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September 2025
Lie Down and Listen – A Quiet Arbour
3pm- Afternoon Delight 6pm- Evening Sunset “There is the music of heaven in all things" Hildegard Von Bingen Join Christina McMaster for a peaceful and inspiring afternoon in a deeply calming and soul restoring experience of sound, baroque music, poetry and nature. You’ll be guided through the beautiful gardens as you listen to the sounds of nature and of stillness. This journey, curated by John Woollcombe, will take you to a place of connection and healing for body, mind and…
Find out more »Kitchen Garden Workshop: Seed Saving – Closing the Loop on your Food Growing
Join us for a workshop on saving seed, here at Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden (opposite Asthall Manor). Complete beginners through to keen amateurs all welcome. It is well documented that the best seed you can sow is the seed that you have saved from your own garden, where those plants have learned to love to grow! In this all-day workshop you will learn the basics of saving seed from different vegetable plants and their beneficial companion plants. This will involve…
Find out more »ISHKAR Rug Sale
ISHKAR is hosting a rug sale here on Saturday the 13th of September, where they will be offering up to 30% off a selection of their signature flatweave and hand-knotted rugs. Visitors will have the opportunity to shop a wide range of designs and sizes, including one-off, unique pieces, all masterfully handcrafted in Afghanistan. Admission: Free, Please book an entry time slot to avoid overcrowding. Book here. Visitor parking is free. Please use the cow shed field opposite the main entrance…
Find out more »‘Summer Sketchbook Studies’ with artist Kieran Stiles
Join Kieran Stiles on 19th September for his 'Summer Sketchbook Studies' painting experience. Learn how to ‘underpaint’ using acrylic as a base for layers of watercolour and gouache to be applied over the top to describe light dancing on water. All materials included except for heavy weight cartridge paper and photographs of bright light shining on the sea as a subject reference, which you will need to bring. Tickets £85 Click here for more information
Find out more »October 2025
SOIL! A weekend workshop on Soil Life, Compost, Organic Matter and Natural Fertilisers to make your garden grow
Join us here at Asthall Manor for a weekend voyage, deep into the living soil beneath our feet, investigating all that lives there and the composts that best feed it for our food-growing needs. A good understanding of soil health and composts is the foundation to growing healthy, nutritious (aka tasty) food. Healthy soil means healthy plants, means healthy people. In this immersive two-day workshop you will study the basics of soil science and the life that supports it. Bringing…
Find out more »November 2025
Kitchen Garden – Nature & Environment Book Club
Come and join us at the third meeting of the Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden Nature & Environment Book Club. This will be our last discussion of 2025. We will be discussing Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass. "As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin embraces indigenous teachings that consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on a journey that is every bit as mythic as it…
Find out more »Kitchen Garden Workshop: Gardening with Wildlife in the Winter – Some for the Birds, Some for the Bugs and Some for Us
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 to the growing of healthy, nutritious (aka tasty) food. Healthy wildlife means healthy plants means healthy people. In this all-day workshop you will learn the fundamental benefits of gardening with wildlife while growing food for people. You’ll develop an understanding…
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