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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

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

The use of cold wax makes it possible to adapt the translucency of oil paint. In the same way that watercolour is used in translucent layers, this approach with oils results in a similar appearance of luminosity as the white primed

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

Location: Asthall Manor Gardens  This Special Sunset 90mins sound healing and lying down classical concert experiencewill leave you feeling rejuvenated mentally, emotionally and spiritually inspired by mother nature as you Lie Down outside on soft mattresses in the grounds of Asthall Manor,

Join us on Wednesday afternoons during the exhibition, where an Asthall Manor gardener will lead a walk and talk around the gardens. Tickets for this event include admission. Please feel free to explore the exhibition before the walk starts. Book

Join us on Wednesday afternoons during the exhibition, where an Asthall Manor gardener will lead a walk and talk around the gardens. Tickets for this event include admission. Please feel free to explore the exhibition before the walk starts. Book

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

Join us on Wednesday afternoons during the exhibition, where an Asthall Manor gardener will lead a walk and talk around the gardens. Tickets for this event include admission. Please feel free to explore the exhibition before the walk starts. Book

Come and join a family-friendly celebration of the wonderful River Windrush as it meanders through the water meadows of Asthall. Stalls and events on the riverside will include: An introduction to riverflies Water quality testing An introduction to flyfishing A

Learn how to experiment with many different ways of creating the effect of reflections and light on water using oils on gesso primed board. We will be based outside at the Kitchen courtyard at Asthall Manor (below) and working from direct observation

This film tells the inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food – to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities. To book please click

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

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

Join Owen Vaughan, Head gardener for a talk in the garden at 2pm every Saturday during our open month. Owen will be guiding you through this spectacular oasis he and Rosie have created. Owen’s talks are free but you do

*Please note – there is an error on our newsletter. The date of this event is Saturday 6 July. Visit Asthall’s St Nicholas Church on Saturday 6th July as two acclaimed musicians, Violinist Priya Mitchell and Cellist Claude Frochaux, perform...

*Please note – there is an error on our newsletter. The date of this event is Saturday 6 July. Another England: Caroline Lucas talks to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall about her new book. The right have hijacked Englishness. Can it be reclaimed?...

Peter Cowdrey, who led walks around the Asthall grounds during our on form exhibitions, will be back with more insight into the secret meanings and musicality of birdsong. If you’re an early bird, try the Dawn Chorus! Walks are approximately

Come and join us for a hands-on workshop here at Asthall Manor Ballroom We will guide you through the art of flower pressing, showing you how to select and prepare your flowers through the seasons, which ones work and which

Come and join us for a hands-on workshop here at Asthall Manor Ballroom. We will guide you through the art of flower pressing, showing you how to select and prepare your flowers through the seasons, which ones work and which

Looking for something special to entertain your children? A family-friendly afternoon which weaves dance and storytelling together, this is designed so that everyone, young or old, can join in. Live music will bring the beautiful Asthall Manor ballroom to life.

Looking for something special to entertain your children? A family-friendly afternoon of dance which will weave a story to fabulous live music in the beautiful ballroom at Asthall Manor. Designed so that everyone young and old can join in together,

Discover the work of Claudia Carr who takes natural forms found during the course of day-to-day life and transforms them into otherworldly landscapes, with compositions that are both abstract and recognisable. The piece above takes a commonplace orange peel and transforms it into a centerpiece.

The Joy of Singing spring workshop. Breath Voice Body Song An holistic singing workshop using the science of breath work, posture, yogic movement and vocal techniques to sing for health, wellbeing and joy! Everyone is welcome – no experience of