Learn more about this magnificent property and its history before the trust. Wentworth Woodhouse is a Grade I listed country house in the village of Wentworth. The building has more than 300 rooms, with 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) of floorspace, including 124,600 square feet (11,580 m2) of living area, and was – until it ceased to be privately owned – often listed as the largest private residence in the United Kingdom.

Join us this evening for a walk looking at tropical trees and plants around the Gardens.

Unusual edibles offer a glimpse into the diversity of what we can eat beyond common fruits and vegetables. Join us to explore some lesser-known foods to expand our culinary horizons.

Join Sam Syson to increase your knowledge on Hostas. All about the hosta, will be a detailed overview into growing hostas. Sam will finish the talk showcasing the journey Sjhosta has gone on over the past 2 years to set up one of the biggest hosta specialists in the North of England.

Join Howard Drury to look at the legendary John Massey's garden at Ashwood in the West Midlands, spanning some 12 months. It offers an insight into some of John's magical planting themes and gardening concepts that you certainly will not find in gardening books. Howard has been extremely honoured to be able to record the garden over several years, tracing its development through to the very latest plantings. What John does today is what many of us will be doing in a few years’ time.

Join us and hear stories about the intrepid plant hunters who brought plants to the UK from around the world.

Join us as we walk around the gardens to see how art is inspired by beautiful summer flowers.  

‘Vibrant Summer Perennials’ is Don Witton’s summer talk covering the months of June, July and August. There are no whites or pastel colours in this talk, just spectacular rich vibrant floral colours during the summer months.  

Come and browse our array of garden plants all for sale at reasonable prices, with all proceeds to the Gardens.

Alan Mason is one of Europe’s most experienced and best qualified garden designers and consultants. Join Alan for this light hearted look at a lifetime of gardening, from apprenticeship through what might have been to 15 years on television and designing gardens throughout Europe (and still learning).

Unusual edibles offer a glimpse into the diversity of what we can eat beyond common fruits and vegetables. Join us to explore some lesser-known foods to expand our culinary horizons.

This month the tour will take us along some of the lesser known routes; the 'desire' and ‘ghost’ paths to historic areas.

Discover more about alpines with Mark Padgett, where Alpines come from and their uses including historical and geographic anecdotes. 

Welcome Elaine Perkins giving a talk on “Herbs and plants, protection in the Medieval Period”

In the Medieval Period, if the church couldn't help, you turned to the local cunning woman for the answers. From Ancient spells, such as the Nine Herb charm to Flying Ointment and mandrake root. Find out more in this talk.

This month we will be looking at trees and what makes them special in spring. 

Join us on the lawns outside the Dorothy Fox Centre for one of our popular plant sales.

Composting - Reasons to compost material, what to put on your compost heap and methods of composting. Learn more from the expert Jane.

Join us and hear stories about the intrepid plant hunters who brought plants to the UK from around the world.

‘All You Can Eat’ - a talk on the design, growing and educational potential of edible planting

Centred around the design, build and legacy of their Silver-Gilt award-winning Long Border at RHS Wentworth Woodhouse last year, titled ‘The Discovery Outdoors Edimental Kitchen Classroom’, John, Sam and Bridget talk about the often overlooked qualities and potentials of edible ornamental ( or ‘edimental’) planting. John explores the educational aspect, Sam talks about designing with edimentals, whilst Bridget speaks about growing and caring for them.

For March we’ll be exploring the history of the Gardens. This tour is also part of the Festival of the Outdoors

John Foley, owner of Holden Clough Nurseries in Lancashire and former RHS Master Grower, has advocated for a shift away from digital-dependent horticulture, focusing instead on hands-on, traditional gardening techniques. He emphasises the mental and physical benefits of gardening, connecting with nature, and understanding plants directly. 

The rich flora of Northern Vietnam.

For February we’ll be exploring some of the scents and smells of the early Spring garden, as well as examining the medicinal heritage of some of our plants.

Author and biographer Dr Catherine Horwood looks at the life of garden designer and historian Penelope Hobhouse, now in her late 90s and still gardening every day. 

Owner of the Dower House in Derbyshire, gardener Griselda Kerr will share some of the pleasures and benefits of gardening.

Becky Fincham, Head of Programmes at The Serge Hill Project and Tom Stuart-Smith Studio will describe how the Project has become a destination for gardeners, garden designers and plant lovers.

Friends old and new are invited to our annual festive get-together………

We hope you can join us!

Join us as we walk around the Gardens and learn about some of our magnificent, rare and unusual trees.

Sheffield Organic Growers tenant Nick Johnson will share the story of 10 years growing organically in Sheffield

The Friends’ AGM will commence at 10.00am in the Dorothy Fox Centre in the Botanical Gardens and is open to all members. Following the formal part of the meeting, we will be joined by Dave Cooke, of nature-based Sheffield youth development charity Grow.