Kew Gardens team building activities & treasure hunts

Swap busy meeting rooms and crowded city streets for one of London’s most scenic outdoor locations. Kew Gardens offers a relaxed setting for teams to explore, compete and spend time together through interactive treasure hunts and team building activities.

For a treasure hunt at Kew, teams meet at an agreed spot near the gardens and the route takes them between the glasshouses, the lakes and the treetop walkway. We’ll plan the checkpoints so everyone covers a good stretch of the gardens without ending up miles from where they started.

Using our Mobile Adventures app, teams navigate the gardens completing GPS-triggered challenges, creative photo tasks and problem-solving activities as they race against the clock. Along the way, they’ll discover iconic glasshouses, peaceful lakes, treetop walkways and hidden corners of this world-famous botanical garden.

Whether you’re organising a summer social, company away day or team celebration, Kew Gardens combines fresh air, friendly competition and shared experiences in a way that feels genuinely different from a typical corporate event.

How Our Kew Gardens Team Building Activities Work

Our Kew Gardens experiences are designed to be easy to organise and simple for everyone to take part in. Once your event is booked, we’ll help coordinate the best setup based on your group size, timings and objectives.

On the day, teams meet at an agreed starting point near the gardens before receiving a short briefing from your event host. Participants are then split into smaller teams, usually of 4-6 people, and launch the activity through the Mobile Adventures app on their smartphones.

From there, teams explore Kew Gardens completing a mix of interactive challenges, clues and creative tasks while competing against one another for points. The experience combines communication, teamwork and light problem-solving with plenty of opportunities for conversation and shared moments along the way.

Most activities run between 1.5 and 3 hours, with flexible formats available for shorter sessions, larger corporate groups and hybrid teams joining remotely.

Why Choose Kew Gardens for Team Building?

Kew Gardens offers a completely different atmosphere from a traditional city-centre team event. Although it’s only a short journey from central London, the open green spaces and peaceful surroundings make it feel far removed from the office environment.

The location works particularly well for teams looking to:

• Get outdoors and away from screens for a few hours
• Encourage natural collaboration and conversation
• Explore somewhere new together
• Create a more relaxed company social or away day
• Combine team building with sightseeing in London

The spacious layout also makes Kew Gardens ideal for larger groups, giving teams plenty of room to spread out and explore comfortably during the activity.

Explore One of London’s Most Unique Outdoor Spaces

From tropical glasshouses and giant lily pads to hidden pathways and panoramic treetop views, Kew Gardens creates a team experience that feels immersive from start to finish.

Rather than moving between indoor venues or fixed activity stations, teams stay active throughout the event, discovering new areas as they progress through challenges together. It’s a simple but effective way to bring people together while creating a more memorable shared experience.

For visiting teams or international colleagues, it also offers a chance to experience one of London’s best-known attractions in a fun and interactive way.

Suitable for Large Groups and Hybrid Teams

Our Kew Gardens team building activities can accommodate up to 250 participants per session, with options available for larger events if needed.

Because teams compete in smaller breakout groups throughout the activity, everyone stays involved regardless of overall event size. The format works equally well for small departments, company-wide socials and mixed office teams.

We can also support hybrid and multi-location events through our flexible Mobile Adventures technology. This allows remote participants to join the same live activity from different cities or countries while still contributing to the overall team competition.