Past Events

Join Kieran for another of his popular painting workshops here in the beautiful ballroom and grounds of Asthall Manor. Atmospheric perspective is the term given to describe the bluing effects of air on the landscape, when viewed over distance. Explore how artists of the Italian Renaissance depicted this phenomenon in their landscapes, giving the illusion of depth in painting. Learn a range of techniques of applying oils combined with mixed-media to create the effect of exaggerated perspective and depict light…

Claire is a Wellbeing and Nature Connection Coach with an International Forest Therapy Diploma from Nature & Therapy UK, where she is also a senior mentor for upcoming practitioners. She facilitates Forest Bathing walks, retreats and courses across the Cotswolds, creating space for deep rest and reconnection with the natural world.  Join Claire this summer at Asthall Manor for a Mindful Forest Bathing walk. You will be guided to slow down and connect with nature through your senses in our beautiful grounds.…

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 theory. You will also carry out some fun, practical work to apply your learning and to help keep us warm. Good, home-based or community-based composting is one of the key but often missing links to achieving the growing of healthy,…

Charlotte from Medicine of the Sisterhood has created a gathering woven softly into the weekend before the turning of Summer’s peak, held in our quietly magical grounds, a quintessential English country manor. You will be joined throughout the day by the wonderful Jen of Wild Green in West Oxfordshire, who will be gently weaving a celebration of Rose into our time together. Wild Green began back in 2018 from a love for the beauty of botanicals and the wild outdoors.…

The summer solstice has been honoured for thousands of years as a powerful turning point in the natural world - the longest day and shortest night of the year, symbolising light, vitality, and abundance Join YogaVenue, Oxford, for The Solstice Gathering at Asthall Manor, on 18th June 2026. This special event begins with a 75-minute guided yoga practice, led by Alessandro, co-founder of YogaVenue, thoughtfully curated to honour the setting. Through intentional movement and breath, guests are encouraged to release what…

Join Helio Coaching & Training for a transformative one-day retreat designed to shift you from "constant doing" to purposeful being. Co-founders Emma Saxby and Jennifer Souter (who leads our on-site yoga sessions) invite you to join them in our historic Ballroom and gardens here at Asthall Manor, to explore the science of happiness and mental resilience. In the spirit of "curiosity and honest questions," we will examine the mental patterns (Saboteurs) that drain your energy and learn to activate the "Sage Mind"…

A mixed media painting workshop in connection to a retrospective exhibition of work by John Piper at The Portland Gallery, St James’s, London. (portlandgallery.com) Explore how the naturally flowing forms of the gardens at Asthall break-up the hard edges of the architectural features of the Manor and each become intermingled together. Learn about blending oil sticks, wax and oil pastels with washes of ink and watercolour applied over the top. All materials provided apart from paper, which you will need to bring. Workshops are…

Come join Burford Environmental Action Group and CAG Oxfordshire for a fun, family friendly event Garden Animal Safari at beautiful Asthall Manor, spotting and learning about the animals that make Asthall Manor garden their home. We start with a short talk about the animals that make the garden their home before heading outside to see what birds, insects and amphibians we can find.We then head back to the Ballroom to create an animal mask to take home and enjoy drinks and…