SPRING AT HECKFIELD
A TIME OF LONGER DAYS AND NEW BEGINNINGS.
MAKE THE MOST OF THE SEASON IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
RETURN TO NATURE
TULIPS BLOOM ACROSS OUR ESTATE AS THE GARDENS COME BACK TO LIFE, WITH TIME TO WANDER THE GROUNDS, PICNIC BENEATH THE TREES AND GATHER AROUND LONG SEASONAL TABLES.
ALL JUST AN HOUR FROM LONDON.
TULIP FEVER
Each year, over 30,000 tulips bloom across the estate, from the Market Garden and Upper Walled Garden to planters surrounding the House. Join one of our estate tours to experience the season’s colours at their best. We tend to be in full tulip bloom around Easter or mid-April, making it a beautiful time for a spring stay.
EASTER
Celebrate Easter with simple seasonal moments across the estate. Guests are invited to decorate eggs using natural vegetable-based dyes and delicate pressed flowers, while little ones can create their own Wooden Egg Nature Collage using foraged natural materials. A self-guided Easter Letter Hunt invites families to explore the grounds in search of hidden letters before returning to claim a well-earned Easter egg.
SUNDAY SUPPER TABLE
A new Sunday ritual at Heckfield. Gather in Hearth for a relaxed meal of generous dishes to share, celebrating spring produce from across the estate.
PICNICS ON THE ESTATE
With the arrival of spring, picnics return to Heckfield. Collect a hamper from the House and settle beneath the trees or beside the lake, with seasonal dishes and treats prepared by our kitchens to enjoy out on the estate.
PRODUCE & PLANT SALES
Take a little of Heckfield and the feeling of spring home with you. Seasonal produce, house-made breads and preserves from our kitchen sit alongside potted bulbs and a selection of flower and vegetable plants, ready to grow in your own garden.
Explore Home Farm produce sale and events here.
FARM AND ESTATE TOURS
With signs of life popping up all over the estate, spring is a wonderful time to embark on our farm and estate tours.
Learn about why we follow biodynamic principles and visit our Guernsey herd down at the dairy while taste your way through Home Farm and come up close with the gentle giants in our ancient arboretum.
SPRING WELLNESS
Nestled behind a secret door on the edge of our Walled Gardens, The Bothy by Wildsmith is a space for seasonal renewal and wellbeing. This spring, nature guides every element of the experience, with therapies shaped by the rhythms of the day and treatments designed to restore balance, encourage deep rest and support the body as the season shifts.
MASTER PRACTITIONERS
Guided by healing philosophies rooted in the natural world, our Master Practitioners bring expertise across a range of modalities including osteopathy, naturopathy, craniosacral therapy and more. Each session offers a personalised approach to wellbeing, supporting balance, restoration and a deeper connection between body and mind.
SPRING DINING
With longer days and warmth returning to our soil, we have the privilege of working with more ingredients from our Home Farm.
With the arrival of spring comes the return of some of the season’s most anticipated ingredients, finding their way onto the plates at our Green Michelin-starred Marle and open-fired Hearth.
From sweet forced rhubarb to the first asparagus of the year, the menus follow the early harvest as Home Farm begins to stir back into life. When the weather allows, both Marle and Hearth open onto their outdoor terraces, offering the chance to enjoy the season in the fresh air.
Our Corner of Hampshire
Tucked in the heart of North Hampshire countryside, Heckfield Place is a haven – a living place that celebrates the slow and simple.
Steeped in history, yet fully connected to the present - a base from which to reconnect with the Great Outdoors and explore some of England’s most iconic sites.
Nature and history coincide and sit on our doorstep – from sites like Stonehenge and Windsor Castle, to the rich woodlands, rolling parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty that make up the natural Hampshire landscape.
All just an hour from London…
