Tuesday 11 June

Growing your own vegetables

Join Scotney Castle’s head gardener in the Walled Garden this Great Big Green Week as he shares his knowledge about growing vegetables. Find out about successional sowing, green manure crops, companion planting for wildlife as well as the crops, as well as tips for a bumper harvest.

This workshop is part of Scotney’s Great Big Green Week Festival and is included with your admission (free for NT members) but, as places are limited, you should reserve your place to avoid disappointment. Once you have reserved your place, please book your car parking.

Event Overview

Tuesday 11 June

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Scotney Castle, Tunbridge Wells, UK

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Event type

  • •Food / refreshment available
  • •Outdoor event
  • •Ticketed event
  • •Baby changing facilities
  • •Disabled toilet
  • •Toilets on site
  • •Wheelchair accessible
  • •Disabled Access

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Additional information

By road
Signposted from A21 at Lamberhurst.
Satnav:TN3 8JN.

Once on the A21 please follow the brown tourist information signs with the National Trust oak leaf for Scotney Castle. Please note there is no access via Finchcocks, Goudhurst.

Parking
All visitors should book their parking in advance via the Scotney website or the NT app. You can book up to 9am on the day of your visit, subject to spaces being available. Accessible parking spaces are available. If you experience any difficulties booking online please call 0344 249 1895. Please note that if the car park is full and you have not reserved your parking space you will not be able to enter.

On foot
Links to local footpath network.

By train
Wadhurst 5½ miles
Tunbridge Wells 8 miles

By bus
The 256 Tunbridge Wells to Wadhurst Autocar service runs via Lamberhurst Monday to Friday.

By bicycle
NCN18, 3 miles

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More about Scotney Castle Big Green Week Festival

Discover walks, talks and tours at the National Trust’s Scotney Castle in Lamberhurst near Tunbridge Wells this Great Big Green Week. Hear from Scotney’s specialist garden and ranger team and learn about bees, butterflies, dragonflies and pollinators, amphibians and reptiles, as well as gardening for climate change, growing vegetables and cut flowers. Entry included with admission (free for NT members). Details of events are given on the GBGW and Scotney websites. Places are limited so please book in advance.

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