South East - Oxfordshire
WATERPERRY GARDENS
Nr. Wheatley,
Oxfordshire
OX33 1LA
t: 01844 339254
e: office@waterperrygardens.co.uk
w: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
The 20-acre gardens at Waterperry date back to the 1930’s when the estate was home to Beatrix Havergal’s famous Ladies Gardening School. It’s now one of Oxfordshire’s most popular garden attractions, with a quality plant centre and garden shop, gallery, gift barn, museum of rural life and teashop serving home baked lunches and teas. Waterperry’s reputation for education and horticultural excellence continues today with year round arts, crafts and gardening courses and a whole host of annual events. Just a stones throw from historic Oxford, Waterperry Gardens offer a sense of wellbeing and gardening inspiration in a beautiful, rural setting.
EVENTS FOR 2025
MAY
Lupins & Alliums
17th – Workshop: Willow Garden Structures*
Gallery – Oxford Art Week (10th until 18th)
Half Term – Gnometastic (24th May until 1st June)
24th – Waterperry Saxifraga Day, Walled Garden
JUNE
Roses & Geraniums
Half Term – Gnometastic (until the 1st June)
7th – Jubilee Brass Band Concert, Amphitheatre
8th – Rare Plant Fair
Gallery – Bug, Bird, Beast (12th June until 1st Sept)
12th-14th – Handmade Oxford, Arts Festival
13th – Course: Herbaceous Borders Old and New*
29th – Theatre: Twelfth Night, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, on the lawn
JULY
Delphiniums & Penstemons
Gallery – Bug, Bird, Beast (12th June until 1st Sept)
11th-13th – Celebrating Ceramics
Summer Holidays – Summer Trail (12th July until 1st Sept)
19th – Theatre: Alice through the Looking Glass,
Quantum Theatre, Amphitheatre
27th – Concert: Moonrakers, Amphitheatre
AUGUST
Heleniums & Phlox
Gallery – Bug, Bird, Beast (12th June until 1st Sept)
Summer Holidays – Summer Trail (12th July until 1st Sept)
8th-17th – Waterperry Opera Festival
SEPTEMBER
Asters & Michaelmas Daisy Season
Gallery – Bug, Bird, Beast (until 1st Sept)
Summer Holidays – Summer Trail (until 1st Sept)
5th-7th – Oxford Story Telling Festival
16th – NGS Open Day
Gallery – The Printed Garden (20th Sept until 2nd Nov)
26th – Course: Herbaceous Borders Old and New*
OCTOBER
Apples
4th & 5th – Apple Weekend
Gallery – The Printed Garden (20th Sept until 2nd Nov)
Half Term – Halloween Hunt (18th Oct until 2nd Nov)
NOVEMBER
Waterperry Christmas Trees & Wreaths
Waterperry Christmas Shop Opens
Gallery – The Printed Garden (until 2nd Nov)
Half Term – Halloween Hunt (until 2nd Nov)
Gallery – Comfort & Joy (15th Nov until 24th Dec)
16th – Grounddog Day, supporting O.A.S.
22nd & 23rd – Christmas Market
22nd & 23rd – Come and meet Real Reindeer
Christmas Holidays – Find Santa’s Reindeer
(22nd Nov until 24th Dec)
DECEMBER
Waterperry Christmas Trees & Wreaths
Waterperry Christmas Shop Open
6th & 7th – Christmas Market
Gallery – Comfort & Joy (until 24th Dec)
Christmas Holidays – Find Santa’s Reindeer (until 24th Dec)
Closed 25th Dec to 1st Jan 2026 inclusive
