Alnwick Garden

Denwick Lane
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 1YU
England

Website

www.alnwickgarden.com

Treehouse Restaurant

www.alnwickgarden.com/eat/eat-in-the-treehouse

E-mail

info@alnwickgarden.com

Telephone

The Alnwick Garden

01665 511350

The Treehouse Restaurant

01665 511852

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Venue Type:

Garden, parklands or rural site

Denwick Lane
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 1YU
England

Website

www.alnwickgarden.com

Treehouse Restaurant

www.alnwickgarden.com/eat/eat-in-the-treehouse

E-mail

info@alnwickgarden.com

Telephone

The Alnwick Garden

01665 511350

The Treehouse Restaurant

01665 511852

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Face to face resources

Alnwick Garden School Tours

http://www.alnwickgarden.com/visit/schools

Be guided around The Alnwick Garden by an enthusiastic guide. The tour includes the history of the site, the making of The Alnwick Garden and our future plans for development.

How to obtain

£3.50 per pupil, including admission
Teacher/carer – 1 free per 10 pupils
Additional adult - £6.25, including admission
*must be 18 or under and in full time education
The tour is suitable for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3, and for a group of 20 pupils. Larger groups will be divided into 2 groups. It is subject to availability and must be booked in advance. Please call 01665 511350 to make your booking.

Science, Design and Technology Visit

http://www.alnwickgarden.com/visit/schools

Consider the design of The Pavilion and Visitor Centre, The Treehouse and the Bamboo Labyrinth, thinking about the use of materials and environmental issues.

How to obtain

Please call 01665 511350 to make your booking.

Workshops and Tours for Schools

http://www.alnwickgarden.com/whatson/whats-on

A school visit to The Alnwick Garden can include a workshop or tour led by The Garden’s own education team. At certain times of the year, like Science Month in March and Play Week in June, there are pre-programmed activities that schools can sign up for. Lots of our Roots and Shoots activities can be adapted and programmed especially for your group. Look at our What’s On pages, and if you see something you’d like to do, call us to arrange a session.

How to obtain

Please call 01665 511350 to make your booking.

Denwick Lane
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 1YU
England

Website

www.alnwickgarden.com

Treehouse Restaurant

www.alnwickgarden.com/eat/eat-in-the-treehouse

E-mail

info@alnwickgarden.com

Telephone

The Alnwick Garden

01665 511350

The Treehouse Restaurant

01665 511852

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Related teaching activities

Key stage 2 geography, 1 lesson

Geographical enquiry and skills

Imagine you have been invited to spend a day in an outdoor classroom at Alnwick Garden. Working in small groups, draw up a timetable for the day and show how the garden can best be used for learning about Alnwick.

Key stage 2 ICT, 1 lesson

Finding things out

Look at images of Alnwick Garden on a whiteboard or other digital media device. Look at the shapes and patterns in the landscape and discuss the ones you can see.

Key stage 3 art and design, Small project

Explore and create

Create a visual history of the gardens of England, illustrating it with images of Alnwick Garden and other historic gardens and landscapes.

Key stage 3 English, 1 lesson

En3 Writing

Write a short newspaper article about Alnwick Garden, encouraging people to value public space and visit historic gardens.

Key stage 3 science, 1 lesson

3.4 The environment, Earth and the universe

What changes would you make to Alnwick Garden so that the space is sustainable for both people and wildlife?