Events & Activities
Faversham Miniature Railway
Usually March until October
Historic 9" gauge railway at Brogdale Farm. Open to the public most Sundays from 11am.
Please check their Facebook page for updates before heading to Brogdale Farm, linked below.
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Beastie Days at Brogdale
26 May, 20 August
Meet giant insects – Bug hunt – Outdoor craft – Bring a picnic – Enjoy a day at Brogdale Farm.
Come and join Brogdale Collections for a day of mini-beastie fun! A day of exploring Brogdale and discovering fantastic bugs & mini beasts.
Close Encounters with the LIVE BUGS! : Meet an impressive collection of mega bugs, including giant cockroaches, millipedes, tarantulas, scorpions, stick insects, snails and more!
The displays are educational, fun and packed full of weird, wonderful and cute animals, that children wouldn’t usually get a chance to meet including snails, scorpions, beetle larvae, tarantulas and lots more.
The displays allow children to become involved and close up to a variety of animals either by touching, holding or just by looking.
Orchard Bug Explorers: Hunt for bugs in the orchards, meadow and wildlife garden. See where they live in the wild! Learn all about these interesting creatures and why they are so important to us. You will be led by our education leader who will help you find the best beasties at Brogdale!
Outdoor Craft: Make your very own bugs and beasts to take home using modelling clay and scavenged beastie bits!
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PYO Fruit Weekends
20 June - 1 November 2026 (except event days)
Pick Your Own Fruit in Kent
Pick your own fruit in Kent at Brogdale's PYO Fruit Weekends! Enjoy a fun day out picking unusual varieties of cherries, plums, gages, apples and pears straight from the Brogdale Collections orchards. There are 100s of different varieties that are not available anywhere else!
PYO runs every weekend during fruit season from 20 June to 1 November (except event days), and you can harvest your own freshly picked fruit to take home. Fruit is charged by the punnet, with prices confirmed on the day.
Fruit Season Guide:
Mid June to mid July – Cherries
July and August – Plums, Gages and early Apples
September – Apples and Pears
October – Apples and Pears
PYO is FREE to enter for Orchard Pass holders or buy an Adult Entrance Ticket on the day.
Under 16s are free.
Come and join us for a fun family day out at Brogdale Farm
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Cherry Fair
27th-28th June 2026
Cherry Fair – Celebrate the many different flavours of cherry season!
Enjoy picking your own fruit from the Brogdale Collections orchards, tasting as many different varieties straight from the tree, guided tours of the National Fruit Collection, food and drink, and free kids’ orchard crafts and more!
Find out more about the world of cherries and discover rare and unique varieties not available in supermarkets! There are over 400 cherry varieties in the National Fruit Collection. Children are FREE to this event. Fun for all the family.
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Wonky Parsnip Market Garden Tour
2nd August 2026
Laura, the owner of The Wonky Parsnip, will be present to lead you on a culinary and horticultural journey through the Wonky Parsnip market garden.
Spend the morning exploring the 15 acres across five fields where Laura cultivates over 150 varieties of produce. She will provide insights into her unique methods, which are designed to suit the farm, her customers, and minimize the need for artificial interventions. We will wonder through the pumpkin patch, perennial veg, annual veg, squash courgettes and beans and end up at tomato town and the plant nursery.
As you taste both traditional and unusual varieties of produce, you'll quickly realize this is not your typical farm. Specialising in flavour over yield, your taste buds are in for a delight. For those interested in growing your own food at home, bring a camera and a notebook, and feel free to ask any questions you have.
The tour concludes with a cold drink in a picturesque area of the farm near the polytunnels, which are cultivating some exceptionally rare heritage tomatoes that are extraordinary. Feel free to taste some and learn how we maximize a small space to grow a large quantity of tomatoes each year.
There will also be an opportunity to purchase plants from Wonky Parsnip's small plant nursery, they take cash or card.
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Outdoor Cooking
6th, 7th, 18th & 19th August 2026
Visit Brogale Collections this summer for some fun, food, and fire. Get outdoors and cook over the fire with Wild Classroom, using the very best local, seasonal, and foraged foods. This two-hour workshop will include a tour of Brogdale Collections stunning Heritage fruit collection, where you and your family will be able to enjoy exploring a huge variety of heritage tree fruit including early seasonal apples and a vast array of plums, damsons, and gages.
Families will then return back to the campfire to put their freshly picked heritage fruits to culinary use. An amazing hands-on workshop where you can make seasonal delights such as apple crumble, pea and apple soup, and plum and blackberry cobbler cooked over an open fire. There will be plenty to eat and enjoy, as well as a chance to ask any outdoor cooking questions that you may have.
