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Half-term fun Bushcraft for kids Costume Sundays at Cotehele Mill Steam day at East Pool Mine CORNWALL Sun 26 - Thu 30 May & Sun 2 June, Mon 18 - Wed 20 Feb, 10am-12 noon Sun 7, 14, 21 Apr, 11am-4pm Sat 25 May, 11am-4pm 12 noon-4.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm You’ll be able to meet the mill team With working steam engines, steam There’s something happening every Join Serious Outdoor Skills at dressed in Victorian costume, watch engine rides, heritage craft activities, Antony open day this half term, from trails Cotehele to build a shelter, light a milling and baking demonstrations tea and cake refreshment station, PL11 2QA in the garden to workshops led by controlled fire and learn other survival and buy a bag of Cotehele Mill flour craft marquee and blacksmithing a gardener. skills. Suitable for ages 7-15. to take home. demonstrations throughout the day, Glorious garden tour £2 activity only, £3 activity + Booking essential 01579 351346 this year’s show is bigger and better Wed 3 & 17 Apr, 1 & 15 May garden trail £6 per child Nancy Belle boat trips from than ever before. These walk and talks with a gardener Cotehele Quay take you from sweeping views Cotehele Spring puddings at The Edgcumbe Various dates and times, see website Glendurgan Garden designed by the celebrated landscape Near PL12 6TA tea-room for details Near Falmouth TR11 5JZ gardener, Humphry Repton, to formal Fri 15 Mar, 7-8.30pm Starting from Cotehele Quay, the gardens thoughtfully conceived by the Apple grafting weekend at Cotehele If you love puddings, you won’t want ‘Nancy Belle’ takes a two hour trip Get creative with colour still live-in family, the Carew Poles. Sat 16 - Sun 17 Feb, 10am-4pm to miss this seasonal pudding club up the past riverside Sat 16, Sun 17 & Tue 19 - Sun 24 Feb, Donations welcome At this weekend of apple grafting inside the historic Edgcumbe tea- woodlands, accompanied by a 10.30am-4.30pm workshops, drop in to see how to room on Cotehele Quay, starting commentary on the valley’s fauna, The colours of Glendurgan are the Conservation in action graft your own apple tree and take up with a bowl of soup followed by four flora and history. inspiration for this fun family trail. Use Tue 23 Apr & Wed 22 May, 1-4pm to two grafted trees home. There’ll be homemade desserts. Booking essential 01579 351346 the garden colour wheel to spot the Join the conservation team to find more than 20 local apple varieties to Booking essential 01579 351346 £15 first signs of spring this half term. out how they look after a house full choose from. £20 of personal treasures collected by £5 per tree East Pool Mine Silent Space at Glendurgan generations of the Carew Pole family Daffodil weekend at Cotehele Near TR15 3NP Wed 6, 13, 20 & 27 Mar, right up to the present day. Half-term trail at Cotehele Sat 16 - Sun 17 Mar, 11am-4pm 12 noon-3.30pm Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 11am-3pm With a display of historic and new Trevithick Tuesdays Relax and engage with nature in the Why not wrap up warm and get out varieties of daffodils plus a guided Tue 9, 16 Apr & 28 May, 11am-4pm tranquility of the olive grove and and about on the Cotehele estate on tour of daffodils in the garden and Trevithick Tuesday is a day filled school room in the Silent Space in this fun free trail? daffodil sculptures, you can delight with science and craft. Learn what the garden. Explore the opportunities in the variety of daffodils across it was like to be a miner by trying a to reflect without interruptions of the estate. job they used to do both above and daily life. below ground.

