Summer Holidays Family Fun with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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RHS Garden Hyde Hall, CM3 8ET

RHS Garden Hyde Hall, CM3 8ET

Address

RHS Hyde Hall
Creephedge Lane Rettendon Common
CHELMSFORD
CM3 8ET

Venue

RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Chelmsford, Essex

Booking

  • Member

    Free

  • Non-member

    Normal admission applies

  • Other Prices

    Sow & Grow £1 Kids' Crafts £3 Character Meet & Greet plus activity £2

Overview

  • Event times

    10am till 4pm

  • Subject

    Special Event

Get down to RHS Garden Hyde Hall to enjoy a summer of family fun and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Eric Carle's much-loved book The Very Hungry Caterpillar™. Take part in The Very Hungry Caterpillar family trail running from 20 July 20 to 2 September, with fun activities for all along the way such as creating a giant collaborative artwork. You can also discover all about the life and work of Eric Carle in a special exhibition installed to celebrate 50 years since the release of The Very Hungry Caterpillar™.

Other activities include:

  • Storytelling walks with Mike Dodsworth – 23 July and 6 & 13 August
  • Sow & Grow (weather dependent) planting workshops in a pop-up outdoor station – 24 & 25 July 
  • Kids’ Craft Workshops drop-in to the Hilltop Lodge – 7, 8, 14 & 15 August. Crafts include egg box caterpillars, salt dough caterpillars, antennae headbands and butterfly suncatchers. Crafts will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis while stocks last. (Activities may vary daily). Last admission 2.30pm 
  • Character Meet & Greets plus activity sheets, insect crowns and butterfly masks – 22, 27 & 29 August
  • Picnic Day including juice-tasting with Cawston Press – 30 August. Come dressed as your favourite creepy crawly and enjoy activities such as bug-hunting, face-painting and appearances from the VHC character. Bring a picnic or buy one here


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The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.