Careys Secret Garden — Attraction in Wareham St. Martin

What a truly magical garden in a wonderful hidden setting. I visited today on a gloriously sunny warm early Autumn day. Its not overcrowded so you don't lose that feeling of oneness and intimacy with nature. It's also not over manicured so has that natural wild feel. The three walls of the garden create a safe place that embrace you and its a treat to bask in the warmth of the south facing wall. Or sit out in the arrid garden and have coffee and cake. The garden is a school of biodiversity bursting to life with wonderful planting, produce and buzzing insects and wildlife. It's a much more personal experience than say a national trust garden. It feels like a place of healing as well as learning and creating. I had a full circle moment when in the cafe I was served by the grand daughter of the founders of Lush who have created this oasis. I described to her my joy at receiving in the post to my home in Yorkshire from Cosmetics To Go ( the forerunner to Lush ),in the 1980s, of surprising wonderful smelling colourfully wrapped natural toiletries. It was well ahead of its time. Glad to see they are still standing up for nature and living at one with our world with this project. What a blessing to find Simon continues to create new wonderful smelling perfumes I first...

We visited this evening for a family friendly Halloween event called The Enchanted Shadows which was absolutely beautiful and lots of fun. The garden is beautiful and very peaceful and all the decorations, lights, attention to detail and little clues etc were wonderful as well as the friendly staff and garden games. Storytelling in the barn was very entertaining and cosy with blankets on every chair to wrap up in. There was a prize for the Halloween scavenger hunt which was a great little bag of themed sweets and the coffee in the shop was very nice quality. There were also marshmallows for toasting at the campfire, another great way to keep warm. I look forward to returning both during the day and for other events they may hold in the future. Thank you Careys; I’m really glad I discovered this wonderful little gem not too far from home. The garden and surrounding land is absolutely stunning and you’re incredibly lucky to...

Birds of Poole - Careys Secret Garden (Wareham)

Sat 26th April 2025 - Osprey Tour

FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE Joined the Osprey Tour £20each. Viewing platform amazing, binoculars provided.

Superb conservation initiative happening in the heart of Dorset. The repatriation and breeding program for Ospreys (beautiful bird of prey), which is delivering amazing results. If you want to see the Ospreys up close, visit the Birds of Poole website and see the Ospreys platform nest via the webcam. It's really interesting.

2022 - 2 chicks (fledged) 2023 - 3 chicks (fledged) 2024 - 4 chicks (fledged) 2025 - 4 eggs layed.

We had the benefit of Mike/Jenny guiding us through the tour. They were both informative and interesting, which made the 2-hour session even more enjoyable (Thanks).

We enjoyed the Secret gardens too....another worthwhile visit.

Thanks for a great day. I loved it and will book the Harbour Tour...