A 10% discount is offered to Over Village News subscribers – use the code CAMBS10\u00a0when booking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guided by Jack Sharp, Head Gardener, you will stroll through the College grounds, including some areas which are not normally open to the public, such as Fellows\u2019, Master\u2019s and Rose gardens.
Discover Downing\u2019s garden history, learn about the established trees. See how Jack\u2019s team maintain and enhance the site, ask questions and chat over sandwiches and a cream tea.
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Once again Downing College is opening up its 20-acre site to gardening enthusiasts. Discover the gardens, meet the award-winning team and learn some new skills in a beautiful College environment. A 10% discount is offered to Over Village News subscribers – use the code CAMBS10\u00a0when booking. Guided by Jack Sharp, Head Gardener, you will stroll through the College grounds, including some areas which are not normally open to the public, such as Fellows\u2019, Master\u2019s and Rose gardens.Discover Downing\u2019s garden history, learn about the established trees. See how Jack\u2019s team maintain and enhance the site, ask questions and chat over sandwiches and a cream tea. Once again Downing College is opening up its 20-acre site to gardening enthusiasts. Discover the gardens, meet the award-winning team and learn some new skills in a beautiful College environment.Tours and workshops run from April to October.**For those aged 16 years and over.Exclusive gardens tourBOOKING ESSENTIAL:Maximum 20 people on each tourTour start at the Porters\u2019 LodgePlease wear sensible footwearPrice: \u00a325 including afternoon teaDates: check the College websiteBrowse and book online:www.dow.cam.ac.uk\/garden-daysDowning College is one mile from Cambridge rail station and close to all major city bus routes.Downing CollegeCambridge CB2 1DQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Downing-College.jpg?fit=441%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Tb23-1oZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5394,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393\/revisions\/5394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Tours and workshops run from April to October.*
*For those aged 16 years and over.
Exclusive gardens tour
BOOKING ESSENTIAL:<\/strong>
Maximum 20 people on each tour
Tour start at the Porters\u2019 Lodge
Please wear sensible footwear
Price: \u00a325 including afternoon tea
Dates: check the College website
Browse and book online:
www.dow.cam.ac.uk\/garden-days<\/a>
Downing College is one mile from Cambridge rail station and close to all major city bus routes.
Downing College
Cambridge CB2 1DQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"