November tends to surprise and excite with the amount of interest our gardens can offer. It probably has the most diverse interest of any month, particularly as it has become a very mild month in recent years, with more sunshine hours but also...

  6th-19th November 2025 Hundreds of metal stemmed poppies will once again be planted here at The Bishop’s Palace and Gardens this year, in time for Remembrance weekend in November. There were originally 7986 poppies in 2018 made by local...

  Stunning Garden Illuminations will once again take centre stage at The Bishop’s Palace and Gardens in Wells, marking the start of the Christmas season. Visitors to the popular heritage site in Somerset can explore the magical inner gardens...

  I always think of October as a bumper month in the gardens, and it has certainly become an extension of late summer over the past 30 years. With an absence of significant frost and many more warm or very mild sunny days, there is much more...

  This summer, twenty three local people discovered a new way of being seen – not on canvas, but through sound. Their unique “sound portraits” will now be shared in a new exhibition at The Bishop’s Palace and Gardens opening on 29th September...

  Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th November 2025, 10am-4pm The Christmas season will get off to a sparkling start at The Bishop’s Palace in Wells as the much-loved Christmas Artisan Market returns on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th November 2025. From...