Upcoming Events

The Garden will be open every Wednesday in February for the fabulous snowdrops, and from 20th May-20th June every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday afternoon for the springtime delights here in the meandering garden at Asthall Manor. Book tickets through our website from November 2026. Go to our 'Open Days' page from the main page menu, or click here

Join us in the beautiful 12th century St Nicholas Church for a seed swap with a difference! Our resident food grower, Tim Mitchell, from Asthall Wild, will talk you through the seed swap, while local historian and free spirit Steve Tomlin will show you how to find the ancient protective symbols - apotropaics - on the walls of the Church. And there will be soup! Bring seed to swap. Take seed for free, if you have none to swap. Enjoy…

We welcome back Kieran Stiles for another of his popular painting workshops in the ballroom. Acrylic Woodlands - The polymer resin binder in acrylic paint is very fast drying. If this drying process is slowed down by adding layers of watercolour washes, it becomes sticky and creates interesting blending effects. Learn how to experiment with this process when describing the texture of trees. All materials provided apart from a sketchbook or A4 cartridge paper for notes and sketches. Workshops are payable in…

Wanting to learn how to grow your own food throughout the year or to simply improve your food growing skills? Join us in Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden for this 4-part course, taking you on a full circle yearlong ecological food growing journey! Complete beginners through to keen amateurs all welcome. Over this 4-part course you will learn the basics of soil biology, composting systems, best practice seed sowing, planning your food growing year, crop care, winter crops and seed saving…

A simply unmissable event for the Mitford-curious! Mimi Pond and Carla Kaplan will be in conversation in the Ballroom, about their books and their take on this infamous family, who lived at Asthall Manor between 1919 and 1926. In particular, Carla and Mimi are both fascinated by the parallels between the politics of the early twentieth century and those of today. What happens when members of an eccentric aristocratic family jump into active political life – on different sides? With…

18th and 19th April - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Join us here at Asthall Manor for a weekend journey through vegetable and herb propagation for your healthy food-growing needs. Complete beginners through to keen amateurs all welcome. Good, home-based plant propagation is core to achieving the successful growing of healthy, nutritious food. It’s also a great way to save money, reduce your carbon footprint and minimise your impact on the environment. Starting a healthy new baby plant off in…

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 free manner with a bit of helpful theory. We will look at different approaches ranging from hands off bee hosting through to low interference honey harvesting. Conventional beekeeping emphasises beekeeper inputs and beekeeper control. We will be looking at bee-centred…

A chance to get your hands on some of our lovely seedlings at Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden, so that you can grow your own truly tasty treats at home. We’ll have tomatoes, winter squash, chillies, sweet peppers, cucumbers and much more available to buy. And why not bring some of your excess seedlings for the swap table or simply come for a cuppa and a natter! Free. No ticket required. All proceeds from the Plant Sale will go towards delivering…