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Friday Lates

Every Fri evening from Fri 21 Jun - Fri 26 Jul we're open until 8.30pm for picnics and live music. Dogs welcome after 4.30pm. Kiosk open. No need to book ahead.

  • Booking not needed
  • Free event (admission applies)

Pack up a picnic, flick out your rug, sit back and relax and enjoy live music on the Main Lawn. Takeaway drinks and snacks will be available from the kiosk and there’s no need to book ahead. Dogs on leads are welcome for these special evening openings from 4.30pm. Normal admission applies to enter the garden, the event is free. Dogs are welcome after 4.30pm only and last entry is at 7.30pm. If you are coming in after 4.30pm admission is half price.

Friday 21 June The Falmer Swing Collective Enjoy the Hot Club Jazz stylings of this four-piece band as they bring you jazz in the style of Django Reinhardt and his contemporaries.

Fri 28 June Will Scott Guitarist Will Scott brings a mix of jazz, classical, Spanish and pop to Nymans.

Every Friday in July Graeme Airth Saxophonist Grame Airth returns for a four-week residency at our Friday lates, with a blend of Bossa Nova, Swinging Jazz and Classic Soul.

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The basics

Accessibility

Some level paths, some gravel paths.

Upcoming events

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The Tiger Who Came to Tea 

Explore this very special teatime through extracts and illustrations from Judith Kerr’s classic story, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, on a family trail around the garden, produced in partnership with HarperCollins Publishers. Sat 4 May - Sun 14 Jul.

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on
3 Jul to 14 Jul 2024
at
10:00 to 16:30
+ 11 other dates or times
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Daily guided tours of the garden 

Join a daily guided garden tour led by expert garden guides.

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on
3 Jul to 31 Dec 2024
at
10:00 to 17:00
+ 181 other dates or times
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Seasons at Nymans: art exhibition by Mariusz and Kasia Kaldowski, Sat 15 Jun - Sun 29 Sept 

An exhibition of paintings by Mariusz and Kasia Kaldowski, inspired by the natural landscapes and garden at Nymans. Daily, 11am - 3.30pm

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on
3 Jul to 29 Sep 2024
at
11:00 to 15:30
+ 88 other dates or times
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Guided Tree Tours for 2024 

Join our Guided Tree Tours to learn more about our Champion Trees, see our seasonal highlights and understand the influence that the Messel family had on the creation of this wonderful garden.

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17 Jul to 30 Nov 2024
at
10:30 to 12:00
+ 10 other dates or times