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    Guest Event – HandleBards production of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

    2nd July - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    Please note: Gates Open at 6pm for picnics, but the play will begin a little after 7pm. No entry to the site before 6pm.   Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the...

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    River and Landscape Walk- Asthall Manor Woodlands and Meadows

    28th June - 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

    Come and join our FREE event! Organised by Mid Windrush Land and Nature Group and Supported by Oxfordshire County Council   Attractions include: Refreshments (cold drinks and biscuits) Browse our informationdisplays and chat with other local nature lovers See Harry...

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    Kitchen Garden Workshop – Let Food be thy Medicine

    28th June - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Hippocrates, the founder of Western Medicine, was famous for saying, ‘Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food’. In a world of fast food, processed food and obesity as an epidemic, food as medicine is now more important...

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    Kitchen Garden Workshop: Making Compost and Natural Fertilisers – Turning Waste into Gold

    21st June - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Join us for a workshop on home composting here at Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden. Complete beginners through to keen amateurs all welcome. In this all-day workshop you will learn the basics of different composting systems alongside a bit of helpful...

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    Dawn Chorus Walk

    8th June - 5:00 am - 8:00 am

    Come and join the early morning joy of birdsong on a walk through our woodland paths and meadows. Your guide will be Adrian State, local conservationist and bird expert. And, to reward you for the early start, you’ll be treated...

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    Guest event – In The Footsteps of The Mitfords

    6th June - 5:00 pm - 8th June - 5:00 pm

    The Mitford sisters were writers, travellers and political archivists with dramatically differing views. Following their previous sell-out success, In The Footsteps Of The Mitfords returns, as Scary Little Girls and Chipping Norton Theatre bring the experiences, opinions and relationships of...

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    Plant Sale/Plant Swap!!!!!

    31st May - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

    Come and get some of our lovely seedlings at Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden. Tomatoes, winter squash, chillies, sweet peppers, cucumbers and more, to help your garden grow come tasty treats! Bring some plants for the swap table or simply come...

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    Where Heaven Meets Earth with Kieran Stiles- Dynamic improvisation with Kieran Stiles

    24th May - 3:00 pm - 25th May - 2:00 pm

    A dynamic live painting and musical improvisation in the gardens with artist Kieran Stiles Experience a conversation between two entangled art forms exploring the dynamism of creativity. Part of Oxford Chamber Music Festival’s ‘Eden in Asthall’ weekend. Free – No booking...

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    Where Heaven Meets Earth – a workshop on painting Asthall’s trees, with Kieran Stiles

    24th May - 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

    As part of Oxford Chamber Music Festival’s 25th anniversary celebrations, Kieran is teaching this special workshop on Asthall’s magnificent trees. Explore ways of creating the effect of shimmering light on treetops in oils. Working in oil on board from direct...

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    Eden in Asthall – Oxford Chamber Music Festival 25th anniversary

    23rd May - 25th May

    Three days of inspirational music and events to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Oxford Chamber Music Foundation. Asthall Manor and Asthall church will host concerts, workshops and lots of spontaneous uplifting music connected to nature and the natural world....

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    Kitchen Garden Workshop – Gardening with wildlife (Summer)

    17th May - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Join us for a workshop on the benefits of gardening with wildlife here at Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden. Complete beginners through to keen amateurs all welcome. A thriving and diverse population of insects and animals, big and small is key...

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    Kitchen Garden Workshop – Sustainable Low Interventon Beekeeping

    10th May - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Join us for a workshop on low intervention beekeeping here at Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden. Complete beginners through to keen amateurs all welcome.In this all-day workshop you will learn the basics of keeping healthy bees in a low intervention, chemical...

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    The Hidden World of Reptiles

    25th April - 10:30 am - 1:30 pm

    Discover the hidden world of reptiles: Meet in the Ballroom (W3W masks.students.followers) at 10.30 for a talk by Dr Angela Julian, the national co-ordinator of Amphibian & Reptile groups of the UK Then walk around the grounds for practical observation...

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    Kitchen Garden – Nature & Environment Book Club

    30th March - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Come and join us at the inaugural meeting of the Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden Nature & Environment Book Club. At our first meeting we will be discussing Dave Goulson’s, Silent Earth. Given the proximity of this date please still come...

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    Kitchen Garden Workshop – Seed Sowing for Vegetables, Salads and Herbs

    22nd March - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Join us for a workshop on the effective seed sowing of tasty vegetables and herbs here in the Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden. Complete beginners through to keen amateurs all welcome. In this all-day workshop you will learn the fundamentals of...

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    Asthall Manor Winter Garden Open Day – CANCELLED

    16th February - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

    We were longing to share the joy of our snowdrops, sculpted roses and other winter beauties but, sadly, we have just been out to the field where people would have to park, and decided that it is still too wet....

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    Guest Event – ‘Oil and Liquin’ with Kieran Stiles

    7th February - 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Explore the links between Edouard Manet and the last still life paintings of Ken Howard RA and learn how to use Liquin with oils to produce a fluid and free flowing brush mark. The addition of Liquin creates a gell-like...

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    Guest Event – ‘Palette Knife Woodlands’ with Kieran Stiles

    6th December 2024 - 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Explore how the impressionists describe shadows with blues, violets and magentas and the influence of this on contemporary painter Andrew Gifford. Working on hardboard primed with a soft-pink ground, learn how to build up an intricate textural surface with a...

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    Guest event – Yunus & Eliza sale

    30th November 2024 - 1st December 2024

    9am – 6pm Asthall’s resident artists Yunus & Eliza are selling sculptures, one-offs, jewellery and objects. Think modern heirlooms in cast metals, fusing rebellious design with nature inspired works from the local surroundings. https://www.instagram.com/yunus_and_eliza/  ...

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    Guest event – Christmas in The Ballroom

    23rd November 2024 - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Escape the bustle of the High Street and shop at a Christmas Market in the beautiful Asthall Manor Ballroom. You will have the opportunity to buy a range of crafted gifts from local, independent producers and also environmentally friendly vintage...

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    Guest Event – Nature Rights performance and workshop

    19th October 2024 - 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    Come and join us for the afternoon and we will guide you on a compelling journey through the human relationship with nature from 6000 BC to the present day. Our Nature Rights event creates the space to explore your personal...

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    Kitchen Garden Workshop: Know Your Soil – Understanding Soil and Soil Life for Growing Food

    19th October 2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Join us for a workshop on soils here at Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden (opposite Asthall Manor) Complete beginners through to keen amateurs all welcome. In this all-day workshop you will learn the basics of different soils and soil life alongside...

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    Survival Ecology: what it means, how it can help, and what we can do with it.

    12th October 2024 - 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    An extraordinary day at Asthall Manor, combining an outdoor sauna, an introduction to Survival Ecology and a tour of our kitchen garden and wild meadows. Full timetable below. What is Survival Ecology? Learn why it is a valuable approach for...

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    Mini bug safari

    29th September 2024 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

    Join us for a free family friendly event in the beautiful gardens. Learn about the fascinating world of insects. Enjoy a guided hunt around where we will find all sorts of insects and creepy crawlies. Make your own bug hotel...

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