©National Trust Images/Trevor Ray Hart Veryan Bunker Tours Daffodil weekend Mon 27 May, 1.30-3pm Sat 30 - Sun 31 Mar, 10.30am-5pm On a tour with local expert Lawrence An array of daffodils are showcased Holmes, you can discover the cold war in a display in the stables, from some secrets hidden on Nare Head and find of Cornwall’s finest breeders and out what went on in a nuclear bunker growers, at Trelissick’s annual as well as the nearby starfish bunker. daffodil weekend. Booking essential 01872 278234 £5 Mother’s Day seed planting Sun 31 Mar, 12.30-2.30pm Hemmick beach cleans Looking for a special gift to give Sat 2 Feb, 2 Mar, 6 Apr & 4 May, your mum this Mother’s Day? Plant 10-11am a seed together in a little pot to take Can you spare half an hour or so to home, and watch it grow into a help keep Hemmick beach looking vibrant sunflower. beautiful, and safer for wildlife? Equipment supplied. May half term Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, 10.30am-5pm Porthcurnick community Why not come along during half term beach cleans to take part in the children’s trail Mon 4 Feb, 4 Mar, 1 Apr & 6 May, around the garden? 10-11am Soak in fantastic views and fresh air Trengwainton Garden whilst helping to keep this beautiful Near TR20 8RZ beach clean. Gloves, bags and litter- pickers provided, just bring your February half-term seed planting enthusiasm to help out for an hour Sun 17 - Thu 21 Feb & Sun 24 Feb, or so. 10.30am-5pm Pop along to the orchard and pot up Pendower community beach cleans some seeds, then take them home Mon 4 Feb, 4 Mar, 1 Apr & 6 May, 2-4pm and watch them grow. One of your In the afternoon on the first Monday ‘50 things to do before you’re 11¾.’ each month, you could head to Pendower to help keep the beach Fun Feb fitness trail clean. Equipment supplied. Sun 17 - Thu 21 Feb & Sun 24 Feb, 10.30am-5pm Making light work You could find some light-hearted Fri 10 - Fri 17 May, 11am-4pm inspiration for your New Year’s Local artists Sue and Philip Bennetta resolutions on this fun, garden- will be creating and displaying work inspired fitness trail; see if you can do in the Paraffin Store. Why not walk the hula hoop, skip, play catch with a down the footpath at St Anthony pine cone and other activities. Head to meet the artists in their week- long residency? Calling all May half-term explorers Sun 26 - Thu 30 May & Sun 2 Jun, Old Post Office 10.30am-5pm Tintagel, PL34 0DB Using a trail stick you can make ‘flower kebabs’ with brightly-coloured fallen Rag rug workshop flowers and leaves as you venture Mother’s Day: flower Trust10 trail run at Godolphin Give Cornish hedging a go Wed 20 Feb & 1 May, 11am-3pm round the garden, then plant your framed photos Sun 24 Feb, 24 Mar, 28 Apr & Sat 9 Mar & 13 Apr, 10am-3pm Deborah Hastings and the rag rug kebab in the ground to form an Sun 31 Mar, 11am-4pm 26 May, 8.30am Have you ever wondered how Cornish volunteers share the age-old art of ‘art installation.’ You and mum can pose for a picture You could take on the Trust10 hedges are built? Here’s your chance up-cycling left-over fabrics into soft in a giant outdoor floral frame this challenge at Godolphin and explore to try your hand at this traditional furnishings for the home. Trerice Mother’s Day, and create a colourful the wider estate on these free 10k skill, repairing some historic field £3.50 Near TR8 4PG Mother’s Day card at the craft station. multiterrain trail runs. Registration boundaries at Park Head, a few miles at the Godolphin welcome hut from from . A story of the post Stargazing Bluebell week 8.30am, runs begin at 9am. Booking essential 01208 863821 Mon 18 - Sun 31 Mar, 11am-3.30pm Sat 9 Mar, 6.30-9pm Mon 6 - Sun 12 May, 10.30am-4.30pm When was the Old Post Office a post With displays, talks and telescopes, Hundreds of bluebells fill the banks Lanhydrock Build a bird box at Boscastle office? An exploration of the postal Kernow Astronomers will guide you of Glendurgan’s valley garden at this Near PL30 5AD Tue 16 Apr, 10am-3pm history of North Cornwall and Tintagel through our amazing Cornish skies time of year. Why not take part in a Why not join the rangers to build a Old Post Office. (if clear). If the weather isn’t co- week of bluebell-themed activities to Winter twig ID nest box to take home? Perfect for operating, then talks and displays will celebrate this wonderful wildflower? Sat 9 Feb, 10am-12noon your garden or school playground, Easter rag rug workshop move into the barn restaurant. While