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- Tree Climbing 19th June 2022
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- Private visit to Crockmore House (SOLD OUT)
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- Private tour of St John’s College Gardens (SOLD OUT)
- 'Building the Botanic Garden based on archive documents' - 10am
- 'Building the Botanic Garden based on archive documents' - 2pm
- 400th anniversary day
- Oxford Botanic Garden celebrates 400th anniversary
- Seasons of Enchantment
- Highlights from our 400th anniversary
- Summer Flower Willow Weaving (for families)
- Insight Tour with the Curator
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- Meditation in the Garden
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- Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum attends Department of Biology launch
- Harcourt Arboretum awarded National Lottery support for new Visitor and Learning Centre
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- Harcourt Arboretum welcomes link workers and social prescribers
- Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum announces programme of Half Term events
- OBGA Autumn Fair attracts more than 2700 people to Harcourt Arboretum
- Oxford Botanic Garden apprentices broaden horizons in Bonn exchange
- Oxford Botanic Garden carries out Orobanche rapum-genistae conservation at Shotover Park
- A visit to two charming small gardens in Cumnor Village (SOLD OUT)
- Helping to save the environment - Ardley Energy Recovery Facility - 10am (SOLD OUT)
- Helping to save the environment - Ardley Energy Recovery Facility - 2pm (SOLD OUT)
- A private visit to see ‘golden’ daffodils at Adwell House (SOLD OUT)
- Exploring the role of green spaces in social prescribing
- In pursuit of Rafflesia
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- Family Forestry at Harcourt Arboretum
- A Woodland Wander at the Ashmolean
- New species of Hydnora: an extraordinary parasitic plant from Africa
- “Is a garden a work of art? I think it is” - Sarah Eberle on Impactful Garden Design for Oxford Botanic Garden
- A New Garden: West Green House
- Private visit to St Timothee garden (10:30am)
- A private visit to Bridewell Gardens
- A private guided tour of Roche Court Sculpture Park and Gardens
- Harcourt Arboretum: Gateway to Nature - Free Entry 26 March
- Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Queen Camilla
- Seeds of Hope for a Plant in Peril
- Alice's Day
- Our Mission
- The Oxford Physic Rose
- A private visit to Wytham Woods, the Laboratory with Trees - 10:00am
- A private visit to Wytham Woods, the Laboratory with Trees - 2:00pm
- everything grows extravagantly
- 400th Anniversary of Founding of Oxford’s Botanic Garden
- Twin Cities Day
- Capturing Nature
- Fungus Foray
- Winter Pruning Course
- Ornamental Tree Planting Course
- Cultivating knowledge: Sarawak students and UK partners share insights at Oxford Botanic Garden
- SongPath at Harcourt Arboretum 2023
- Harcourt Arboretum Autumn Fair
- Oxford Team wins Botanical University Challenge
- Sustainability Statement of Intent
- Black Pine Whisky
- Harcourt Arboretum - Oxford Open Doors
- Autumn Science Lecture 2023: Have plants tapped into the fountain of eternal youth?
- Coppicing Course
- Hedgelaying Course
- Dawn Chorus Walk and Talk
- Bluebell Photography Course
- Meadow Photography Course
- Insight Tour with the Curator
- Moving with Nature
- Snowdrops and Spring Bulbs Tour
- Bat Walk and Talk
- Bat Walk and Talk
- Mediterranean Plants Walk and Talk
- Japanese Trees Tour
- Historical and Literary Tour
- An Introduction to Native Wildflower Meadows and Plant Identification
- Twilight Tour at the Arboretum
- Insight Tour with the Curator
- Autumn Science Lecture 2023: Prescribing Nature
- Autumn Science Lecture 2023: Fruit development, morphology and evolution driven by a hormonal and genetic pas de deux
- Autumn Science Lectures 2024
- Contours that kill: Geometry influences prey capture in carnivorous pitcher plants
- The Duchess of Botany
- Seeds from Hiroshima atomic bomb ‘survivor trees’ planted at Oxford Botanic Garden
- Botanists from the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and the University of the Philippines Los Baños have reinstated a species of Rafflesia
- Botanists from Oxford Botanic Garden join international colleagues to publish first global assessment of threat to Rafflesia species
- Exhibition: Fungi - Watercolours by Katharine Nicholson
- Oxford Mosaic Accessibility Statement
- Can your Conker Conquer?
- Private visit to St Timothee Garden - 10:30am
- Private visit to St Timothee Garden - 1:30pm
- Waterperry Gardens, snowdrops tour
- ‘The University Parks - what is their future?’
