Bees’ Needs Science Festival 2026

Special Event
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14
Jul

RHS Garden Wisley, GU23 6QB

RHS Garden Wisley, GU23 6QB

Address

Wisley Lane, Woking

Venue

RHS Garden Wisley, RHS Hilltop – The Home of Gardening Science

Booking

  • Member

    Normal garden entry

  • Non-member

    Normal garden admission

  • Free event

Overview

  • Event times

    11am - 4pm

  • Subject

    Special Event

  • Come and explore exciting stands from the RHS Science team and a host of organisations including Pollinating London Together, Kew Gardens, University of Reading, University of Surrey, UKCEH Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, Surrey Wildlife Trust, Surrey Nature Partnership, MOD, Bee Farmers Association, Will Nash (designer of HexB tiles)
  • Expert talks on bees and other pollinators
  • Honey tasting with the RBG Kew pollinator research team
  • A bumblearium! 
  • A family-friendly Jersey Tiger Moth origami activity
  • Tours by garden staff of pollinator-friendly features and planting at Wisley
Sessions through the day with members of the Pollinator Monitoring Scheme running 10 minute pollinator surveys (FIT Counts) on the flowers around Hilltop.

Get involved

The RHS is the UK’s gardening charity, helping people and plants to grow - nurturing a healthier, happier world, one person and one plant at a time.