Events

Maidstone Home Ed Nature Explorers - Jun/Jul

5 Jun 2026, 12:45pm - 10 Jul 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

6 Jun 2026

Tyland Barn, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3BD

Discover how to recognise our native ferns using leaf shapes and other distinctive features.

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

7 Jun 2026, 10am - 4pm

Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Learn to identify trees by their foliage

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

20 Jun 2026, 10am - 4pm

Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

An introduction to floral structure and terminology, flower families, and the value of keys to identification

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

21 Jun 2026, 10am - 4pm

Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Get to grips with the basic features of the largest family of flowering plants

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

22 Jun 2026, 10am - 26 Jun 2026, 4pm

University of Kent, Canterbury Campus, Canterbury CT2 7NB

Five days learning to identify and record wild plants in nature reserves in Kent.

The cost for this five-day course is £240 per person. Early bird offer available until the end of the year.

27 Jun 2026, 10am - 4pm

Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Find out how to identify pollinators and learn about their ecology.

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

4 Jul 2026, 10am - 4pm

Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens Chatham Rd Sandling Maidstone ME14 3BD

Improve your identification skills and deepen your understanding of plant classification using botanical keys

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