Welcome to a world of exploration and discovery, designed especially for our youngest learners! Our Early Years sessions combine hands-on fun, sensory experiences, and plenty of opportunities to spark curiosity about the natural world. These 40-minute sessions are the perfect way to inspire your little ones while linking to key learning areas, including English, Maths, Science, Geography, and more! Browse our Early Year Sessions below.

For more information, or to book an exciting group visit, please contact us

Indoor session — Take a look at our exciting and unique animal collection! You will have the opportunity to `get up close` with a range of exotic animals chosen from the following selection: Corn Snake, Bearded Dragon, Peter’s Banded Skink, Leopard Gecko, Fire Salamander, Giant African Land Snail, Madagascan Hissing Cockroach, and Sunny Stick Insect! Learn about the special adaptations that these creatures have developed and what habitat they live in, through close observation, together with the chance to handle them too! (We cannot guarantee the availability of any animal.)

This session links to: English, Maths, Science, Geography, History (see link at bottom of page for further details). This session also links to the Environment.

Outdoor session — Enjoy time exploring our plant collection in a different way by exciting your senses! Explore the sights through a mirror walk, the smells through a smelly cocktail party and the textures with a group activity.

Outdoor session — The Gardens are home to trees from all around the world. Have fun with them in this sensory and craft-based session, as we take the blindfold challenge to explore their different textures, and make bark rubbings and a leaf crown to take home as a memento of your visit.