Family Events

Kite Making

Come along and make your own kite from a variety of recycled materials with Dumfries and Galloway Ranger, Elizabeth Tindall.

Paper Making

Make your own paper, the essential ingredient of any artists book – paper.  We will help you to make your own art paper not just out of wood pulp but, flowers, leaves, grass, fungi and other interesting stuff. Go on give it a go!

Big Weekend Out

In conjunction with the Year of Natural Scotland come along for a fun filled weekend. See website for further details.

Friends of Dawyck Botanic Garden Annual Plant Sale

Bring and buy plant sale - come and find something new and interesting for your garden - all plants sourced from local gardens. Please bring donations to Dawyck Botanic Garden car park on Saturday 4- 6pm, otherwise on Sunday from 9.30am.

Dawyck Dawn Chorus

What better way to start the day than at the crack of dawn to the beautiful sounds of bird song? You'll hear a wide variety of woodland birds and could also tune into some more unusual species such as Blackcap, Woodcock, Redstart and Nuthatch.

Ciara Phillips EGG Tour

Early Gallery Goers (EGG) Tours, contemporary art for children at Inverleith House!

Food Lab

Join staff from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health for some fun in the Food Lab! Have a go at our simple but spectacular experiments using everyday items from your kitchen. Suitable for all ages.

Benmore Open Day

Fun for all the family at this year's Open Day, there will be free admission to the Garden all day, plant sale, craft fair, tours, cake and candy. The Open Day is an enjoyable afternoon in the Garden with lots to see and do. A real family outing!

Garden Tour

Come along and enjoy a tour around the garden with the curator and see summer sensations blooming in Scotland’s Most Exotic Garden. Along the tour you will see displays from Lantern Trees, Chilean Firethorn trees and South American Lobelias.

Children's Craft Workshop.

In this outdoor workshop Poppy Browne will use garden materials to show children how to make different crafts.

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