Asthall Manor

26/11/2024

30th November to 1st December
9am - 6pm in the ballroom

Asthall’s resident artists Yunus & Eliza are selling sculptures, one-offs, jewellery and objects.

Think modern heirlooms in cast metals, fusing rebellious design with nature inspired works from the local surroundings.

21/11/2024

A quick look at some of the beautiful things that will be available this Saturday at Christmas in the ballroom!! 🎄🌲🎄

21/11/2024

07/11/2024

30/10/2024

Kitchen Garden Workshop: Gardening with Wildlife in the Winter – Some for the Birds, Some for the Bugs and Some for Us

16th November - 10:00 am - 4pm

Follow the link in Asthall Manor's linktree.

Learn the fundamental benefits of gardening with wildlife while growing food for people. You’ll develop an understanding of why our wild bird, animal and insect friends are not just either pests or a nice aside to have in the garden but are in fact critical, hard-working colleagues who play a vital role in the guarding and growing of nutritious food or are simply a key link in a beneficial creature’s food chain. You’ll learn the different roles that many creatures play and what they need in turn, to keep them happy all year round, with an emphasis on the winter months. The day will entail a healthy mix of theory, games and investigations. You will also carry out some fun, practical work to apply your learning and to help increase the diversity and vitality of our wild friends, right here in the kitchen garden.

Photos by Tim Mitchell.

22/10/2024

Places left!

Kitchen Garden Workshop: Gardening with Wildlife in the Winter – Some for the Birds, Some for the Bugs and Some for Us

16th November - 10:00 am

Follow the link in Asthall Manor's linktree.

Learn the fundamental benefits of gardening with wildlife while growing food for people. You’ll develop an understanding of why our wild bird, animal and insect friends are not just either pests or a nice aside to have in the garden but are in fact critical, hard-working colleagues who play a vital role in the guarding and growing of nutritious food or are simply a key link in a beneficial creature’s food chain. You’ll learn the different roles that many creatures play and what they need in turn, to keep them happy all year round, with an emphasis on the winter months. The day will entail a healthy mix of theory, games and investigations. You will also carry out some fun, practical work to apply your learning and to help increase the diversity and vitality of our wild friends, right here in the kitchen garden.

10/10/2024

Saturday 12th October 2-5pm - Survival Ecology:

A talk on the paradigm shift needed in our approach to nature recovery. Talk and Q&A with Marcus Simmons and Charlie Gardner, plus tours of Asthall Manor’s meadows and kitchen gardens, and a chance to talk about it all.

Check our website for details.

recovery

07/08/2024

**SPACES LEFT**

Kitchen Garden Workshop: Seed Saving – Closing the Loop on your Food Growing

Thursday 5th September - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

If you are interested in joining us please see the link in our bio.

01/08/2024

Kitchen Garden residential course: Gardening Leave

Friday 20th September to Sunday 22nd September

If you are interested please see the link in our bio.

Photo credit Tim Mitchell

27/06/2024

We are so lucky to have some prickly friends with us today 🦔

Check out hedge funds Instagram to learn more about the amazing work Sarah does⭐

21/06/2024

https://www.wrfm.co.uk/on-air/podcasts/community-matters/episode/wrfm-community-matters-cotswold-lavender-and-asthall-open-gardens/

Rosie Pearson did a little interview! Thanks WRFM- Radio for Oxfordshire & The Cotswolds and loved learning about the lavender too!

WRFM - Community Matters - Cotswold Lavender and Asthall Open Gardens

20/06/2024

**SPACES LEFT**

Kitchen Garden Workshop: Making Compost and Natural Fertilisers – Turning Waste into Gold

Tuesday 25th June - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

If you are interested in joining us please see the link in our bio. Click the ‘What’s on’ to be taken to our website for full details.

15/06/2024

It’s Love Our River Day at Asthall! Come and wander through the garden, down to the river where you’ll find , , and others who LOVE our river and, in their different ways, want to restore it to a healthy state at the heart of our community.

07/06/2024

We’ll be telling you a bit more about the charities we’re working with over our summer open month. Last but by no means least BEAGles (Burford Environmental Action Group).

BEAGles was formed in 2021 to build local resilience, fight the climate & nature crisis and support our fellow creatures, human or otherwise.
We meet regularly (3rd Monday of every month at the Prince of Burford pub) and we also organise informative and inspiring talks and events, looking at nature recovery, energy reduction and the health of our rivers.
And it’s not all talk! Action days include litter-picking, tree-planting and working on the community allotment. Future plans include setting up a swift group to protect these endangered birds by logging their nesting spots in the town.
During Asthall’s open month, the Love Our River Day on June 15th will be our main focus, but we will also leave a signup sheet and some more information about our work in the Ballroom, and you may find us out and about in the garden.

06/06/2024

Pressto flower pressing workshop dates 💐💐

Pressto will be running taster sessions during our open month (every Thursday, £5 cash). If you would like to attend a full workshop please see our website for details. Link in bio.