Summer Fun at Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens
Get out this Summer holiday and explore everything Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens has to offer. From exploring our woodland with the Summer trail or learning a new craft with paint-along workshops.
Embark on a summer adventure filled with new things to learn.
Summer Trail
Looking for something fun to do this Summer?
Enjoy our free Summer trail that teaches kids all about nature with exciting activities that reuse natures leftovers. There is something for everyone to learn from making nature mandalas to creating homes for our minibeasts and much, more.
Collect at Reception
Free Online Summer Activity Sheets
Explore our range of free downloadable activity sheets to complete at home.
With four activities to choose from, kids can continue to re-use nature all summer long!
LEAF ART | LEAF PAINTING | NATURE PEACOCK | BIRD FEEDER
Free Children’s Planting in the Garden Centre
Join us during the Summer Holidays to plant your own winter flowering pansies, cress or chantenay red cored carrot seeds to take home.
Visit our planting station in the Garden Centre to sow a seed.
Model Boats on the Lakes
16-17 July | 6-7 August |20-21 August
Spend a summer’s day watching the Schooner Radio Control Group in action on the lakes. As they display model radio control boats, yachts, steamboats and warships.
10:00 – 15:00
Children’s Paint-along Workshops
25 July | 11 August | 16 August
Let the kids get creative this Summer holiday and learn a new craft with a fun-filled paint-along workshop by local artist and winner of Hobbycraft UK artist of the Year, Raymond Warren, in the Courtyard Café.
£12 per child per paint class
10% off for Leonardslee members
Hop over to the Wallaby Enclosure
Head over to our wallaby enclosure and see how our joeys have grown in their mother’s pouches.
View wallabies being fed daily in the wallaby maternity enclosure from 12:00-12:15.
Dolls’ House Museum
Can you imagine yourself living in miniature?
The "Beyond the Dolls' House" Exhibition will transport you to a magical world in miniature. A collection that depicts the Edwardian estate and neighbouring villages.