Nature Tots Maidstone (Nov/Dec- Friday morning)
Nature Tots is Forest School tailored specifically for little ones, and can inspire a love of nature that lasts a lifetime.
Tyland Barn is the headquarters of the Kent Wildlife Trust and a base for many of our educational activities. The restored 17th-century barn offers a flexible indoor space and is available for hire.
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am to 5:30pm
Nature Park & Gardens: Monday - Friday, 9.30am to 3.30pm (unless events are taking place, see events running below)
Pond Cafe: Monday - Saturday, 9am to 4pm
Weekends: Events & Group Bookings only, find out more about our events below.
Tyland Barn is the headquarters of the Kent Wildlife Trust and a base for many of our educational activities. The restored 17th-century barn is now home to the Pond Café. For food or venue hire, contact them here.
The nature park is a wildlife haven and at various times of year home to bees, tadpoles and in recent years breeding kestrels. Tyland Barn is a fantastic and easy way to experience the wonders of our Kentish countryside. The park was created to be a little Kent and now has woodlands, colourful wildflower meadows and a large pond full of life. Wander along the wheelchair and buggy-accessible paths and you might spot spectacular orchids, stag beetles in the log piles or dragonfly flitting over the reeds.
The planting in the Tyland Barn area has recently been redesigned and becomes a contemporary, colourful and inspirational example of how we can all help wildlife in our gardens. As the seasons change, there is always something new to discover in the park. There are lifting logs and warm compost heaps to look through for bugs even in the darkest of months and come the summer, the bug hotels buzz with solitary bees. The Nature Park at Tyland Barn is a lovely place to visit with the family or to learn more about the huge variety of Kent’s wildlife.
If you need to get in touch regarding Tyland Barn, for any reason, please contact us on:
Contact number: 01622 662012
Contact email: [email protected]
Nature Tots is Forest School tailored specifically for little ones, and can inspire a love of nature that lasts a lifetime.
Nature Tots is Forest School tailored specifically for little ones, and can inspire a love of nature that lasts a lifetime.
Nature Tots is Forest School tailored specifically for little ones, and can inspire a love of nature that lasts a lifetime.
This course will help you understand the importance of habitats to the different amphibians. You will learn how to recognize the key species and be part of a torchlight survey at Vinters Valley Nature Reserve.
Investigate rocks and minerals and learn about fossils and plate tectonics
Learn about European Water Voles: their ecology, field signs and survey methods. Then put into practice what you have learned in an outdoor survey