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Events at the Sheffield Botanical Gardens

Some of these events are run by other organisations so please check the event details on their websites prior to travel.

  • Sheffield Botanical Gardens will be closed to the public to host events as follows:

    27th August Gardens will close at 5.45pm for Theatre in the Gardens

    4th-9th September Gardens will be closed to the public for Art in the Gardens

    28th October - 5th November Gardens will be closed to the public for Illuminate the Gardens

    Pedestrian Access for patrons of the Dorothy Fox Education Centre will be via Thompson Road Entrance.

    (Authorised Vehicle drop offs only)

    Sheffield City Council apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

    For further information please email

    events@sheffield.gov.uk

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SHEFFIELD TREE FAYRE
May
20
Children, Education

SHEFFIELD TREE FAYRE

A family-friendly FREE event celebrating the wonder of trees and woodlands at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Events include; kids’ outdoor forest school activities, indoor crafts, adult wood craft stalls and guided tree walks and talks. Friends of Sheffield Botanical Gardens will be holding a plant sale as part of the event.

All activities for the event will take place at the Thompson Road entrance side of the Gardens S11 8RB.

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Save Sheffield Wildlife (RSPB)
Sept
24
Children, Education

Save Sheffield Wildlife (RSPB)

‘Save Sheffield Wildlife’ is a RSPB event as part of the Great Big Green Week. It is FREE and open to all. Join us to learn about the decline in our precious wildlife and what you can do to help. There will be activities for children (or adults) to show Sheffield's support for protecting wildlife. Wildflower seeds will be given away to get you started on creating your own wild garden.

Location: Dorothy Fox Education Centre, Sheffield Botanical Gardens, S11 8RB

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Heritage Open Days Exhibition 'Innovating the Outdoors'
Sept
14
to 17 Sept
Education

Heritage Open Days Exhibition 'Innovating the Outdoors'

Come along to Sheffield Botanical Gardens between the 10th and 17th of September 2022 to learn about how architects, designers and landscape gardeners, Robert Marnock, John Loudon, Samuel Worth and others, used innovative ways to shape the outdoors. During the early Victorian Period the two sides of the Ecclesall Road valley where the Botanical Gardens and Sheffield General Cemetery now reside were designed into the landscape you see today.

- Free exhibition on Gardenesque design and innovations for leisure in Regency and Victorian Sheffield at Sheffield Botanical Gardens Pavilions.

- Free Trail and audio trail which takes you through the exhibition.

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