Things to do with family at The Firs
Spend time surrounded by musical inspiration in the pretty cottage and garden at The Firs and make music with instruments in the sound garden.
Planning your family visit
- Baby changing facilities in the Visitor Centre.
- Highchairs are available in Little Al’s Kitchen.
- Please be aware you need to cross a bridleway to get to the cottage and cottage gardens.
Easter Adventures at The Firs
Make your way along the trail and find playful activities for the whole family. Taking place between 12 April - 27 April 2025, from 10am to 5pm, with last entry at 4.30pm, so come along and explore the beautiful gardens of The Firs.
Are you planning your Easter adventures? The Firs Easter trail is back again this year and it’s bigger and better.
Pick up your Easter activity trail sheet and bunny ear headband from the Visitor Centre for £3.50 (normal admission applies) and head out on your adventure before heading back to the Visitor Centre to pick up your egg - you can choose from either a chocolate egg or a vegan and Free From chocolate egg.
Prices are £3.50 per trail which includes an Easter trail sheet, bunny ears and dairy or vegan and Free From* chocolate egg. *Suitable for people with milk, egg, gluten, peanut and tree nut allergies.
*Both eggs are made using Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa. Find out more at ra.org.
Here’s just a few of the activities: Egg and spoon race, help to make our massive birds nest, plant a seed activity and much more!
The trail will be sold between 10am and 4pm. Eggs must be collected before 5pm when the site closes.
Blossom Weekend at The Firs
From Friday 2 May to Monday 5 May we will be celebrating all things Blossom in our orchard and around the property.
We will point you towards the best places to appreciate blossom and this weekend will provide fun family activities you can take part in to capture the beauty of blossom.
Elgar Soundscapes: Creating Musical Journeys through Nature.
Discover a musical family experience in the garden at The Firs to find the 5 ingredients needed to build musical compositions.
A composer’s job is to create musical recipes using sounds, which the orchestra performers can follow to recreate compositions.
Elgar Soundscapes is an interactive activity inspired by our Curating Elgar project, developed with over 200 participants to respond to Elgar’s story, music and connection to landscape and nature. Visit The First to have a go at creating your own musical journeys by exploring sounds within the garden and try it out in your own green spaces.
Sound Garden
Choose between the three large instruments that wind around the pagoda, surrounded by trees and beautiful plants. There’s the vertical xylophone, hammock xylophone and a metallic swirl to create all sorts of tunes.
We have the instruments just add your imagination. You might even have an Elgar in the making?
Using our specially crafted music makers (also known as golf balls on sticks) create your own tune and share it on our social media use #soundgarden.
Cottage garden
After making music there is lots of exploring to be done in the woodland areas and pretty cottage garden, with bug hotels to discover and an opportunity sit next to a life size statue of Elgar himself on one of our garden benches.
'50 things to do before you're 11¾'
Do you know about the National Trust '50 things to do before you're 11¾'? You can tick off some of the activities while you're at The Firs; build a den, create some wild art, join natures band and much more.
Which will you take on?
Find out more here: 50 things to do before you're 11¾ | Visit | National Trust