the leaves are off the trees, a nest box will attract wildlife and Thu 18 Apr, 11am-3pm Godolphin why not come and sharpen your provide plenty of opportunity for With Deborah Hastings and the rag Volunteer open day Near TR13 9RE winter twig identification skills with nature spotting. rug volunteers you can make either Tue 5 Mar, 11am-3pm the rangers? £5 a rag rug Easter rabbit, Easter chick, Have you considered volunteering at Tours of East Shippon conservation Adult £5, child £2 daffodil sari silk corsage or bluebell Trerice? You could drop in and meet Selected dates Fri 1 Feb - Fri 31 May, Holywell beach clean sari corsage. some of the team, have a cup of tea 12.30-1pm Bluebell walk and one-pot lunch Wed 29 May, 10am-12noon £3.50 and find out more about volunteering. On a tour you can discover the work Sat 11 May, 10am-1pm Do you hate the thought of beach taking place on the 19th-century A walk through some the best waste polluting the ocean and From fabric to flowers Trerice: the archaeology of a cowshed at the rear of the house. places to spot bluebells with one countryside? Why not join the rangers Mon 29 Apr - Sun 12 May, 10.30am- medieval manor farm Ticketed tours running on select of the ranger team, chatting about for a couple of hours, litter picking on 5pm Fri 29 Mar & 26 Apr, 2.30-3.30pm dates; please check availability before woodlands as you go, followed by the beach at Holywell? New artwork by Deborah Hastings will Learn the history of Trerice’s your visit. one-pot lunch. be on display throughout the house, archaeology with a specially scheduled Call 01736 763194 Booking essential 01208 265950 South Cornwall coast showing how simple fabrics can volunteer walking tour of Trerice and Adult £10, child £7 and countryside bloom into beautiful flowers. You can discover it’s history as a medieval Godolphin House open create your own rag rug flower brooch manor farm. Sat 2 - Thu 7 Feb, Sat 2 - Thu 7 Mar, North Cornwall coast Gribbin Daymark open day (material charges apply). Sat 6 - Thu 11 Apr, Sat 4 - Thu 9 May, and countryside Sun 12 May, 11am-5pm Tudor costume day 10am-5pm The Gribbin Daymark is open to the Trelissick Mon 22 Apr, 6 & 27 May, The historic Godolphin house is open Chapel Porth beach cleans public, giving spectacular views of St Near TR3 6QL 11am-1pm & 2-4pm for the first week of every month; Fri 8 Feb, 1-2pm & 8 Mar, 12 noon-1pm Austell Bay to the west and the You can step back in time to 16th- you can soak up the atmosphere and At a monthly winter beach clean you estuary to the east. Open as part of Signs of spring children’s trail century Cornwall with Trerice history, discovering what lies beyond can get some fresh air and help to the Fowey Festival. Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 10.30am-5pm Costume Group by trying on the grand colonnaded entrance. keep Chapel Porth clean and beautiful, Non-member adult £1 Spring is around the corner and colour recreated period clothes. followed by a free drink for beach is beginning to emerge from the Reeve Ceremony cleaners at Chapel Porth Café. St Anthony Battery unearthed winter garden. Can you spot the signs Plant it, grow it, eat it Sat 2 Feb, 8-9am & 1-2pm Sun 12 May, 1.30-3pm of spring around the garden in the Thu 11, 18 Apr & 30 May, 12 noon-3pm At this annual re-enactment of the Scrub and spuds at Pentire Head, Hidden under tons of earth for February half term trail? Take inspiration from the Trerice Reeve Ceremony, which traditionally near Polzeath decades, the battery at St Anthony pottager and tick off one of your list took place at sunrise every Wed 20 Feb, 10am-3pm Head was pretty forgotten. Now it’s Daffodil trail of ‘50 things to do before you’re 11¾.’ Candlemass, you can discover how Can you help the ranger team’s opened up again you can explore, or Sat 23 - Sun 31 Mar, 10.30am-5pm Plant seeds with the garden team and the Godolphin family almost lost their conversation work, and spend a find out about the history on a tour at We need your daffodil identifying take them home to grow. estate to the St Aubyns during a day out in the fresh air, by clearing 11am or 1.30pm. skills to work out the names of eight snail race. scrub? As a small thank you for your £5 suggested donation per tour daffodils in the Daffodil trail. efforts, enjoy a jacket spud baked on Booking essential Pick up a trail from reception and the bonfire. [email protected] use the descriptions to identify the Booking essential 01208 863821 daffodil name.

