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Early Years activities

During term-time, we run an exciting programme of nature-based activities for under fives and their accompanying adults, to help little ones connect with Eden’s plants and the natural world. These sessions must be pre-booked. 

What's on each week

adults and children playing outside

Tuesdays: Little Eden

Set in Eden’s magical wild perimeters, where together we celebrate the great outdoors through games and stories, quests and hunts, making and creating, and campfire cooking. These 90-minute sessions cost £8.50 per child.
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Child at a Music in the Med session

Thursdays: Music in the Med

Make some noise as you sing play and move to the Beat of the Biome. With original songs by Matt Douglas, sing about what you can see at Eden and learn to spot rhythms and patterns. Each 40-minute session costs £3.50 per child.
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Mother and Child at Explore and Play session

Friday mornings: Explore and Play

Journey through Eden's Biomes, discovering the stories of plants through play with your little one in these 75-minute sessions designed for under-fives. Each session costs £3.50 per child.

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Mother holding smiling baby

Friday afternoons: Yoga Buds

A weekly 75-minute session, incorporating baby yoga and massage with exercises that benefit both parent and baby. After the session, take a gentle walk around Eden’s gardens. These sessions are £8.50 per baby.
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Why we run these activities

The foundations for virtually every aspect of human development – physical, intellectual, and emotional – are laid in early childhood. What happens during these early years has lifelong effects on many aspects of health and well-being from educational achievement and economic status to obesity, heart disease and mental health. 

The early years are crucial for children’s development and early experiences shape the way we think and react for the rest of our lives. It's our mission to demonstrate and inspire positive action for the planet, and Eden’s gardens provide rich opportunities to learn and explore and a diversity of experiences. We’ve developed a programme of activities for under fives and their families, to help them connect with Eden’s living collection and the natural world.  

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