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Goodnestone Park grounds: The perfect backdrop for corporate events and celebrations

What's on?

Regular events at Goodnestone Park include guided tours with our Head Gardener Paul Bagshaw, along with gardening events, hands-on workshops, and enchanting outdoor theatre performances. This year, we're also offering exclusive Heritage Tours of the Mansion.

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Goodnestone Park in Spring

Mansion Tours

Monday 25th August – Sunday 31st August 2025

The Grade II* listed mansion at Goodnestone Park will be available for guided tours between the hours of 10.00 am – 16.00 pm. Our tours will last approximately 1 hour and you will be shown key rooms within the mansion as well as objects of historical interest and unique architectural features. Our morning tours will run from 10.00am – 12.00pm and afternoon tours will run from 14.00pm – 16.00pm. Please book your tickets online via the link below which will take you to our Eventbrite Page. If you have any queries then please do get in touch on admissions@goodnestone.com.

Attendees must be aged 16 or over. 

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Macbeth

Sunday 31st August 2025 18.00
Doors open 17.15

The Duke’s Theatre Company return to Goodnestone with Macbeth, Shakespeare’s landmark play first performed over 400 years ago.   Contemporary themes of ambition and power are interwoven with witchcraft and prophesy in a memorable production by this creative company.

This will be an outdoor production, please bring something to sit on and a torch.  Picnics welcome, please note only assistance dogs permitted at the performance.

Please wear suitable footwear and take care when walking across uneven surfaces in the car park and grounds.

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National Garden Scheme

Friday 12th September 2025  09.00 – 17.00

Today the gardens are open in aid of the National Garden Scheme which raises funds for nursing and health charities.

In 2024 the charity donated a record £3,501,227.  Thousands of people who live with health conditions such as cancer or Parkinson’s, who have poor mental health, or who struggle financially as unpaid carers, have been supported by NGS funding of the nurses, health professionals and case workers who support them.

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Guided Tour with Head Gardener

Saturday 13th September 2025  10.00

Join Paul for an entertaining and informative stroll around the gardens at Goodnestone Park.  Paul’s enthusiasm for sustainable gardening is infectious, and he’ll share his ideas for encouraging wildlife through the creation of beneficial habitats.

The Old Dairy Cafe will be open, so why not round off the walk with a delicious lunch?  to be booked separately

Staff Making at Goodnestone Park

Staff Making

Sunday 21st September 2025
10.30 – 15.00

Make your very own hiking staff or walking stick in this workshop run by Natural Pathways.
Materials and equipment will be provided and, following clear bushcraft instructions, you’ll create a personalised staff, stick or crook.

Suitable for adults and children aged 8 and above.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness in Nature

Saturday 27th September 2025
10.30 – 15.00

A day to awaken the senses!  Discover a deeper and richer experience of the natural environment during this workshop run by Natural Pathways.  Learn mindfulness skills which can easily be applied to your everyday life.  Connect with nature and restore your inner well-being in the beautiful surroundings of Goodnestone Park Gardens.

Richard Rozze

Jazz Improvisers' Weekend

We are very excited to be hosting this fantastic jazz weekend at Goodnestone.

Richard Rozze is an experienced teacher and performer with a Master’s Degree in Jazz from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.  Suitable for all instruments and vocalists from intermediate to advanced level, you will spend the weekend in the company of like-minded musicians while exploring a variety of jazz styles.

Friday 10th October 2025
19.00  Concert in the Coach House by the Richard Rozze Trio
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2025
10.30 – 17.00 Tuition in the Coach House with two course lunch at the Old Dairy Cafe

£125 including access to the gardens all weekend

Spaces are limited so book your place now!

 

Staff Making May 23

Staff Making

Saturday 11th October
10.30 – 15.00

Make your very own hiking or walking staff in this workshop run by Natural Pathways.

Materials and equipment will be provided and, following clear bushcraft instructions, you’ll create a personalised staff, stick or crook.

Suitable for adults and children aged 8 and above.