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Garden Visits

Our wild, walled garden is a unique horticultural experiment inspired by what we’ve learnt from rewilding in the wider landscape here at the Knepp Estate in West Sussex.

Join one of our garden tours or workshops to learn how we’ve taken nature-friendly gardening to the next level in the creation of our walled, wild garden. We garden for biodiversity, in the most sustainable way possible, working with, rather than against, nature.

We offer a range of garden workshops, guided tours and self-guided visits of our climate-resilient, rewilded garden.

Our Wild Garden Tours

Self Guided Visit
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Guided Tour
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Ecology of Rewilded Garden Safari
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Planting the Rewilded Garden Workshop
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Managing the Rewilded Garden Workshop
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Recording Garden Biodiversity with Kate Bradbury
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Rewild your Vegetable Garden Experience
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Bespoke Tours
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Gift Vouchers
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To arrange a bespoke garden tour led by one of our gardeners, email zoet@knepp.co.uk

Background

This innovatively designed, drought-resistant wild garden, planted in 2021 and featuring over 1,000 species of plants, has been masterminded by our garden advisory board:

  • Tom Stuart-Smith, world-renowned landscape designer
  • Mick Crawley, emeritus professor of plant ecology at Imperial College
  • James Hitchmough, professor of horticultural ecology at the University of Sheffield
  • Jekka McVicar, author and organic gardening expert

The Knepp team have taken what we learnt from the wider rewilding project to spark a new way of thinking about how a garden can function as a dynamic ecosystem. It’s about setting the stage, creating a new baseline, and then working with nature to create a complex mosaic of habitats to maximise opportunities for insects, birds and other life.

Our Gardens Team are learning to think like beavers, wild ponies, dung beetles and earthworms as they learn the value of being a keystone species. Book a garden workshop to learn more about how our beautiful, wild garden was designed, planted and is now managed.

We hope you’ll find inspiration for how you can play your part in reversing the ecological crisis, by fostering the return of a throng of life in your outdoor space, whatever its size.

Our Rewilded Walled Garden has featured in Monty Don’s British Gardens (2025) and Gardener’s World (2024) on BBC 2, and David Attenborough’s The Wonder of Song (2022) on BBC 1.

Garden visits are conducted on foot, at a gentle pace on uneven ground for 2-3 hours. On receiving your booking we’ll send you further details of where to meet and what to bring. 

Unfortunately the garden is not yet wheelchair accessible – but we’re working on it!

Our 12+ Policy

Knepp Wildland Safaris, our gardens and campsite are all about the quiet and patient observation of nature.

Some of the species we are likely to encounter are shy or can be frightened by loud noises or sudden movements. Our campsite with open-air fire-pits, wood-burning stoves and an on-site pond is unsuitable for small children.

For this reason, our safaris, garden visits, holiday cottages and campsite are suitable only for children of 12 and over.

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