November 2019
Fermentation Workshop in November
Join us at the sunny Greenhouses where we will talk about different ways to ferment and preserve food and make seasonal ferments using locally grown ingredients. You will leave with three ferments to take home and the confidence to ferment seasonally in your kitchen. If you can bring three large (c.500ml) or six smaller (c.300ml) clean, recycled jars with you, please do. If not, we have kilner jars we can supply at cost and a limited supply of recycled jars…
Find out more »Tai Chi with Andy Petch
Practise Tai Chi and Chi Gong with Wu Style Senior Practitioner Andy Petch on Saturday afternoons. Wu style Tai Chi is a traditional Chinese martial art with a family lineage dating back some 150 years. It's a comprehensive form of exercise designed to benefit both the mind and body. The classes aim to: improve physical and mental health well being improve co-ordination, flexibility, balance and agility promote calm and patience improve mood and reduce stress and anxiety enhance aerobic capacity…
Find out more »Tai Chi with Andy Petch
Practise Tai Chi and Chi Gong with Wu Style Senior Practitioner Andy Petch on Saturday afternoons. Wu style Tai Chi is a traditional Chinese martial art with a family lineage dating back some 150 years. It's a comprehensive form of exercise designed to benefit both the mind and body. The classes aim to: improve physical and mental health well being improve co-ordination, flexibility, balance and agility promote calm and patience improve mood and reduce stress and anxiety enhance aerobic capacity…
Find out more »Introduction to Greenwood Sculpture
At this session, we will cover: What green woodworking is Aims and principles of our group Basic safety principles The participant agreement An introduction to some key tools used in green woodworking – axe, straight knife, hook knife, draw-knife You will leave the day having made a sculptural object from a log. Tea/coffee provided. Please provide your own lunch. There are adult and concession tickets available for this workshop. However, we aim to be as inclusive as possible, so if…
Find out more »Introduction to Greenwood Spoon Making
At this session, we will cover: What green woodworking is Aims and principles of our group Basic safety principles The participant agreement An introduction to some key tools used in green woodworking – axe, straight knife, hook knife, draw-knife You will leave the day having made a spoon or spatula from a piece of greenwood. Tea/coffee provided. Please provide your own lunch. There are adult and concession tickets available for this workshop. However, we aim to be as inclusive as…
Find out more »December 2019
Make a Christmas Wreath
Come and try your hand at making Christmas Wreaths! We have all sorts of wonderful seed heads, pods, cones, foliage and willow frames from our gardens for you to get creative with. Once you start looking, it's amazing what you can spot that will look truly wonderful on a wreath. And it's great fun trying out different combinations and interweaving them together. Feel free to bring along any materials with you to mix and match with what we have already…
Find out more »Make a Christmas Wreath
Come and try your hand at making Christmas Wreaths! We have all sorts of wonderful seed heads, pods, cones, foliage and willow frames from our gardens for you to get creative with. Once you start looking, it's amazing what you can spot that will look truly wonderful on a wreath. And it's great fun trying out different combinations and interweaving them together. Feel free to bring along any materials with you to mix and match with what we have already…
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