Wormsley Estate

11/07/2024

Enjoy your private party in the most unique setting. 

A very special celebration was hosted in the Walled Garden recently with a beautiful Glass House constructed in the Orchard, surrounded by wildflowers and apple trees. 

Our Theatre Garden was transformed into an elegant ‘chill out’ zone beneath our Italian Marquee.

09/07/2024

With Summer being the traditional season of travel for so many of us, we wanted to share this wonderful map. It’s one of many exquisite works that resides in the Wormsley Library.

The pages literally sparkle, thanks to the azurite used to illustrate and embellish each one.

PTOLEMAEUS (C.)
Cosmographia
Ulm:1482
Printed on vellum, with 32 hand-coloured woodcut maps. Bound by Derome, in Paris in c.1780, for Count Maccarthy Reagh.
From the libraries of Charles Marsh, George Hibbert, William Miller and H. Bradley Martin.

03/07/2024

We absolutely loved how our Walled Garden was transformed for the fabulous wedding of Tamsin and Joseph.

Credit Uptown Events

25/06/2024

It was a pleasure to host another all-action networking event at Wormsley this month.

The theme was cycling and fifty keen riders gathered at the Walled Garden to register and fuel up with some refreshments, before setting off on their picturesque ride around the estate.

18/06/2024

Every year, the Garsington Opera chooses an image for its Summer programme cover from the books in the Wormsley Estate Library. 

This year the image is from Aventures prodigieuses de Tarascon by Alphonse Daudet (Paris, 1937) and illustrated by Raoul Dufy with 107 colour-printed lithographs in the text and 34 colour-printed lithograph initials.

One of only 130 copies, this stunning binding, with its lion’s-head mask of coloured leathers and gilt tooling, was designed by Paul Bonet. It was executed by René Desmules, gilded by Charles Collet and completed in January 1957. 

30/05/2024

We were delighted to welcome Founders Forum back to Wormsley earlier this May.  Their fantastic event provided us with the opportunity to host marquee fine dining on Home Farm Lawn, with glorious views over Deer Park - a first for us.

24/05/2024

Stand out on the perfectly manicured lawns of Home Farm House in summertime and you’ll often hear the lilting sound of opera echoing through the gardens from the Garsington Opera.

There are some wonderful performances to experience this summer, including A Midsummer NIght’s Dream, Le nozze di Figaro and Un giorno di regno.

Follow for the full schedule.

 

20/05/2024

Bees are essential to our environment. We rely on them, and other insects, to pollinate most of our fruit and vegetables. 

The sad fact is that these amazing creatures are under threat. But not at Wormsley. On World Bee Day and on every other day of the year, we do everything we can to attract them to our gardens and grounds.

Beekeeper, Paul, has been checking that our queens are laying. We have about 40,000 bees in our hives currently and will soon have around 60,000. In return for our care and nurture, we get to harvest their delicious honey.

15/05/2024

We were thrilled to welcome to the Wormsley Estate earlier this month, where they launched the redefined and utterly iconic Mercedes-Benz SL ‘Pagoda’.

Discerning guests were able to test drive this stunning hand-built collectable around the Estate.

03/05/2024

Anyone for cricket…or an unforgettable wedding day? We recently had the Cricket Pavilion dressed for a very special celebration.

Find out more about weddings and events at Wormsley via the link in bio.

02/05/2024

30/04/2024

The Wormsley team has been preparing Home Farm Barn and lawn for some very special events.

Some impressive stripes, we hope you’ll agree! www.wormsley.com

23/04/2024

There’s St George’s dragon…and there’s Wormsley’s dragon. Both look a bit fierce but only one of them languishes on a couch, brandishing a cricket bat!

Wormsley Cricket Club’s dragon emblem was born from an original sketch by famed artist and illustrator, Tony Hart, who came up with the half-heraldic, half-cartoon design - kindly donated to us by his daughter Carolyn Ross.

Tony carefully researched the word ‘Wormsley’ for inspiration, realising that ‘worm’ can also be old Norse for ‘dragon’. Considering associated words, he settled on ‘lair’, which is derived from the old English word, ‘leger’, meaning ‘the act or place of lying down: a bed or a couch’.

And there it was. The perfect logo.

18/04/2024

The Cracked Egg arguably looks its most exquisite on a day like today, when the sunshine magnifies its vivid colour and reflective beauty.

Created by Jeff Koons from high chromium stainless steel with transparent colour coating, it is the first of five versions, each rendered in a different colour.

Best of all, guests to Wormsley’s Island Pavilion this Summer will have a unique opportunity to dine beside it.

To find out about holding your next exclusive function with us, visit the link in our bio.

16/04/2024

Beautiful blue skies for our cricket match between Southern Vipers and Western Storm today.

11/04/2024

There’s always something creative and interesting happening in the Wormsley greenhouses, especially during Spring planting season.

Here’s a sneaky peek of some of the latest April activity…

09/04/2024

09/04/2024

Last week marked Simon Morse’s 30th Anniversary as Wormsley grounds staff.

Congratulations and thank you Simon.

Between them, our outstanding cricket grounds team has clocked up a collective service of 92 years!

(Simon is on the far left of this photo - taken circa 2012)

31/03/2024

The clocks have gone forward, which means we’ll soon be enjoying longer, lighter evenings spent outside.

Twinkly lights, lantern-lit pathways and secret corners are all a speciality at Wormsley.

Find out about holding your wedding or special event in our magical Walled Garden, via the link in bio.

26/03/2024

The Sarracenia are providing a much-needed pop of exotic colour to our flowerbeds.

22/03/2024

This eye-catching edition, newly on display in the Wormsley Library, is literally a feast for the eyes.

More about it…

The Physiology of Taste or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the French by M.F.K Fisher. With drawings and Colour Lithographs by Wayne Thiebaud. San Francisco, CA: Arion Press 1996. Bound by Jill Oriane Tarlau turquoise goatskin with needle-point appliqués.

A first edition, one of 200 copies on Lana Royale paper, each signed and numbered by the artist. It is one of many beautifully-bound editions expertly cared for in the Wormsley Library.

Find out more about our library via the link in bio.

19/03/2024

The latest Beaufort and Blake campaign is beautiful…and it has definitely been getting us all geared up for the Summer.

It also happens to have been shot all around the Wormsley Estate, so we are enjoying playing spot the location!

This was an easy one.

18/03/2024

The daffodils are in bloom and our littlest lambs are already starting to find their feet.

It must be Spring!

08/03/2024

On Sunday 18th August, Wormsley will proudly host the ECB Vitality Women’s Club T20 National Cup & Plate Finals.

International Women’s Day feels like the perfect time to flag up this exciting date in our cricketing calendar.and celebrate the women’s game.

For details of this and all our other summer cricket fixtures, visit the link in our bio.

📷 St Cross Symondians, ECB Vitality Women’s Club T20 National Cup & Plate Winners, 2023

28/02/2024

All of us at Wormsley were saddened by the passing of Lord Rothschild earlier this week.

We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. Lord Rothschild, businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist and cultural leader, will be sadly missed.

📷

26/02/2024

February is a mysterious month. One moment our grounds and gardens look so bare and bleak, and then then, all of a sudden, a blast of sunshine reveals all the glorious new growth that’s happening.

Spring is definitely on its way to Wormsley.