Kent Wildlife Trust - Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens

About

Tyland Barn is the headquarters of the Kent Wildlife Trust and a base for many of our educational activities and events. The restored 17th-century barn is now home to the Pond Café. For food or venue hire, contact them here.

The nature park is a wildlife haven, home to a wide range of invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals. Tyland Barn is a fantastic and easy way to experience the wonders of our Kentish countryside. The park was designed to showcase some of the habitats you can find across Kent including, woodlands, wetlands, meadows and even a marine plant life area. Wander along the wheelchair and buggy-accessible paths and you might spot spectacular orchids, stag beetles in the log piles or dragonfly flitting over the reeds. 

The planting in the Tyland Barn farmhouse garden has been designed to feed pollinators year round, even in winter and is an inspirational example of how we can all help wildlife in our gardens. As the seasons change, there is always something new to discover in the park. There are lifting logs and warm compost heaps to look through for bugs even in the darkest of months and come the summer, the bug hotels buzz with solitary bees and slow worms can be found basking in the sun on our reptile bank. The Nature Park at Tyland Barn is a lovely place to visit with the family or to learn more about the huge variety of Kent’s wildlife and how you can help to care for and nurture it.

We are very lucky to have two teams of dedicated volunteers who help us to look after and maintain this site. They are always ready to get stuck in a lend a helping hand whatever the weather and whatever the task!