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Festival of plants Guided Tour

Festival of Plants 2019

Sat 18 May 2019

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

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.

Highlights include:
•themed, free, guided tours including behind-the-scenes of the Reserve and Experimental Glasshouses
•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
•Cambridge Orchid Society Annual Show
•live music and pop-up food trucks

Cost: Normal Garden Admission charges apply

Enquiries and booking

Booking is optional.

To avoid queuing, tickets will be available to purchase in advance from the Station Road and Brookside ticket offices.

Website Telephone: 01223 336265

Timing

All times

Sat 18 May 2019 10:00AM - 5:00PM

Venue

Address: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
1 Brookside
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1JE
United Kingdom
Email: enquiries@botanic.cam.ac.uk
Telephone: 01223 336265
Fax: 01223 336278
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