Celebration of Flowers
We’ve a packed schedule of events across the house and garden; floral displays, daily weekday garden tours, garden advice and summer open evenings accompanied by live jazz music plus live outdoor theatre!
- Booking not needed
- Free event (admission applies)
...within the house
- Discover flowers from the Hampshire Hills, arranged into stunning floral displays by our team and local florists, Featherstone Flowers. The emphasis is upon celebrating natural beauty, scent, and movement.
- See floral items within our house collection including the Coalport dinner service, a book of hand drawn botanical sketches by a Victorian lady, plus wonderful examples of Pietra dura hardstone furniture, all full of vivid, floral beauty and evidence of the deep love of nature that permeates Hinton Ampner.
- Young visitors can rise to the challenge of our new floral themed spotter’s book.
...within the garden
- Our youngest visitors are offered a free, garden themed I-Spy game to play across the pretty gardens.
- Pay a visit to the potting shed, for an atmospheric peek into the world of a Hinton Ampner gardener.
- On 11 and 17 June during our summer open evenings, tour the gardens at dusk, enjoy your picnic and add to your gardening knowledge with free garden talks.
- Enjoy live jazz music in the garden on 23 and 25 June. Bring a picnic and take a garden tour with our Head Gardener.
...with outdoor theatre
- On 20 and 27 June, the garden plays backdrop to outdoor theatre as Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream arrives on fairy wings bringing magic, humour and mayhem!
...a special offer
- Gardener’s World magazine readers can claim 2 for 1 admission to the gardens at Hinton Ampner, or 50% off admission.
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Event ticket prices
This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.
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- Booking details
Booking of tickets is essential for the live outdoor theatre events.
- Other
New this year – Featherstone Flowers brings a fresh take on the floral displays at Hinton Ampner, featuring peonies, delphiniums, foxgloves, sweet peas and much more all grown on their Hampshire flower farm. Created by their Stockbridge-based team with help from our National Trust volunteers, the displays continue a tradition loved by Ralph Dutton.
Upcoming events
Hinton Ampner in Bloom: Rose Celebration
Discover our collection of beautiful roses with our 100 varieties to be enjoyed. Explore the garden and learn more about some of our favourite choices.
Guided garden tours
Discover more about the gardens at Hinton Ampner by joining one of our volunteer led garden tours.
Summer evenings at Hinton Ampner: 11 June
On selected dates during June, take advantage of an extra-special opportunity to take a turn around the gardens at dusk, enjoy your picnic and add to your gardening knowledge with free garden talks.
Quantum Theatre presents A Midsummer Night's Dream - Friday 20th June
Shakespeare's classic comedy of love and intrigue, magic and mayhem comes to Hinton Ampner, when fairies are abroad and nothing is as it seems...