Spooky Half Term Fun at West Dean Gardens!

Calling all Witches and Wizards to West Dean, create spine chilling spells using your magic to mix together ghoulish ingredients and eerie textures. Using foraged materials, get mixing in your pumpkin cauldrons to make your fizzing potions.

• Keep an eye out for the mysterious West Dean Witch, who’ll be stirring up spells and waiting to meet brave little visitors if they dare!
• Step into the haunted Gardens Classroom, transformed into a Halloween hideaway where children can enjoy spooky craft activities and conjure up fizzing potions in pumpkin cauldrons.
• Venture through the spooky 100ft Pergola, where Halloween-themed games await among the shadows. Everyone young and old is invited to come in fancy dress, so don your creepiest costume and join the fun!
• Explore the stunning 49-acre St. Roche’s Arboretum, glowing with autumn colours. Take on the two-and-a-half-mile circuit walk through towering trees and enjoy breathtakingly views of the South Downs.
• Pop into the Gardens Shop for magical gifts, garden accessories, and seasonal plants. Then treat yourself to home-cooked food in the Gardens Restaurant, featuring produce from the kitchen garden and Halloween-themed treats.

£5 entry for children plus adult entry
Children's activities are included in the entry price.

Tickets will be valid for one visit on any day. 

Adults with gardens membership, entry is included as normal.

Free parking. Free admission to Shop and Restaurant. Dogs on leads welcome.

Limited tickets are available to buy on the door. Please purchase in advance to avoid disappointment.

Entry through the gardens entrance. 

Cancellation 48 hours in advance. For any queries please email [email protected] 

See our opening hours and admission prices