Date: Thursday 9 October 2025, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Free | Donations welcome | Tickets available soon.

Curious and Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens

Join the Gardens Team to learn about the initiatives and interventions made to make York Museum Gardens more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces.

You’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds.

The tour will take an accessible route around the Museum Gardens. Meet outside the Yorkshire Museum on the hardstanding.

Please note: This event is weather dependent. If we need to cancel the tour due to adverse weather conditions, ticket holders will be notified.

Recommended for ages 12+, under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult.

This tour is one of 60+ free events taking place across the city for York Environment Festival. #yorkenvironmentfestival2025

Additional Gardening Tours will take place 15 October, 1-2pm and 21 October, 12-1pm.

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Date: Thursday 9 October 2025, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Viking North: Primary School Teachers’ CPD Event
9 October 2025
4.30 – 6.30pm | Free | Suitable for teachers, teaching assistants and support staff
Booking essential. Spaces limited, register now

Discover ways of bringing the story of Viking England to life in the classroom in this new CPD workshop for Primary School educators at Yorkshire Museum.

Enjoy a tour of the new Viking North exhibition, handle original Viking artefacts, and learn about the activities and resources that we can offer schools at the Yorkshire Museum. You’ll also get to hear about some exciting upcoming projects.

Tea, coffee and cake will be served at this event.

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