Join Wakehurst on the first Nature Heroes mission in collaboration with National Geographic Kids!
Wakehurst, Kew's wild botanic garden in Sussex, has announced an exciting new collaboration with National Geographic Kids magazine, spanning the next three years. Families can enjoy affordable and unforgettable days out, with interactive trails that bring the pages of Nat Geo Kids magazine to life, engaging young minds and fostering a passion for the natural world. Wakehurst hopes that this collaboration will bring in new explorers and existing fans of Nat Geo Kids to the gardens, through a long term family programme, supplemented by webinars and competitions.
This October, children can play the role of a seed scientist on their Nature Heroes: Seed Seeker adventure, as they follow the seed banking process from start to finish. This forms the ninth mission in the Nature Heroes programme, a much-loved activity in many families’ holiday calendars. Against the backdrop of the iconic Millennium Seed Bank, a two-metre-high walkie-talkie marks the beginning of their mission to successfully bank a mystery seed. A winding trail of sentrsory activities such as a cypher wheel, ‘feely boxes’, periscopes and ‘Weird but True’ trivia, will bring global seed research to life in an accessible way, for the local community.
Graduating with their first Nature Heroes Academy badge, young adventurers will be equipped with the skills and knowledge to inspire them to become the next generation of conservationists or seed scientists, ready to come back for their next adventure. This collaboration also kicks off a year of celebrations at Wakehurst, as 2025 marks the Millennium Seed Bank’s 25th anniversary. For a quarter of a century, the world’s largest store of wild plant seeds has banked, studied and safeguarded over 2.4 billion seeds from over 40,000 different species!
So come and join Wakehurst and seek a seed to save the world!
Nature heroes: Seed Seeker
19 October to 3 November 2024 - 10am to 4.30pm
Prices
Nature Heroes: Seed Seeker activity and badge: £3.00 per child
Nature Heroes Cape:
£6.75 for members
£13.50 for non-members
Booking: Wakehurst Tickets and Dates (seetickets.com)
Further information: Nature heroes: Seed Seeker | Kew