- A private tour of Shotover House and its daffodils
- A private tour and garden visit to Chenies Manor and Garden
- Winter Lecture 2025: Guy Shrubsole
- Winter Lecture 2025: In conversation with Alice Vincent
- Winter Lecture 2025: Simon Hiscock
- Winter Lecture 2025: Cleve West
- Winter Lecture 2025: Anne Swithinbank
- Winter Lectures 2025
- New research furthers understanding of one of Britain's rarest plants
- New study resolves long-standing taxonomic confusion in the parasitic plant Cistanche tubulosa
- Photography Courses 2024
- Winter Wonders
- Private visit to Pusey House Gardens
- Private visit to Wadham College Gardens
- A walking tour of FarmED at Honeydale Farm
- Private visit to Faringdon House Gardens
- A private visit to a restored Gertrude Jekyll garden
- Private visit to to Colebrook House Garden
- Private visit to West Woodhay House Garden
- A new visit to Waltham Place, the Biodynamic Garden
- A private tour of St Hilda's College Garden
- Stockcross House, a romantic two-acre garden near Newbury
- Bobarts' Patrons Group 20th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
- Friends' Annual Summer Party
- Valentine’s for Nature
- OBGA Ticket Terms & Conditions
- Oxford Botanic Garden Curator takes part in community trees project
- Work Experience at Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum
- New insights into the taxonomy of desert hyacinths (genus Cistanche) in Iraq
- Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum: Use of cookies on this website
- Eggs-plorer Trail
- Super Spring Family Day
- Arboretum Summer Backpack
- Arboretum Adventures for Under-5s
- Tree Fairy Trail
- Summer Willow Weaving
- 'Here Comes the Sun' Family Day
- 'Fairies and Folklore' Family Day
- Harcourt Arboretum Family Programme
- Spring Sensations at the Arboretum
- Autumn Attractions
- Plant Power!
- Become a Friend - Sign up
- Volunteer with us
- Summer Sensations
- Friends' Visit: West Woodhay House Garden
- Friends' Visit: Waltham Place, the Biodynamic Garden
- Friends' Visit: Stockcross House
- Arboretum Adventures for Under-5s
- Arboretum Adventures for Under-5s
- Arboretum Adventures for Under-5s
- Arboretum Adventures for Under-5s
- Arboretum Adventures for Under-5s
- Arboretum Adventures for Under-5s
- Arboretum Adventures for Under-5s
- Arboretum Adventures for Under-5s
- Ethnobotanical Tour at the Garden
- Arboretum Geocache Trail
- Arboretum Activity Backpack
- Water and Wildlife Discovery Day
- Family Bushcraft
- Spooktacular Family Day
- Family Green Woodwork Session
- Christmas Wreath Making
- The Twelve Trees of Christmas Trail
- Winter Tree Identification Course
- Winter Tree Identification Course
- Darwin and the Art of Botany Tour
- Bobarts Event: Winterbourne Gardens
- Bobarts Event: Chivel Farm, Heythrop
- Bobarts Event: The Grange, Chalgrove
- Your Garden in a Changing Climate
- Baby Animals Family Trail
- Conifer Tree Identification Course
- Houseplant Care
- Arboretum Activity Backpack
- Family Foraging Course
- Springtime Family Day
- Propagation Workshop
- Foraging Course
- Foraging Course
- Foraging Course
- Carnivorous Plant Care
- Forest Bathing
- Forest Bathing
- Marvellous Meadows Family Day
- Yoga in the Garden
- Yoga in the Garden
- Harcourt Honey Walk and Talk
- Friends' Visit: Hanwell Castle
- Friends' Visit: Owlpen Manor
- Friends' Visit: The Charterhouse
- Friends' Visit: Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons
- Friends' Visit: Somerville College
- Aromatherapy Meditation
- Aromatherapy Meditation
- Literary Tour at the Garden
- Using Botanical Keys for Wildflowers
- Rose Care
- Willow Weaving for Adults
- Twilight Tour at the Arboretum
- Summer Flower Willow Weaving (for families)
- Native Hedgerow Seed Collection Workshop
- Bird ID for beginners (AM)
- Bird ID for beginners (PM)
- Botanical University Challenge 2024 Final
- Halloween Potions & Witchcraft
- Renew your Membership
- Plants and Medicine
- Plants, Potions and Skin
- From mulberry to rare diseases; a scientific journey
- The historical and cultural importance of plants mentioned in the Qur'an
- 'Mental health, links to green space and the potential for prevention and therapy' with Prof John Geddes
- A tour of the medicinal plant collection with Dr Sue Burge
- New website supports efforts to save the world’s largest flowers
- Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum hosts Botanical University Challenge 2024
- What's in a name?
- Christmas Fair 2025
- Metaphysic
- Bobarts Event: Lecture with Dr Chris Thorogood
- New study reveals the explosive secret of the squirting cucumber
- Botanists name a beautiful new species of ‘lipstick vine’ discovered in the Philippine rainforest
- A tour of the medicinal plant collection with Dr Sue Burge
- A tour of the medicinal plant collection with Dr Sue Burge
- Free tours with a Volunteer
- Bobarts Event: Spring Bulbs at Worcester College
- Bobarts Event: Visit to Waltham Place
- Bobarts Event: Summer Drinks and Canapes
- Bobarts Event: Visit to Rectory Farmhouse
- Bobarts Event: British Library and Royal College of Physicians' Garden Visit
- May Morning
- FOBGA Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)
- Turn End Garden Visit
- Kellogg College Gardens Visit
- Rycote Park Visit (morning)
- Rycote Park Visit (afternoon)
- Rockcliffe Garden Visit
- Old Vicarage Garden Visit
- Bourton House Garden Visit
- Opera at New College: La Scuola de Gelosi
- Spring Fair at Harcourt Arboretum 2025
- Opera at New College: La Scuola de Gelosi
- May Morning 2025
- Home Learners' Day at the Arboretum
- Home Learners' Day at the Arboretum
- Go Wild for Wildlife Family Day
- Jurassic Plants Family Day
- The Friends’ Garden Party
- Living Nature workshop, by the Museum of Climate Hope
- What Happens Next?
- Alice's Day 2025