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In celebration of our much-missed friend, Claire Turnbull, Fiona Cullinane is opening the Potting Shed cafe for one afternoon, for afternoon tea with cakes and scones. Cafe customers will also be able to wander around the gardens of Asthall Manor,...

In this workshop with sculptor Jantien Kahn, you will be working with small pieces of soapstone and alabaster to create beautiful stone necklaces. This workshop is for all ages, although children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult, whether the...

This one day workshop will look at finding the structure within the picture that you have chosen to paint. We will look at the different images found in the garden and sculptural landscape, and see how we can simplify the...

During Week 4 we were going to hear from Climate Outreach. This is an Oxford-based charity researching some of the most central questions about climate change, communication and providing practical resources and workshops which can be accessed in all sorts of different...

During Week 3 AT The Bus was to be in residence. This is a new charity, offering a school-based programme of art as therapy to support the education, health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 7-18 in Oxfordshire. This...

Plant-based picnic at Asthall Manor Join Pea Shoot Feasts in celebrating the bounties of summer with an evening plant-based picnic amongst the sculpture at Asthall Manor. Recline under the roses and enjoy an al fresco banquet of seasonal sweet and...

A one day workshop exploring the process of direct stone carving. Guy Stevens MRBS & Jason Mulligan MRBS will teach you an approach used within their own practice, whereby the choice of stone block, the use of hammer and chisel and the free carving...

Satish Kumar is a former monk and lifelong peace and environmental activist, who has been quietly setting the global agenda for change for over 50 years. Founder of Resurgence and the author of many books, most recently Elegant Simplicity, Satish has been a...

This workshop is led by garden poet Rebecca Hubbard, an experienced creative writing tutor and a published poet, with a passion for words, nature and art. Find out more about Rebecca’s writing and teaching here. Writers will touch, observe and imagine,...

Our second charity of the week was to be devoted to Oxfordshire Association for the Blind, a life-enhancing charity supporting children and adults who are blind or partially sighted throughout Oxfordshire. They are committed to promoting independence and opportunity and offer information,...

A one-day workshop exploring the art of stone lettering given by prizewinning Oxford-based stone carver Alex Wenham. Alex will offer guidance in advance of the event to prepare your text template of a small inscription of your own devising (aim...

We are confident that this workshop will go ahead, following social distancing guidelines, and with participants bringing their own materials. Email [email protected] to book. Please note there will not be sculpture in the garden.  This workshop will be based on Francesca’s teaching method...

Join vocal leader and author James Sills for a sing around the stones! He will teach a variety of beautiful harmony songs from all around the world, culminating in informal performances in various spots around the garden. No previous singing...

This acrylic painting workshop focusses on how to describe light in a garden painting. By restricting the use and depiction of light areas in a composition, it is possible to heighten their appearance. Lighter areas can also be exaggerated further...

Our first charity of the week during the exhibition coincides with Refugee Week. We chose Refugee Resource, which relieves distress, improves well-being and facilitates the integration of refugees and asylum seekers in Oxfordshire, by providing psychological, social and practical support. We wanted to work...

A fantastical atmosphere hangs over Asthall Manor these days. Watch this film to see how furtive creatures, hearing that on form had gone online (wherever that is), crept into the garden and decided to stay for the summer…… From 0...

The creative minds that were going to have brought events to on form have found some wonderful ways to inform and entertain you online. In our immediate circle Kieran Stiles, who has taught inspirational painting workshops in the Ballroom and...