nationaltrust.org.uk/southwest Conservation in action Spring lamb talks Hydro turbine open house Mother’s Day paper flower workshop Mon 11 & 18 Mar, 1-4pm Sat 13 - Mon 22 Apr, 3-3.30pm Sat 27 Apr, 11am-4pm East Devon coast and tea See how the conservation team care Meet the new flock of spring lambs at The hydro turbine building on the and countryside Sun 31 Mar, 2-4.30pm for the collection at Trerice. On Mon a talk by a local farmer, where you can river Teign will be open for a look For grown-up kids and their mums, a 11 Mar they will be caring for metal find out about rearing sheep and how inside, with knowledgeable guides Winter apple tree pruning day in the chance to make a paper flower posy work, and on Mon 18 Mar caring for they help Arlington’s estate thrive. sharing the history of this building, Old Bakery Orchard together and to enjoy a pot of tea and the ceramics. how it was restored and how it works. Fri 1 Feb, 10am-3pm a camellia cupcake as you learn how. Treemendous tree trail Can you help the rangers care for the Booking essential 01803 842382 West Cornwall coast Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, 10.30am-4pm Coleton Fishacre fruit trees growing in the Old Bakery £15 and countryside As you wander through the grounds, Kingswear TQ6 0EQ orchard at Branscombe? Learn about look out for the treemendous tree trail keeping trees healthy, improving Dawn chorus walk Bee trail at Cape Cornwall activity boxes, where you can have a Nature designs trail productivity and making sure the Sat 11 May, 5-8.30am Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, Sat 25 May - Sun go at leaf rubbing and see if you can Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 10.30am-4pm branches are balanced. Would you like to join the ranger 2 Jun, 10.30am-4.30pm identify all of the trees to claim to Is there a budding designer in the Booking essential 01752 346585 team for an opportunity to listen Some rare bees can be found at Cape your prize. family? This half term, look for buds to and identify early morning bird Cornwall. Can you find all of the bee £1 and design motifs in the garden as you Winter apple tree pruning day in the song, whilst taking a walk on the posts hidden within the wild flowers in search for signs of spring to complete Millennium Orchard beautiful Greenway estate, followed the fields and see what you can learn Buckland Abbey your sketchbook on this trail. Fri 15 Feb, 10am-3pm by breakfast? about these special bees? Yelverton PL20 6EY Pick up your loppers and secateurs Booking essential 01803 842382 Mini talks on interior design features and help the rangers care for the Adult £10, child £5 including February half-term fun of Coleton Fishacre fruit trees growing in the Millennium breakfast DEVON Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 10am-4.30pm Tue & Fri, 19 Feb - 5 Apr, 3-3.15pm orchard at Branscombe. Come rain or shine there’ll be plenty Would you like to learn more about Booking essential 01752 346585 Greenway literary festival of family fun this half term, from key features in the interior design of Sat 25 May - Sun 9 Jun, 10.30am-5pm A la Ronde going wild in the woods, to getting Coleton Fishacre when it was created ‘50 things’ Sundays: beach fun We can’t think of a better place to Near Exmouth EX8 5BD creative indoors with crafts and in the 1920s, from the Marion Dorn at Branscombe celebrate literature than Agatha discovering intriguing stories from carpet to the Lalique light fittings? Sun 14, 21, 28 Apr & 5, 12, 19, 26 May, Christie’s holiday home. At Greenway’s Grand opening ages past. 1-3pm literary festival, children’s book week Sat 2 Feb, 10.30am-5.30pm Mini walk and talk on the design of From crab hunting to rockpooling, in half term is followed by a week Celebrations are taking place with the Volunteer recruitment weekend Coleton Fishacre garden building a mini raft or creating exploring crime writing. Mayor and Town Crier as the doors of Sat 2 - Sun 3 Mar, 11am-3pm Wed 20 & 27 Feb, 6, 13, 20 & 27 Mar, fantastical wild art sculpture, the Pre-booked parking essential A la Ronde open for 2019. Every visitor Have you ever wanted to start 2 - 2.15pm rangers have lots of different fun will have the chance to win a cream volunteering, but weren’t sure where To find out more about the landscape activities planned throughout the tea from the café. to begin? This is a great opportunity to design of the garden, as developed in warmer months. Near Exeter EX5 3LE find out; drop in to see how volunteers the 1920s, you could join a member of An orchard full of snowdrops make Buckland so