About this Event
Caversham Court Gardens
Heritage Open Day: Take a journey round the world tracking the origins of plants in Caversham Court Gardens! Test your plant knowledge and your geography with our fun facts and learn the fascinating history of plant collecting. Activities for all ages. Circumnavigate the globe learning the origins of some of the fine collection of plants and trees in Caversham Court Gardens. Throughout history, travellers have collected useful and beautiful plants and brought them back to Britain from all over the world. Our quiz will take you round the gardens and give you fun facts about important plants and their uses. Younger children will enjoy drawing some of the many unusual plants to be found in the gardens - drawing materials available free of charge. You may be surprised to learn that there are plants from every continent except Antarctica in our lovely riverside gardens - test your knowledge of geography with our interactive map!