Dobbies Ponteland Unveils Its Autumn Events Programme

Dobbies Ponteland has unveiled a full programme of autumn events, giving families, dog owners and gardeners plenty of reasons to visit the garden centre on the edge of town over the coming weeks.

For children, Little Scare-lings

The headline family event is the Little Scare-lings Halloween Tea Party, where young guests make potions, play with glow-in-the-dark slime, decorate a trick-or-treat bag, enjoy games and sit down to a spooky afternoon tea. It costs £15 per child, with accompanying adults from £7.50 (including tea or coffee and cake, with the option to upgrade to a full afternoon tea).

The free monthly Little Seedlings Club also continues, with hands-on gardening sessions for children exploring the changing seasons, the next looks ahead to autumn colours.

For dogs, the Pup-kin Patch

Back by popular demand, the Pup-kin Patch lets dogs sniff out and choose their own autumn toy, tackle a doggy obstacle course, play a "sniff or treat" game and finish with a puppuccino from the restaurant, a gentle, tail-wagging outing for four-legged members of the family.

For gardeners, seasonal workshops

Green-fingered visitors can book onto an autumn terrarium workshop, creating a miniature indoor landscape that captures the season's colours and textures, with more festive workshops (including wreath-making) to follow as the year turns.

All of the events require advance booking, which can be done through the Dobbies events website. Autumn activities like these have become a fixture of the local family calendar, and with Halloween and the run-up to Christmas ahead, the store's programme is worth a look.

This story is based on coverage in the Hexham Courant. See the full line-up and book at events.dobbies.com.