Waterperry Gardens

Waterperry Opera Festival: Semele
2025-08-08 - 2025-08-14 | Waterperry Gardens, Waterperry Gardens, Nr. Wheatley, Waterperry, Oxfordshire,, OX33 1JZ., United Kingdom
8th, 12th, 14th August 2025
Location: Waterperry Amphitheatre
Show timings: Performance starts at 6:30pm. Approx finish 10pm. Extended Dining Interval of 1 hr 15.

George Frideric Handel
A mortal woman dares to love a god in Handel’s beautiful baroque drama. Virtuosic musical storytelling of tragedy and drama is brought to you through some of Handel’s most sumptuous and lyrical music. Follow a mythic story of love and ambition, staged in the atmospheric Waterperry Amphitheatre.
General Booking is now open. Find more information at www.waterperryoperafestival.co.uk
Ticket link: https://www.waterperryoperafestival.co.uk/2025-semele
General Inquiries
info@waterperryoperafestival.co.uk
Box Office Inquires
0125 5441365
boxoffice@waterperryoperafestival.co.uk

Summer Orienteering Trail - Alice in Wonderland
2025-07-12 10:00 - 2025-09-01 17:30 (Europe/London) | Waterperry Gardens, Waterperry Gardens, Nr. Wheatley, Waterperry, Oxfordshire,, OX33 1JZ., United Kingdom
Put on your maddest laughing hat because you’re invited to the greatest trail around – a family orienteering fun trail throughout the summer holidays!
Follow the clues and compass directions to find the 9 hidden Alice in Wonderland characters, who are ready to be discovered by intrepid young adventurers throughout the gardens. They’re sure to get you grinning like the Cheshire cat!
Don’t forget to take a picture next to the characters and use #waterperrysummertrail
We look forward to seeing all of those mad hatters!
£5.00 per child with a prize and compass (children must be accompanied by an adult for whom the garden entrance fee applies).
Please note: Parts of this trail are unsuitable for buggies due to uneven ground, this includes the Wild Walk. We will do our utmost to clear the nettles along the trail path but please tread carefully. There are areas of deep water, all marked on the map provided – please be careful. All children are to be supervised at all times.

Bug, Bird, Beast
2025-06-12 10:00 - 2025-09-01 17:00
BUG, BIRD, BEAST – a ‘free to enter’ exhibition in our gallery from 12th June to 1st September 2025.
This summer the gallery presents an exhibition featuring exquisite works inspired by the animal kingdom. Beginning with Lizzie Wheeler’s glorious lino prints and woodcuts of subjects such as giant Grasshoppers, Marmalade Pigs and Nanny Goats, we have gathered together a diverse and joyful collection of carefully crafted artworks with a common thread. Our makers share a love not only for all creatures great and small but also for the process of making where attention to detail and design are key.

On the walls, Lizzie is joined by printmaker Steph Renshaw, textile artist Yvette Phillips, paper sculptor Graham Lester and ceramic artist James Ort.
Whilst our tables are adorned with rich lusterware vessels by Jonathon Chiswell Jones and glorious tin glaze earthenware platters and bowls by Andrew Hazelden. Gallery favourites such as Richard Ballantyne(ceramics), Grow and Gather (wireworks), Hilary Audus(ceramics) and Vicky Baker(leather) have added special pieces for the show. Our jewellery cabinets are enriched with work by Sarah Vourda Enamels, Lucy Jade Sylvester and Julian Warrender both working in silver and fabulous sparkling recycled plastic giant bug brooches by Hannah Coates. Finally, flying geese and other birds by Scottish mobile artist Jay Rubenstein complete our thoroughly Modern Menagerie.
*We also have a fantastic selection of cards and small gifts based on our current exhibition theme.

2025 RHS Partner Garden of The Year competition
2025-04-17 - 2025-09-29
We’re delighted to be part of the ‘2025 RHS Partner Garden of The Year’ competition!
Now is a perfect time to step into nature, and soak in the joyful sounds, scents, and sights of a garden, and RHS – Royal Horticultural Society is on a quest to find the nation’s most cherished RHS Partner Garden. This year’s theme is ‘Joy’, celebrating the pure happiness and energy that being in nature brings.
If your visit to our garden (or the pictures and videos we share) have filled your heart with joy, we’d love to hear about it! When voting, all voters can share how their chosen garden elicits joy in their lives in the optional comment section.
We’ve been so grateful for your continued support, and we’d love it if you would vote for us. Voting closes 29th September 2025.
Find out more on The RHS website: rhs.org.uk/pgoty