special. the garden team for a 15 minute walk Greenway February half term flower trail Sat 2 - Thu 28 Feb, 10.30am-4.30pm and talk. Near Brixham TQ5 0ES Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 11am-4pm This February over 1000 snowdrops It’s bluebell time Winter is coming to an end and the are hanging in the orchard from the Wed 1 - Fri 31 May, 10am-4.30pm Wild Wednesday: making homes for Enchanted plants story trail flowers are starting to bloom. How apple trees in a celebration You could take a walk and see the wild animals Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, many will you spot at Killerton? of snowdrops. carpet of bluebells in the Great North Wed 20 Feb, 2-4pm 10.30am-4.30pm Wood, following one of the bluebell Why not join the rangers to tick off You can discover enchanted flowers Seeing the wood and the trees Fête des mères walks or by joining a guided walk with one of the ‘50 things to do before and monster plants, in the imaginary Daily from Sat 16 Feb, 11am-5pm Sun 31 Mar, 10.30am-4.30pm a ranger. you’re 11¾’ - making bug boxes to world of Greenway’s Enchanted Wood Killerton is celebrating 100 years of Why not celebrate Mother’s Day with take home? They’re the perfect homes this half term. Pick up a story sheet to the Forestry Commission, telling the a French-inspired day out, playing May half-term fun for wild animals. follow as you explore the garden. story of Francis Acland and his crucial French-themed games and decorating Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, 11am-4.30pm £3 Pre-booked parking essential role in its formation in 1919 and how a postcard, inspired by Jane and Mary There’s plenty to do this May half term we are looking after forests now for Parminter’s visit to France on their with family trails and craft activities Countryside walks at Greenway camellia festival the future. Grand Tour of Europe? happening all week at Buckland Coleton Fishacre Sat 23 - Sun 31 Mar, 10.30am-5pm Abbey. You can even head out onto Thu 21 Feb, Fri 29 Mar, Thu 25 Apr, Why not join this celebration of The tree of life May half term trail the yellow route and play on the Fri 24 May, 11.30am-2pm Greenway’s accreditation as an Daily from Sat 16 Feb, 11am-5pm Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, zip wire. Would you like to explore Coleton International Camellia Garden of The historic costume collection 10.30am-4.30pm Fishacre’s coastline in the company of Excellence? A daily programme of at Killerton will be exploring the Family fun at A la Ronde this half term, Castle Drogo a ranger? On the way they’ll be talking displays, walks and talks will explore human relationship with trees that is with a trail around the grounds a prize Dartmoor EX6 6PB about the wildlife that thrives here, the history of camellias at Greenway. celebrated in fashion though the uses to be won. and the work done to care for it. Pre-booked parking essential of patterns, dyes and materials. £2 February half-term fun Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 11am-4pm All that jazz pop-up dance workshop Greenway camellia dinner Memory snowdrop weekend Arlington Court and Why not join in the fun at Drogo this Mon 29 - Tue 30 Apr, 11-11.30am & 12 Fri 29 Mar, 7-10.30pm Sat 2 - Sun 3 Mar, 11am-4pm the National Trust half term, by following the nature trail noon-12.30pm Celebrate spring and surround You can plant a lasting memory Carriage Museum around the garden and grounds? Put your best foot forward at a yourself with flowers whilst enjoying for someone special and help the Near EX31 4LP £1 pop-up dance workshop, learning a three-course meal and after-dinner gardeners create a spectacular display the Charleston in the beautiful talk on the history and growing of of snowdrops in the chapel grounds. Rag rug drop-in workshops A new season at Castle Drogo surroundings of the Saloon in camellias in the Dining Room of £1 donation per bunch Mon 18 Feb & 27 May, 11am-3pm Sat 9 Mar, 11am-4.30pm celebration of International Dance Agatha Christie’s holiday home. Local artist Deborah Hastings will be After a long winter the castle and International Jazz Day. Booking essential 01803 842382 Guided parkland walks showing how to make creations from opens again; you can see the work £100 Tue & Thu from 2 April, recycled scraps of material. You can taking place to restore the castle 11.15am-12.15pm find out the basics for free or make a back to a family home after six years Discover the parkland and the stories fun design to take home. of major building work to make the it holds on a guided parkland walk. £3 castle watertight.

