Discover the Gardens at Canterbury Cathedral on a tour led by one of the senior gardening team
Discover the Gardens at Canterbury Cathedral on a tour led by one of the senior gardening team.
Learn how the gardens were used by the Benedictine monks who lived in the monastery here during the middle ages, growing their own food and even brewing their own beer on site, and hear about how the gardens are cared for by the gardening team today, always with an eye on sustainability.
You will visit the Cathedral’s public gardens including the Herb Garden which was re-imagined by our gardeners in 2005 and planted with herbs featured in a 16th Century Herbal book. You will also enjoy special access to the Deanery Garden which is not usually open to the public. Canterbury Cathedral recently teamed up with Canterbury’s Foundry Brewery to create a gin flavoured with herbs found in the Cathedral Herb Garden.
You can follow the route the herbs took to the glass by a tour of the Foundry where Jon the brewer, distiller and Founder will explain the whole brewing and distilling process. It will be a very interactive experience with everyone able to ask questions, and the tour will include 3 tasters of Gin and tonic.
Join this special tour and trace the route from garden to glass! Included: Guided tour of Canterbury Cathedral Gardens led by the senior gardening team Visit to the Foundry distillery to learn the brewing and distilling process.
Gin tasting of 3 gins and tonic Price £60.00 per person Over 18s Only- ID may be requested on arrival at the Foundry The gardens tour will go ahead regardless of the weather conditions so please bring weather-appropriate clothing if required. Please wear suitable footwear for exploring outdoors.
Dates: June 6th 14.00-17.30 June 20th 14.00-17.30 July 4th 14.00-17.30 July 18th 14.00-17.30 (Dates in August to follow) Buy tickets Online at https://buy2.myonlinebooking.co.uk/canterburycathedral/sessions.aspx?tid=19
£60.00
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Canterbury’s Botanicals Tour - from Garden to Glass
Canterbury Cathedral
CT1 2EH
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