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Celebrating 30 years of Cressing’s Tudor walled garden
Last year (2025), the Friends of Cressing Temple celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Tudor walled garden. Click HERE for a brief history of the restoration, and construction of the garden.
Upcoming Events
Future events will be listed here soon
Book a garden tour in 2026
Discover the history of the garden, find out what Tudor gardens grew and how plants were used for medicine, food, cleaning and dyeing. Tours take approximately 1 hour.
For information and to book your tour click the link below.
The Working Farm Project
The Working Farm Project has now Launched!
An event was held at Cressing Temple Barns on the 19th September 2026 to celebrate the launch of the Working Farm Project to the public. It was an 18-month project designed to restore some of the farm machinery and make it more presentable to visitors, to improve the interpretation through new signage across the site and along with this, interactive trails have been developed to bring to life aspects of history that the site would have witnessed over its long 900-year-history.
The event was attended by the Deputy Lieutenant, Col (Rtd) Charles Thomas TD and the Deputy Leader of Essex County Council, Russell Quirk. The event was opened by the chair of the Friends of Cressing Temple, Sue Lowe.
Click HERE to go to the Working Farm Page where you can find out more about the project and historical trails.
£27,000 grant from the Arts Council England National Lottery project has been awarded to the Friends of Cressing Temple Barns. The money will support a “Working Farm” project, which will see antique farm machinery restored and displayed to the public. Alongside this will be educational materials explaining agricultural history since the Middle Ages, signage and videos.
Mark Durham, Essex County Council councillor responsible for arts, heritage, and culture, said: “We’re delighted to have received the funding for this wonderful project. It’s extremely important that projects like the ‘Working Farm’ receive funding as it allows us to celebrate and bring the past to life for current and future generations. We’d like to thank the Friends of Cressing Temple Barns for all their work helping to maintain this beautiful historic venue.”
Click HERE for further information about the Working Farm Project
The role of the Friends is to conserve, enhance and develop the historic site and gardens at Cressing Temple, including the Walled Garden, the Cullen Garden and the Jubilee Orchard, as a unique historical, social and horticultural record and educational resource.
The Friends of Cressing Temple is a Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO): No. 1214589