Events

A barn building surrounded by summer foliage.
© Ellen Tout

Open Garden at Tyland Barn

8 Aug 2026, 11am - 3pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Join us for our annual open garden at the headquarters of Kent Wildlife Trust!

Free admission with optional activities (pond dipping £4pp, cyanotype printing £6pp)
humilis queen bumblebee

Ecology of Bumblebees and their Identification for Intermediates

9 Aug 2026, 10:30am - 4pm
Online, In your home

An online identification course covering all of Britain’s bumblebee species

Standard fee: £42.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.
Salt dough mosaic

Family Event: Salt-Dough Wildlife Mosaics at Tyland Barn

12 Aug 2026, 10:30am - 12pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Join us at Tyland Barn for a spring salt-dough mosaic workshop. Make and decorate your biodegradable mosaic to take home!

£8
A child and adult dissecting owl pellets
Richard Walkley

Family Event: Kestrel Pellet Workshop at West Blean and Thornden Woods

14 Aug 2026, 10:30am - 12pm
Thornden Wood Road. Canterbury Kent CT6 7NZ

Have a go at dissecting a Kestrel pellet, learn about Kent's birds of prey, and see what your discoveries teach us about local populations.

£16 per group - bring up to 5 people.