The Garden Cafe at the Chantry Centre has built a reputation for its fantastic home baked cakes and savouries, along with good company and chat. When the weather’s good, there are benches in sun and shade in the garden; and in any weather you’re welcome indoors, even with muddy boots. Find the cafe through the […]
Join community artist Susie Walker for a new art for wellbeing series. We’ll be using natural materials inspired by the Growing Places exhibition, the Museum’s Walled Garden and the surrounding parkland. From printing with fruit and veg, drawing with sticks and natural materials, exploring cyanotype we’ll try out different techniques and have fun along the […]
This 1 & ½ day workshop will teach you how to extract beautiful colour from natural substances which you’ll use to dye wool yarn and fabric. These substances may be fresh, dried, powdered or liquid extracts. With the expert guidance of textile artist Rebecca Connolly we’ll start with the Friday afternoon preparing wool; making mini hanks and mordanting, […]
GAVIN FAIRHALL LEVER create a wondrous explosion of colour in the wild and unkempt garden of the London folk scene. A tangle of roots from Northern Ireland, Cornwall and Norfolk gives exuberant life to a truly contemporary folk music, full of thorns and flowers. Tonight, multi-instrumentalist James Patrick Gavin (who many of you will recall when he was […]
We’re in the month of the Spring Equinox. All things being equal, this should be our most exciting herb walk yet. Do join us to see what we find. We’ll meet at the corner of Everlands and Church Road, where the bridge crosses the Cam. See us there at 10am and we’ll walk along the […]
The Garden Cafe at the Chantry Centre has built a reputation for its fantastic home baked cakes and savouries, along with good company and chat. When the weather’s good, there are benches in sun and shade in the garden; and in any weather you’re welcome indoors, even with muddy boots. Find the cafe through the […]
Listed among the classic ‘wacky races’ of the Cotswolds, Dursley’s annual pancake race is a fixture not to be missed. All the Pancake Day action happens at Midday on Parsonage street – don’t be late or you’ll miss it. If you want to join in, come along with your own frying pan and pancake. Fancy […]
The Garden Cafe at the Chantry Centre has built a reputation for its fantastic home baked cakes and savouries, along with good company and chat. When the weather’s good, there are benches in sun and shade in the garden; and in any weather you’re welcome indoors, even with muddy boots. Find the cafe through the […]
Join community artist Susie Walker for a new art for wellbeing series. We’ll be using natural materials inspired by the Growing Places exhibition, the Museum’s Walled Garden and the surrounding parkland. From printing with fruit and veg, drawing with sticks and natural materials, exploring cyanotype we’ll try out different techniques and have fun along the […]
Spend a half-day with artist & printmaker Charlie Ash to discover the seemingly possibilities of using natural materials to print incredibly detailed, eye-catching designs across a variety of media. Tree rings make fantastic natural printing blocks, as they can be easily worked to reveal the concentric patterns formed by their yearly growth. Using locally sourced woods such […]
On this course we will be working with English rush, (Schoenoplectus lacustris) a beautifully soft material to weave with. We will learn some ancient techniques of cordage, plaiting and how to make a small rush foraging bag/ handbag with a strap. You will learn how to prepare and weave with rush and other foraged fibers […]
The Garden Cafe at the Chantry Centre has built a reputation for its fantastic home baked cakes and savouries, along with good company and chat. When the weather’s good, there are benches in sun and shade in the garden; and in any weather you’re welcome indoors, even with muddy boots. Find the cafe through the […]
The Garden Cafe at the Chantry Centre has built a reputation for its fantastic home baked cakes and savouries, along with good company and chat. When the weather’s good, there are benches in sun and shade in the garden; and in any weather you’re welcome indoors, even with muddy boots. Find the cafe through the […]
Join community artist Susie Walker for a new art for wellbeing series. We’ll be using natural materials inspired by the Growing Places exhibition, the Museum’s Walled Garden and the surrounding parkland. From printing with fruit and veg, drawing with sticks and natural materials, exploring cyanotype we’ll try out different techniques and have fun along the […]
Join community artist Susie Walker for a new art for wellbeing series. We’ll be using natural materials inspired by the Growing Places exhibition, the Museum’s Walled Garden and the surrounding parkland. From printing with fruit and veg, drawing with sticks and natural materials, exploring cyanotype we’ll try out different techniques and have fun along the […]
The Garden Cafe at the Chantry Centre has built a reputation for its fantastic home baked cakes and savouries, along with good company and chat. When the weather’s good, there are benches in sun and shade in the garden; and in any weather you’re welcome indoors, even with muddy boots. Find the cafe through the […]
Guided by a professional aromatherapist and herbalist, explore a number of aromatic herbs and oils, and their benefits, both physical and emotional. Look at the science, the art of blending, and make two products to take home.