Photography trail The Drewe family trail Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 10.30am-4pm Sat 6 - Thu 18 Apr, 11am-4pm Explore Arlington through the You can follow the trail through the camera’s lens with a brand new garden and grounds, hunting out the photography trail inside and outside. clues to help you claim your prize. Compare the old with the new, see £1 previously unseen photographs, and share your own pictures. Crafty castle capers £1 Tue 9 & 16 Apr, 11am-4pm Why not get your hands dirty by Mother’s Day crafts joining in a variety of fun filled crafty Sun 31 Mar, 12 noon-3pm activities at Castle Drogo? Why not have a go at making your £2 mum something creative to take home this Mother’s Day with crafts at Volunteer open days Arlington Court? Wed 10 & Sat 13 Apr, 12 noon-3pm £1 It’s all change again as the castle interiors are put back after six Wild about spring trail years of building work. If you’re Sat 6 - Thu 18 Apr, 10.30am-4pm interested in volunteering at this On this wildlife trail, you can find out exciting time in Castle Drogo’s story, more about the interesting animals please come along. that live at Arlington Court. Can you collect all the stamps and unscramble the word to claim your prize? £1.50

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Mothering Sunday lunch Spring flower survey Sun 31 Mar, 12 noon-3pm Sat 11 May, 11.30am-1pm Saltram Why not bring mum for a day out On this guided walk with a ranger to Near Plymouth PL7 1UH exploring the spring flowers in the Whitelady Waterfall, you can help to garden, followed by lunch? You could survey the wild flowers that flourish in February half-term fun even buy her a dried flower posy made the gorge at this colourful time Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 10am-4pm from Knightshayes flowers. of year. Why not grab your wellies and go on Regular lunch £10.95 Booking essential 01822 820320 an adventure in the park on the bike Small lunch £8.95 pump track or pick up a family trail to North Devon coast take you around the garden? Marvellous moths and countryside Sat 6 - Thu 18 Apr, 10am-4pm Mother’s Day snowdrop planting How marvellous are moths? Heddon Valley family nature trail Sun 31 Mar, 1-4pm You can find out all about these Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-3pm Mother’s Days are made of moments winged creatures at Knightshayes This spring trail leads you through like these. You could treat your mum this Easter holiday and make up the valley to discover more about its to a blooming lovely day out at your mind. wonderful wildlife and nature, from Saltram and plant a snowdrop in the £2 the National Trust shop along the river garden together. and through the woodland. May half-term havoc £1 May half-term fun Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, 10am-4pm Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, 10am-5pm Get the kids out and about in the Brownsham family nature trail Why not pick up a ‘50 things’ National Mills Weekend at great outdoors this half term with a Mon 8 - Sun 21 Apr, 10am-4pm activities booklet and get cracking on Clyston Mill Knightshayes Court range of different activities. Perfect Can you find the animal clues hidden a range of activities and trails? You Sat 11 - Sun 12 May, 1-5pm Near Tiverton EX16 7QR for completing some of the ‘50 things in the woods? This gentle self-led can dress up in the house and explore Clyston Mill is a hidden piece of to do before you’re 11¾. nature trail starts from the car park at the park with its bike pump track and history waiting to be discovered. Why Half-term havoc 50p per trail Brownsham, near , and play trail. not celebrate National Mills Weekend Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 10am-3pm winds through the woodland. in one of ’s last remaining Get the kids out and about in the Lydford Gorge South Devon coast working watermills? great outdoors this half term and Near Tavistock EX20 4BH Family butterfly trail and countryside complete a garden trail. Perfect for Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, Classic car day completing some of the ‘50 things to Build a bird box 10.30am-3.30pm Spring beach clean at South Sun 12 May, 10am-5pm do before you’re 11¾.’ Sat 16 Feb, 12 noon-3pm The Heddon Valley attracts hundreds Milton Sands Pit stop at Killerton and admire 50p per trail The rangers will be on hand to help of butterflies. To celebrate them you Sat 23 Mar, 12 noon-1pm hundreds of rare classic cars on you make a bird box as a family or could follow a fun family trail through You can get hands-on helping to display in the historic parkland, where Spring seed swap individually. They can be tailored to the valley, with clues to find along the care for special places by joining you can soak up the atmosphere, Sat 2 Mar, 11am-2pm suit a variety of different garden birds. way. Trails available from the National the rangers to give this sandy beach a browse craft stalls and tuck into You could flex your green fingers Materials provided. Trust shop. springtime spruce up, protecting the delicious food. and take home your own piece of £6 £1 marine wildlife that live along Knightshayes at this spring seed our shores. Killerton May half term trail swapping event in the kitchen garden, Wild kitchen Overbeck’s Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, 11am-4pm where you can pick heritage vegetable Sat 27 Apr, 11am-2pm Sharpitor TQ8 8LW Big day out on the farm at East Soar This May half term you can head and flower seeds. Find out about some of the edible Sun 28 Apr, 11am-3pm out into the parkland and garden treats that grow in the gorge, Garden tour Meeting the animals, storytelling, to take on the trail and see what forage for wild garlic and other Daily from Wed 13 Feb, 2-3pm hunting for bugs in the long grass and you can discover about the wildlife seasonal snacks. Cook up a tasty One of the gardeners leads a seasonal a BBQ are just some of the activities that lives here. dish over the campfire using your tour of the garden, sharing its short planned for the big day out on foraged ingredients. but interesting history and amazing the farm. Booking essential 01822 820320 collection of plants. £15

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Antony Castle Drogo Tue 9 - Thu 11 Apr, Tue 16 - Thu 19 Apr, Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4pm Sun 21-Mon 22 Apr, 12 noon-4.30pm £2.50 Lydford Gorge £2 Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10am-4.30pm Coleton Fishacre £3 Boscastle Tue 2 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-4pm Fri 19 - Sun 21 Apr, 11am-3pm £2.50 Overbeck’s £2.50 Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4pm Compton Castle £2.50 Cotehele Tue - Thu 2-18 Apr & 22 Apr, Sat 6 - Sun 28 Apr, 10am-4pm 10.30am-4pm Saltram £2 £2.50 Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10am-4pm £2 East Pool Mine Finch Foundry Sat 6, Tue 9 - Sat 13, Tue 16 - Mon 22 Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4pm Watersmeet Apr, 10.30am-4pm £3 Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-3pm £2.50 £2.50 Greenway Glendurgan Garden Tue 2 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-4pm Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr (excluding Mon 8 Tintagel Old Post Office DEVON Pre-booked parking essential Sat 20 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-3pm & 15 Apr), 10.30am-4.30pm Sat 20 - Sun 21 Apr, 10.30am-5pm £2.50 £2.50 £2 £2.50 A La Ronde Heddon Valley Cadbury Easter Egg Hunts while Godolphin Trelissick Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-4.30pm Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-3pm stocks last. Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-4pm Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am - 4pm £3 £2.50 £2.50 £3 Arlington Court and the National Killerton Holywell Trengwainton Garden Trust Carriage Museum Sat 6 - Sun 28 Apr, 10am-4pm Sun 21 Apr, 10.30am-3pm Sun 7 - Thu 11 Apr, Sun 14 - Fri 19 Apr, Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4pm £2.50 £2.50 Sun 21- Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-4pm £2.50 £2.50 Knightshayes Court Lanhydrock Bay and Hartland Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 10am-4pm Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4pm Trerice Sat 20 - Sun 21 Apr, 10.30am-3pm £2.50 £3 Mon 8 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-4.30pm Booking essential 01271 891972 £2 £2.50

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