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We will look at how you can use easy to grow or buy vegetables, plants and flowers (and often kitchen scraps). Creating sustainable materials and artworks can enhance your mood and well-being, connect you with nature and creativity and generate gorgeous colours and patterns that can be surprising and delightful.

During the day there will be an opportunity to join Feral Practice for Phytocentric, a participatory performance thinking humans towards the plants, using spoken word, touch and gesture. It draws together scientific, poetic and spiritual understandings of plants, and nurtures imaginative vegetal conversations. Vibrant material meetings and exchanges occur at every level of our bodies and worlds but often go un-regarded, or unknown. If we sensitize ourselves (as vegetal philosopher Michael Marder advises) to the fuzzy edges of our subjectivity in order to meet beings very different to ourselves, might it be in the wilds of the imagination that we can re-align with nonhuman nature?

Layers of Time: The Gardens of Hestercombe

Hestercombe is more than a garden — it is a landscape shaped by visionaries, caretakers and changing ideas across four centuries. This exhibition explores that story, from its early formal beginnings to the sweeping eighteenth-century landscape, the artistry of the Edwardian terraces, and the remarkable restoration that has brought them back to life. Through images and interpretation, discover how each generation has left its mark on this Somerset estate — creating a place where history, design and nature exist in layers, still unfolding today.

Shared Light

Shared Light is a photographic exhibition celebrating the creative partnership between Hestercombe and Reflect, and the beauty of sharing place, perspective and possibility.

The Art of the Maze - Exploration, Symbolism and Landscape Design

Exploring the art, history and imagination of maze design through the work of Randoll Coate and the Hestercombe Maize Maze 2026. (Maize maze opening soon!)

A Perfect Partnership: Jekyll and Lutyens

At the beginning of the twentieth century, two exceptional talents came together to create what is now considered the finest surviving example of their long-standing partnership: the Formal Garden at Hestercombe Gardens.

Pyrland School Art & Photography Exhibition 2026

We are delighted to welcome this special exhibition showcasing the creative work of students from Pyrland School’s Art & Photography department. Extended by popular demand! Due to the wonderful response from our visitors, we’re delighted to announce that the exhibition has been extended.

Get Lost at Hestercombe.... Summer Maze Adventure

Get ready to lose yourself in Hestercombe's brand-new Maize Maze, opening on Saturday 1st August for a summer of family fun and adventure.

A year of Plein-air painting at Hestercombe

Fiona Brown and Josie Chadwick present a year in paint at Hestercombe.

Unusual edibles - tour & tasting

Step into the edible landscape at Hestercombe and discover a world of surprising flavours, resilient growing, and regenerative gardening. Join us for a relaxed, guided wander through our productive spaces, where you’ll taste your way through an array of unusual crops and gain insight into how we grow food in harmony with nature. Led by Rachel from EDGE, this informal tour is a chance to explore, ask questions, and be inspired—whether you're a seasoned grower or just starting out.

Event Location

Hestercombe Gallery
Hestercombe Gardens
Cheddon Fitzpaine
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 8LG

What's On

2026 dates for your calendar

From the Garden: A Beginners Guide to Eco-Printing with Marjolaine Ryley

With Marjolaine Ryley, plus Phytocentric with Feral Practice. This workshop introduces how you can make your own botanical inks, photo emulsions and use plants for contact printing to create your own eco-prints.

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