Events

Toddler with a sweep net
Tim Horton

Nature Tots Maidstone (Nov/Dec - Friday morning)

6 Nov 2026, 9:45am - 11 Dec 2026, 11:45am
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Nature Tots is Forest School tailored specifically for little ones, and can inspire a love of nature that lasts a lifetime.

£54 for 6 sessions block booking (£9.75 for a taster session)
A forest school group underneath a shelter

Maidstone Home Ed Nature Explorers - Nov/Dec

6 Nov 2026, 12:45pm - 11 Dec 2026, 2:45pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Join us for Forest School for the home education community. Discover ways to have fun outdoors and meet new friends. Suitable for ages 4-11.

£60 for a block booking of 6 sessions £12 for Taster or Pay As You Go
Sitka Spruce
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Getting to Know Conifers

21 Nov 2026, 10:30am - 4pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Pine, spruce, larch, fir, cedar, redwood… a classroom introduction to the identification of conifers using their foliage and cones. Linked to the following Study Day ‘Conifers at Bedgebury Pinetum’

Normal fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.
Sitka Spruce
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Conifers at Bedgebury Pinetum

22 Nov 2026, 10am - 2:30pm
Bedgebury Pinetum Visitors Centre Bedgebury Ln, Goudhurst, Cranbrook TN17 2SJ, UK

Field studies amongst the largest collection of conifers in the UK. Linked to previous day.

Normal fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.
© Dan Attwood

Identifying Broad-leaved Trees in Winter

5 Dec 2026, 10am - 4pm
Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Learn to how identify native broad-leaved trees and shrubs by their twigs, and buds and bark.

Normal fee: £37.50 per person per day. Concessionary fee: Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers, senior citizens, unemployed and students £5 off.