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Kids' Juicing Workshops
11, 12, 25, 26 August, 27, 29, 30 October
Everyone loves apple juice, but have you thought about where it comes from and how it is made?
Come along to Brogdale Collections during apple harvesting season and walk through the orchards where you will see more than 3000 varieties of fruit trees including apples, cherries, pears and plums.
Then, you can pick some apples from their special heritage orchards and have a go at making freshly pressed juice!
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Plum Weekend
15 -16 August 2026
Plum Weekend – Experience plums and all different sizes and tastes!
Come and find out all about wonderful plums at Brogdale Collections. There will be fruit tastings, guided tours of the National Fruit Collection, plum displays and free kids’ orchard crafts and more!
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to learn about plums and gages and discover rare and unique plum varieties not available in supermarkets! There are over 300 plum and gage varieties in the National Fruit Collection.
Children are FREE to this event.
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Brogdale Cider Festival
Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 August
Brogdale Cider Festival: local cider, live music and family fun in Kent!
Enjoy local ciders, music and family fun. With something for everyone, this festival promises a memorable day out. Take advantage of the FREE shuttle bus to and from Faversham station.
Savour the summer while you sample locally produced cider from Kent producers and listen to a great mix of music and bands in the festival field. There will be free activities to keep the kids entertained too, including tractor-trailer rides, apple juicing, crafts, a bouncy castle, festival games and opportunity to meet reptiles.
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Pear Weekend
10 - 20 September
Brogdale Collection's first ever Pear Weekend!
There are so many amazing varieties of pears to discover. Enjoy picking your own fruit from the Brogdale Collections orchards as well as fruit tastings, guided tours of the National Fruit Collection, pear displays and free kids’ orchard crafts.
Find out more about the world of pears and discover rare and unique varieties not available in supermarkets! There are over 500 pear varieties in the National Fruit Collection.
Children are FREE to this event. Fun for all the family.
Orchard Pass Holders get free entry to this event. Show your Pass on the day, or buy in advance or on the day to get FREE entry.
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Apple Fair
3 - 4 October
An exciting opportunity to discover rare and heritage apples you won’t find in supermarkets! Enjoy exploring a variety of apples grown in the orchards and taste flavours you rarely see in shops.
There will be apple tastings, guided tours of the National Fruit Collection, tractor tours, apple displays, expert talks. free kids’ apple juicing and orchard crafts.
The first 1,000 adult tickets include a FREE Apple Recipe Book, plus every adult ticket includes a FREE tote bag to fill with 4kg of hand-picked apples from the orchard.
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Pick Your Own Pumpkins Bonfire Nights
16th and 17th October 2026
Pick your own pumpkins at night under bonfire light🔥
Join the Wonky Parship for a magical evening to kick off your Halloween celebrations. Stroll the pumpkin patch under the glow of the bonfire, mulled cider or toffee apple in hand, as you choose your perfect pumpkins.
Spend the evening enjoying the stars and having fun at this unique event. Enjoy exclusive first access to the 2026 patch — will you be the one to find a rare white pumpkin?
Pumpkins priced from £1–£15
Date & Time: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Tickets: £10 per person (includes car parking)
What to Expect:
Over 100 varieties of edible pumpkins, grown with sustainable, regenerative farming methods.
Brilliant photo opportunities with real Halloween actors roaming the patch as well as spooky decorations and ov course the bonfire — don’t forget your costume!
A giant bonfire to gaze into and sit around to get warm and in the spirt of autumn
A relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere — this is not a scary Halloween event.
Feel free to bring your own wheelbarrow, sledge, or bags to carry your pumpkins.
Food and drink stalls including light up candy floss, cakes, cider, hot dogs!
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Wassailing at Brogdale 2027
16th January 2027
Wassailing: Tradition, Cider and Celebration
Join Brogdale Collections for a traditional Kent wassailing celebration! This ancient practice is held to bless the orchards, ward off bad spirits, and encourage a bountiful apple and fruit harvest for the coming year. A wonderful and unique family experience.
The event will feature traditional Morris dancers, a procession and wassailing ceremony, and a hullabaloo under our oldest Bramley apple tree. Bring your saucepans and spoons, lanterns, torches and your loudest voices and step back in time as we toast the trees, sing, celebrate with cider, good company, and festive cheer. As well as singing, dancing, drinking and general merrymaking, you can create crafts to hang in the trees.
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