Hire a Stanmer Wellbeing Garden

We have three woodland spaces available to hire for regular sessions and events at Stanmer Wellbeing Gardens, in the heart of Stanmer Park. With convenient facilities and amenities, these spaces are perfect for those looking for a stress-free way to connect with nature in a beautiful surrounding, whilst also supporting our work as a charity. 

Popular hire ideas for our sites include:

  • kids birthday parties
  • celebrations and memorials
  • mindfulness and wellbeing groups
  • outdoor cookery and bushcraft around the fire

If you’re looking for inspiration, see our outdoor activity ideas guide or find out more about hiring our team to run team building activities for your group.

Please note, the Woodland Garden gets very busy, we often have more availability in the Pond Garden and Gathering Glade. We recommend visiting the spaces in person before your event to get the best sense of the spaces available. We also have a list of Frequently Asked Questions and answers for those hiring our spaces.

The Woodland Garden

The Woodland Garden is an expansive space to explore and play under the trees. 

  • It is our largest space, particularly suitable for children’s birthday parties and social gatherings.
  • It is the most wooded area, with lots of fun nooks and crannies for children to discover and play in.
  • The space comes with a parachute for shelter, a log seat circle, fire pit, table, pallets, and a mud kitchen in the wooded area. 

You can have up to 30 people in this space, but there are usually around 20 logs to sit on. 

 

The Gathering Glade

Gaze up at the sky and enjoy the feeling of light and space at the Gathering Glade. 

  • It is surrounded by fragrant lilac trees that border the open seating.
  • It is the ideal spot for for meetings, workshops and meditation.
  • The Glade features an open seating area, parachute, removable shelter, serving tables and fire-circle
  • There is also a vegetable growing area, where veg, herbs, and flowers can be found in abundance.

The space seats up to 20 people, on logs. 

  


The Pond Garden

The Pond Garden is a partly wooded, partly open, tranquil, and light space, with views out over a thriving pond area.

  • With a viewing platform and wooden fence surrounding it, the garden is perfect for pond dipping and wildlife spotting.
  • This is the ideal spot for birthday parties for older children and adults who can let their curiosity run free in the wild woodland surrounding it.
  • The space has a parachute shelter, a fire pit, a pond, and a wilder woodland space behind the parachute.

The space seats up to 20 people on logs. 


 

Hire Rates for Wellbeing Garden Spaces per hour

Minimum booking length is 2.5 hours. All bookings go directly to our work as a non-profit, so if you are a large organisation please make sure you indicate this on your booking. 

GARDENS WEEKDAY WEEKEND Large organisation
(100k+ a yr turnover)
ANY DAY OF THE WEEK
Woodland Garden £12 £20 £20
Gathering Glade
£12 £20 £20
Pond Garden £12 £20 £20

Finding us at Stanmer

You can find our detailed directions and maps online – feel free to share with anyone attending events in the Wellbeing Gardens.

We also have a list of Frequently Asked Questions and answers for those hiring our spaces.

 

Completing your booking 

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