all the family
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Live music and pop-up food trucks
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Family-friendly interactive plant science stalls
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Children’s activities
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Plant science demonstrations and meet the scientists
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Explore the Garden at your leisure
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A young visitor admires a tree
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Cambridge Orchid Society Annual Show
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Set in the Garden’s 40 acres, the Festival of Plants celebrates the wonder of plants at a beautiful time of year when the Garden is brimming with spring colour.
A fun-filled, fact-finding day out with something for everyone to enjoy: from families to photographers, gardeners to budding plant scientists or anyone looking to spend an interesting day in beautiful surroundings when the Garden is brimming with summer colour.
Highlights include:
- themed, free, guided Garden tours, bookable on the day
- pop-up family-friendly interactive plant science stalls where University researchers demonstrate some of the latest plant science
- ‘Ask-the-Gardener’ panel of experts on hand to deal with your garden dilemmas
- 10-minute, bite-size talks about a range of exciting and innovative plant-related topics
- specialist plants stalls
- children’s craft activities
- live music and pop-up food trucks
The Festival of Plants programme including map, list of tours and talks will be available to download closer to the time.
Normal Garden admission charges apply.
To avoid queuing, tickets will be available to purchase in advance from the Station Road and Brookside ticket offices.
Festival of Plants is kindly sponsored by Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University and CambPlantsHub