Octonauts: Above and Beyond adventure family trail is now open at Wakehurst, celebrating the buzzing world of pollinators. Over the Easter holidays, budding explorers can discover the challenges facing pollinators in ecosystems around the globe, following the daring crew’s mission of explore, rescue, protect! Inspired by The Honeybee Rescue episode, visitors step into the role of pollinator guardians, discovering the cutting-edge pollination research taking place in the gardens, and learning real-life skills for protecting wildlife. The Octonauts: Above and Beyond adventure comes during Wakehurst’s year of connecting to nature, as the gardens have been transformed into a living laboratory through Nature Connectedness wellbeing research, investigating how different habitats and sensory experiences shape our emotional responses to the natural world. This new family trail encourages visitors of all ages to engage with nature in new ways, inspiring a passion to protect it.  

When: 28th March – 12th April, 10am-4pm

Where: Wakehurst, Selsfield Rd, Haywards Heath RH17 6TN

Age: Children aged 3-7 years old

General Garden Entry: Wakehurst and Kew members free, children under 16 free

Trail: £7 admission pack and badge, £5 for members

Find out more and book https://www.kew.org/wakehurst/whats-on/octonauts?utm_source=press&utm_medium=press&utm_content=octonautspr&utm_campaign=w-press

More information: Wakehurst is Kew’s wild botanic garden in the Sussex High Weald. Its ancient and beautiful landscapes span 535 acres and are a place for escape, exploration, tranquillity, and wonder. Its diverse collection of plants from Britain and around the globe thrive within a tapestry of innovative gardens, temperate woodlands, meadows, and wetlands. Wakehurst is a centre for UK biodiversity and global conservation, seed research and ecosystem science. At its heart is Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, the world’s largest store of seeds from wild plant species.    

Image: Ollie Dixon © RBG Kew