Britain's What's On Event Guide
What's on around Swindon
Today to Sun 28 Mar, closest first.
Coronavirus: Do check with venue for Cancellations
Winter on the Farm
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There’s fun for all the family during the winter months - hand feed our sheep and goats. Tickle and pat our playful piggies. Handle our pullets and chickens. See our ducks, geese & turkeys.
Farmer Gow’s, Fernham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7PR
Today
The Coach House Garden - Open Garden for NGS
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Approx 1½ acres, full of structure and design. Garden is divided into rooms inc rill garden, gravel garden, rose garden, herbaceous borders, green garden with pleached lime allee and potager.
The Coach House Garden, Cirencester GL7 5RY
Sun 28 Mar
Broughton Poggs and Filkins Gardens; a fabulously floriferous garden group - Virtual Open Garden - NGS
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In the picturesque hinterland where Oxfordshire merges into the Cotswolds, the adjacent villages of Broughton Poggs and Filkins have organised a dynamic and varied group of gardens to open for the
Virtual Event
Today to Mon 29 Mar
Cadenham Manor, Wiltshire; an English rose - Virtual Open Garden - NGS
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Despite their Asian origins, there is something so English about roses that they have become the cornerstone of many of our gardens, large and small.
Virtual Event
Today to Mon 29 Mar
Tulipmania, the history and heritage - Virtual Open Garden - NGS
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Our virtual garden visits have been bejewelled with tulips this spring. Gardens from Yorkshire to the south coast have enjoyed the riot and drama of the bulbs that were once worth more than gold.
Virtual Event
Today to Tue 30 Mar
Charlton Down House; early summer memories - Virtual Open Garden - NGS
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With its mellow coloured blooms and longer days, the early summer months are often a favourite time amongst our garden owners and visitors alike.
Virtual Event
Today to Mon 29 Mar
Rookwood Farm House, Newbury; a plant lovers paradise - Virtual Open Garden - NGS
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This exciting valley garden in Newbury, Berkshire is a work in progress with lots of different planting schemes and ideas for visitors to enjoy.
Virtual Event
Today to Tue 30 Mar
Virtual Health and Wellbeing Retreat
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9-3 pm
Saturday 13th March.
Via Zoom and Private FB group
Give yourself your own mothers day gift... you deserve it!
Virtual Event
Sat 13 Mar
Corsham Court - Open Garden for NGS
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Park and gardens laid out by Capability Brown and Repton. Large lawns with fine specimens of ornamental trees surround the Elizabethan mansion. C18 bath house hidden in the grounds.
Corsham Court, Corsham SN13 0BZ
Sun 21 Mar, Sun 25 Apr
Paulmead, Gloucestershire: the charm of The Cotswolds - Virtual Open Garden - NGS
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Nestled in The Cotswolds, Paulmead is a one-acre garden that reflects the character and charm of its famous surroundings.
Virtual Event
Today to Tue 30 Mar
Talk: Arms and Armour of the Civil Wars and the Littlecote House Colle
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West Berkshire Museum presents as part of its Talking History programme this talk by Keith Dowen. The Littlecote House armoury, now kept at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, is the finest surviving...
Virtual Event
Wed 3 Mar
Talk: Mary Anning, Fossil Hunter: Class, Gender and Sea Monsters
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West Berkshire Museum presents as part of its Talking History programme this talk by Dr Liz Hide. Described as ’the greatest fossilist the world ever knew’, 19th century Dorset...
Virtual Event
Wed 17 Mar
Creation Home Delivery | Spring Term 2021 | Ages 5-19
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Join Creation Education for digital drama and storytelling experiences like no other. Our sessions are all specifically tailored for our new digital stage and use new technologies and performance...
Virtual Event
Today
Grimm Tales for Fragile Times & Broken People
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Grimm Tales for Fragile Times and Broken People brings a feast of storytelling inspired by the fairy tales from Brothers Grimm.
Virtual Event
Fri 5 Mar, Sat 6 Mar, Fri 12 Mar, Sat 13 Mar
Trench Hill - Open Garden for NGS
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Approx 3 acres set in small woodland with panoramic views. Variety of herbaceous and mixed borders, rose garden, extensive vegetable plots, wildflower areas, plantings of spring bulbs with thousands...
Trench Hill, Sheepscombe GL6 6TZ
Sun 21 Mar
Wild Boor Ideas: Play the World Online!
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Family favourite Wild Boor Ideas is back with live, interactive, online play sessions.
Join Emma Boor and a host of puppet friends in creative, immersive play exploring a different world each...
Virtual Event
Fri 5 Mar, Fri 12 Mar, Fri 19 Mar, Fri 26 Mar
Old Camps, a designer dream - Virtual Open Garden - NGS
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Old Camps in Hampshire is a breathtaking garden set over an acre with panoramic views of Watership Down.
Virtual Event
Today to Tue 30 Mar
South West of England Careers Fair
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Out of work due to the current global pandemic? Join us at our South West of England Careers Fair, the perfect place to find your next career!
Virtual Event
Wed 24 Mar
Westcroft - Open Garden for NGS
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Whilst overflowing with roses in June, in Jan and Feb the bones of this acre galanthophiles garden on chalk are on show. Brick and flint walls, terraces, rustic arches, gates and pond add character.
Westcroft, nr Salisbury SP4 0AB
Today
Bere Mill - Open Garden for NGS
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On the Upper Test with water meadows and wooded valleys, this garden offers herbaceous borders, bog and Mediterranean plants, as well as a replanted orchard and two small arboretums.
Bere Mill, Whitchurch RG28 7NH
Sun 14 Mar
Algars Manor - Open Garden for NGS
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2 acres of woodland garden beside River Frome, mill stream, native plants mixed with collections of 60 magnolias and 70 camellias, rhododendrons, azaleas, eucalyptus and other unusual trees and
Algars Manor, Iron Acton BS37 9TB
Today
Picture perfect: Algars Manor, Gloucestershire - Virtual Open Garden - NGS
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Nestled beside the River Frome, Algars Manor in Gloucestershire is a garden that could inspire painters, as well as horticulturists.
Virtual Event
Today to Tue 30 Mar
Algars Mill - Open Garden for NGS
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2 acre woodland garden bisected by River Frome; spring bulbs, shrubs; very early spring feature (Feb-Mar) of wild Newent daffodils.
Algars Mill, Bristol BS37 9TD
Today
Warren Farmhouse, one of a wondrous group of Cotswold gardens - Virtual Open Garden - NGS
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Nestled in the picturesque Cotswold village of Stanton, Gloucestershire are a selection of lovely, varied gardens that usually open as a group for the National Garden Scheme.
Virtual Event
Today to Tue 30 Mar
Blockley Gardens, Gloucestershire; at one with nature - Virtual Open Garden - NGS
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This popular historic hillside village in Gloucestershire has been opening its gardens for the National Garden Scheme since the 1920s.
Virtual Event
Today to Mon 29 Mar