Learn from expert mushroom growers, Slad Valley Mushrooms, on how to grow your own fungi at home. Full of practical advice, insights into health benefits, and other marvels of mycelium. Register your interest now, bookings for this course
The Garden Cafe at the Chantry Centre has built a reputation for its fantastic home baked cakes and savouries, along with good company and chat. When the weather’s good, there are benches in sun and shade in the garden; and in any weather you’re welcome indoors, even with muddy boots. Find the cafe through the […]
Join community artist Susie Walker for a new art for wellbeing series. We’ll be using natural materials inspired by the Growing Places exhibition, the Museum’s Walled Garden and the surrounding parkland. From printing with fruit and veg, drawing with sticks and natural materials, exploring cyanotype we’ll try out different techniques and have fun along the […]
The Garden Cafe at the Chantry Centre has built a reputation for its fantastic home baked cakes and savouries, along with good company and chat. When the weather’s good, there are benches in sun and shade in the garden; and in any weather you’re welcome indoors, even with muddy boots. Find the cafe through the […]
Come and celebrate the spring equinox, learning about and connecting with the abundance of herbs in our fields to support the transition to Spring. Join Amy Cox, spending the morning outside with the plants, and the afternoon sampling our foraged food and making a herbal potion with positive medicinal properties.
With the guidance of Jo Biggadike we’ll discover what makes an effective linocut design, how to transfer your ideas onto the lino block, and safe techniques for using cutting tools. We will also explore simple printing methods that you replicate time and time again back at home. By the end of the session, you’ll know how to […]
The Garden Cafe at the Chantry Centre has built a reputation for its fantastic home baked cakes and savouries, along with good company and chat. When the weather’s good, there are benches in sun and shade in the garden; and in any weather you’re welcome indoors, even with muddy boots. Find the cafe through the […]
Join an acclaimed artist and illustrator Jo Beal for the second edition of the Spring Equinox Art Journaling Workshop! The spring equinox is a perfect opportunity to start something new as daylight hours increase and the weather gets warmer. With a focus on nature, this art journaling workshop will enable you to explore what we can see […]
Forest Bathing (Shinrin Yoku) is a gentle, nature-based therapeutic practice developed in Japan during the 1980’s to help reduce stress and improve mental and physical wellbeing. Although Shinrin Yoku is translated as “forest bathing”, there is no water involved, the term rather describing a state of becoming fully immersed in the forest atmosphere through awareness, […]
The Garden Cafe at the Chantry Centre has built a reputation for its fantastic home baked cakes and savouries, along with good company and chat. When the weather’s good, there are benches in sun and shade in the garden; and in any weather you’re welcome indoors, even with muddy boots. Find the cafe through the […]
Join the most chilled, low-key social event of the week. Bring a book to read and enjoy a cup of herbal tea. Read more about it in the blog: www.cotswoldherbcentre.uk/blog/thyme-to-read
The Garden Cafe at the Chantry Centre has built a reputation for its fantastic home baked cakes and savouries, along with good company and chat. When the weather’s good, there are benches in sun and shade in the garden; and in any weather you’re welcome indoors, even with muddy boots. Find the cafe through the […]
Working directly from a selection of narcissus (daffodils), botanical artist Karen Green will guide you through observational drawing, pen work and watercolour techniques to create a gorgeous springtime illustration that reflects a botanical understanding of your subject and captures the beauty and zing of the much-loved ‘first flower’ of the year.
Meet at the old stone stile outside Stinchcombe Village Hall. We’ll walk a bit on the flat, then head uphill for a mini wild garlic masterclass – learn what and where to forage, the things to avoid picking, and what to do with your wild garlic to enjoy it now and how to preserve more […]