First Signs of Spring: Self-guided Snowdrop Walk at Hever Castle Gardens

Date: Wednesday 11 February 2026

Hever Castle, Hever, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NG. Wrap up warm and enjoy a self-guided tour of Hever Castle’s snowdrops. During your stroll you will also be able to learn interesting facts about snowdrops. Around 160,000 snowdrop bulbs have been planted in Hever Castle’s Gardens over the past few years. Single and double snowdrops are interspersed with some unusual varieties in the Winter Garden, such as the yellow tipped ‘Wendy’s Gold’, a giant Galanthus called ‘Colossus’ which at 9 inches is one of the tallest snowdrops you can find, and Galanthus ‘Green Brush’ with its unusual green tipped flowers. Discover the blossoms of camellia, quince, daphnes, hellebores, and early daffodils such as ‘Early Sensation’. In the Winter Garden, discover a wonderful selection of heathers and dogwoods, including Cornus ‘Sanguinea’. Then head to the Moat Café for a warming drink and bite to eat to to round off a lovely day. Join Hever Castle gardener, Felix Green for a 15 minute Winter Garden Talk at 11:30am on 16 – 18, 23 – 25 February, and discover more about the 160,000 snowdrops planted across the grounds and find out how the team curates the garden’s seasonal displays. Hever will be creating a Snowdrop Watch page on their website, so you can see exactly what the snowdrops are looking like before you visit. For information for disabled visitors, please click here.

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