Events at Dunscar

Give the kids a safer alternative to “Trick or Treating” in the streets. Bring them to a party here instead for a party comprising a fancy dress competition, games and a themed tea. Afterwards, whilst Barn Owl Bill keeps the kids entertained with his owls, the Garden centre will still be open for some peaceful Christmas shopping.
Starts 4pm and ends 7.30pm.

Come and meet “Dunscar”, our adopted owl, with his friends. Barn Owl Bill will be giving a talk on his work to protect owls and allowing customers to handle the owls and pose for photographs with them.
The event is FREE (donations to Barn Owl Bill’s charitable trust welcome), starts at 2pm and ends at 3.30pm.

Beat the Christmas shopping crowds and enjoy a leisurely evening shopping here with complimentary refreshments

Bring the children to meet Santa, take tea with him and listen to a story from him. The ticket price includes a special tea and a present from Santa. The event starts at 4pm and finishes at 5.30pm.
Places are limited so book early.
Tickets £9 per head

All profits will be donated to Queenscourt Hospice.

Well known local cookery instructor, Julie Henderson, will show you how to prepare a range of simple but stunning canapés for Christmas.

Barn Owl Bill will be returning with his owls for the weekend and giving talks on the owls and his work to rescue them. These talks will take place from 11am to 11.45am and 2pm to 2.45pm each day, after which there will be plenty of opportunities for adults and children alike to handle the owls and pose for photos with them.

Tickets at £2 per head will be available from late November. All proceeds to Barn Owl Bill’s Conservation Trust.

Bring the children to meet Santa, take tea with him and listen to a story from him. The ticket price includes a special tea and a present from Santa. The event starts at 4pm and finishes at 5.30pm.
Places are limited so book early.
Tickets £9 per head

All profits will be donated to Queenscourt Hospice.

The Southport Lyric Singers will perform recitals for 30 minutes at 11.30am and 1.30pm. The vents are free but donations to Queenscourt Hospice would be welcomed.

To mark the season when we have the best selection of top and soft fruit available for purchase, we have arranged a number of events planned for the weekend including:

• Free English tastings
• Cookery demonstrations
• A BBC Radio Lancashire LIVE broadcast from the site
• A themed fruit menu in the Garden Restaurant
• A draw for a James Martin signed cookbook draw

The owners of Dunscar are keen to encourage children to take an interest in all aspects of nature, including gardening and wildlife. Accordingly, as one of our events for the Summer holidays in 2009 we organised Wildlife Fun Week. As well as a Butterfly Hunt and several other competitions we arranged for local “Barn Owl Bill” to talk about his work to rescue owls. He brought with him a selection of his owls for customers to stroke and even hold whilst posing for photographs. In all, over 120 people attended and raised £400 for the charitable trust.

At Christmas we not only stock a good range of top quality trees, including the better non drop varieties, and a wide range of Christmas gifts and foods, but also turn the garden centre shop into a Christmas wonderland with a wide choice of Christmas decorations and an opportunity for the children to meet Santa. We generally invite a local charity to arrange Santa’s visits and to use the event as a means to raise money. In previous years we have helped Derian House Children’s Hospice, the NSPCC, the North West Air Ambulance and Macmillan Cancer Relief to raise thousands of pounds for their very worthy causes. If you are involved with a local charity and would like to organise a Christmas event to raise funds then please contact our General Manager.