Things to Do, Attractions, Gardens
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens
About Us
Stillingfleet Lodge Garden will be opening for the summer on Wednesday 3rd April 2024 until Friday 27th September, every Wednesday and Friday afternoon plus the first and third weekends of each month. (In June it will be the second weekend and NOT the first weekend) - please check the website to confirm.
The plant nursery will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024. It contains over 600 different varieties of unusual and interesting plants, many of which can be seen growing in the garden. This is a chance to buy a plant that you won’t find in the big garden centres.
Stillingfleet Lodge Garden offers a tranquil get-away from the hustle and bustle of life. A family garden that has been lovingly planted up over 40 years, it offers an oasis of calm, where you can sit by the pond and listen to birdsong and bees buzzing, wander through the wild flower meadow and enjoy the herbaceous border.
It is an organic garden managed to encourage the wildlife. Every June we hold a family-friendly wildlife day. You will learn to identify some of the wildlife in our garden, meet local wildlife experts and find out how to encourage more wild visitors to your own garden.
After your walk around the garden, relax with a drink and some local baked cake in the tea room which houses the work of local artists.
If you are passing by on a bicycle or car you are welcome to pop in for refreshments or visit the plant nursery without having to pay to go into the garden.
We run a wide range of workshops throughout the year. Some of these are practical gardening courses, such as vegetable growing and apple-tree pruning and others are arts and crafts courses using the garden for inspiration.
Full details and opening times are available on our website.
Opening Times
Stillingfleet Lodge Garden will be opening for the summer on Wednesday 3rd April 2024 until Friday 27th September, every Wednesday and Friday afternoon plus the first and third weekends of each month. Open from 13:00 to 17:00 on each of these days. Please note in June 2024 the garden will be closed on the 1st and 2nd but open on the 8th and 9th instead.
Facilities
- Staff are dementia aware
- Credit cards accepted (no fee)
- On-site light refreshments
- Picnic site
- Children welcome
- 2m distancing in place
- Contactless payment possible
- Hand sanitizer available to visitors & staff
- Outside seating
- Staff required to regularly wash hands
- Facilities for educational visits
- Groups welcome
- Guided tours for groups
- Facilities for conferencing
- Free Parking
- Dogs not accepted (except guidedogs)
- Gift shop
- Public toilets
- Smoking not allowed
- Regional Tourist Board Member
- Groups welcome
- Coach parties accepted
- Eco-Friendly