Welcome to Holker Hall Garden

Visitor information

How to Get to Holker

    By car： Follow brown signs on A590 from J36， M6． Approximate travel times：Windermere﹣20 minutes， Kendal﹣25 minutes， Lancaster﹣45 minutes， Manchester﹣1 hour 30 minutes．

    By rail： the nearest station is Cark﹣in﹣Cartmel with trains to Carnforth． Lancaster and Preston for connections to major cities&airports．

Opening times

    Sunday﹣Friday（closed on Saturday）11： 00 am﹣4： 00 pm， 30th March﹣2nd November．

Admission Charges

                   Hall & Gardens Gardens

    Adults：     ￡12.00                   ￡8.00

    Groups：      ￡9.00                    ￡5.5

Special Events

Producers' Market 13th April

    Join us to taste a variety of fresh local food and drinks． Meet the producers and get some excellent recipe ideas．

Holker Garden Festival 30th May

    The event celebrates its 22nd anniversary with a great show of the very best of gardening， making it one of the most popular events in the gardening．

National Garden Day 28th August

    Holker once again opens its gardens in aid of the disadvantaged． For just a small donation you can take a tour with our garden guide．

Winter Market 8th November

    This is an event for all the family． Wander among a variety of shops selling gifts while enjoying a live music show and nice street entertainment．

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 Fifth Avenue New York， NY 10028

211﹣535﹣7710 www．metmuseum．org

Entrances

Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street

Hours

Open 7 days a week．

Sunday﹣Thursday 10：00﹣17：30

Friday and Saturday 10：00﹣21：00

Closed Thanksgiving Day， December 25，January 1，and the first Monday in May

Admission

﹩25.00 recommended for adults， ﹩12.00 recommended for students， includes the Main Building and The Cloisters（回廊）on the same day； free for children under 12 with an adult．

Free with Admission

All special exhibitions，as well as films，lectures，guided tours， concerts， gallery talks， and family/children's programs are free with admission．

Ask about today's activities at the Great Hall Information Desk．

The Cloisters Museum and Gardens

The Cloisters museum and gardens is a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of Europe in the Middle Ages． The extensive collection consists of masterworks in sculpture， colored glass， and precious objects from Europe dating from about the 9th to the 15th century．

Hours： Open 7 days a week．

March﹣October 10：00﹣17：15

November﹣February 10：00﹣16：45

Closed Thanksgiving Day， December 25，and January 1．

Washington， D．C． Bicycle Tours

Cherry Blossom Bike Tour in Washington，D．C．

    Duration：3 hours

    This small group bike tour is a fantastic way to see the world﹣famous cherry trees with beautiful flowers of Washington， D．C． Your guide will provide a history lesson about the trees and the famous monuments where they blossom． Reserve your spot before availability ﹣ and the cherry blossoms ﹣ disappear!

Washington Capital Monuments Bicycle Tour

    Duration： 3 hours （4 miles）

    Join a guided bike tour and view some of the most popular monuments in Washington， D．C． Explore the monuments and memorials on the National Mall as your guide shares unique facts and history at each stop． Guided tour includes bike， helmet，cookies and bottled water．

Capital City Bike Tour in Washington，D．C．

    Duration： 3 hours

    Morning or Afternoon， this bike tour is the perfect tour for D．C． newcomers and locals looking to experience Washington， D．C． in a healthy way with minimum effort． Knowledgeable guides will entertain you with the most interesting stories about Presidents，Congress， memorials， and parks． Comfortable bikes and a smooth tour route（路线） make cycling between the sites fun and relaxing．

Washington Capital Sites at Night Bicycle Tour

    Duration： 3 hours （7 miles）

    Join a small group bike tour for an evening of exploration in the heart of Washington， D C． Get up close to the monuments and memorials as you bike the sites of Capitol Hill and the National Mall． Frequent stops are made for photo taking as your guide offers unique facts and history． Tour includes bike， helmet， and bottled water． All riders are equipped with reflective vests and safety lights．

Find Your Adventure at the Space and Aviation （航空）Center

    If you're looking for a unique adventure， the Space and Aviation Center（SAC）is the place to be． The Center offers programs designed to challenge and inspire with hands﹣on tasks and lots of fun．

    More than 750，000 have graduated from SAC， with many seeking employment in engineering， aviation， education， medicine and a wide variety of other professions． They come to camp， wanting to know what it is like to be an astronaut or a pilot， and they leave with real﹣world applications for what they're studying in the classroom．

    For the trainees，the programs also offer a great way to earn merit badges（荣誉徽章）． At Space Camp， trainees can earn their Space Exploration badge as they build and fire model rockets， learn about space tasks and try simulated （模拟） flying to space with the crew from all over the world． The Aviation Challenge program gives trainees the chance to earn their Aviation badge． They learn the principles of flight and test their operating skills in the cockpit（驾驶舱）of a variety of flight simulators． Trainees also get a good start on their Wilderness Survival badge as they learn about water﹣and land﹣survival through designed tasks and their search and rescue of a "downed" pilot．

    With all the programs， teamwork is key as trainees learn the importance of leadership and being part of a bigger task．

    All this fun is available for ages 9 to 18． Families can enjoy the experience together， too， with Family Camp programs for families with children as young as 7．

    Stay an hour or stay a week﹣﹣there is something here for everyone!

    For more details，please visit us online at www．oursac．com．

    In the coming months, we are bringing together artists form all over the globe, to enjoy speaking Shakespeare's plays in their own language, in our Globe, within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for. Please come and join us.

National Theatre of China  Beijing | Chinese

    This great occasion(盛会) will be the National Theatre of China's first visit to the UK. The company's productions show the new face of 21st century Chinese theatre. This production of Shakespeare's Richard II1 will be directed by the National's Associate Director, Wang Xiaoying.

Date & Time: Saturday 28 April, 2.30pm & Sunday 29 April, 1.30pm & 6.30pm

Marjanishvili Theatre  Tbilisi | Georgian

    One of the most famous theatres in Georgia, the Marjanishvili , founded in 1928 , appears regularly at theatre festivals all over the world. This new production of As You like It is helmed (指导) by the company's Artistic Director Levan Tsuladze.

Date & Time :Friday 18May, 2.30pm & Saturday 19May, 7.30pm

Deafinitely Theatre London I British Sign Language (BSL)

By translating the rich and humourous text of Love's Labour's Lost into the physical language of BSL, Deafinitely Theatre creates a new interpretation of Shakespeare's comedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience.

Date & Time: Tuesday 22 May, 2.30pm & Wednesday 23 May, 7.30pm

Habima National Theatre Tel Aviv | Hebrew

    The Habima is the centre of Hebrew -language theatre worldwide. Founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s. Since 1958, they have been recognised as the national theatre of Israel. This production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the UK.

Date & Time: Monday 28 May, 7.30 & Tuesday 29 May, 7.30pm

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