London Today Secret Ceremony: Season of the Witch II at Chelsea Physic Garden
Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, London · Organised by Chelsea Physic Garden with Secret Ceremony
- Dates
- 31 Oct 2026
- Time
- 15:00 – 19:15
- Duration
- 4 hours 15 minutes
- Format
- In person
- Tickets
- £50
- Organiser
- Chelsea Physic Garden with Secret Ceremony
On Halloween afternoon Chelsea Physic Garden hands its walled acres to Secret Ceremony, a pop-up film club whose ceremonies are led by Emma Swinton, for the second Season of the Witch. It is part of the garden's Halloween at the Garden 2026 programme, which has been running since 19 October, and of its year-long Folklore ReRooted theme.
What happens
The afternoon is timetabled to the minute. 3pm to 3.40pm: a tour of the garden. 3.45pm: an opening ceremony with mugwort tea. 4pm to 4.50pm: the first short-film session, The Witch Wound. 5pm to 5.55pm: a saining-stick workshop with the herbalist Odhran of Mordica Herbs. A break follows, with light refreshments and complimentary drinks from the botanical brand Feral. 6pm to 6.50pm: the second film session, Healing. 6.55pm to 7.15pm: a closing ceremony centred on rose.
The films are described as short films; the organiser's page does not name the titles.
When and where
Saturday 31 October 2026, 3pm to 7.15pm, doors at 2.30pm. Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS; the garden's telephone is 020 7352 5646.
Tickets and price
£50, sold through the garden's See Tickets page. Whether places were still on sale could not be read on 31 October, so the ticket page itself has the live answer.
Who it is for
The event page states no age restriction. The garden's own Halloween overview describes its Halloween-night evening of short films as one aimed at grown-ups, so it is best taken as an afternoon for adults.
Other Halloween nights
Sky Garden's Dance of the Dead is on the same Saturday, 35 floors up in the City, and the Halloween silent disco at the London Transport Museum takes over Covent Garden after dark.
The 2.30pm door is the one to meet: the garden tour fills the first forty minutes and the timetable lists no later point to join. The afternoon runs past sunset in a walled garden at the end of October, so dress for being outside. The two film sessions are of unnamed short films, which makes the ceremonies and the saining workshop the part a ticket is really buying.
Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road on the map
Secret Ceremony: Season of the Witch II at Chelsea Physic Garden: questions
What time does Season of the Witch II start at Chelsea Physic Garden?
Doors open at 2.30pm on Saturday 31 October 2026; the programme runs from 3pm to 7.15pm.
How much is a ticket?
£50, sold through Chelsea Physic Garden's See Tickets page.
What is in the programme?
A garden tour, an opening ceremony with mugwort tea, two sessions of short films (The Witch Wound and Healing), a saining-stick workshop with the herbalist Odhran of Mordica Herbs, a break with light refreshments and complimentary drinks from Feral, and a closing ceremony centred on rose.
Source: Chelsea Physic Garden: Secret Ceremony, Season of the Witch II checked against the source
