Willow Weaving by Windrush Willow
We are thrilled to welcome Windrush Willow to our Marquee Lawn this summer!
An artistic afternoon to see, hear, to walk and talk.
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This event launches a collaborative project between Hestercombe House and Gardens, the University of Gloucestershire’s School of Creative Arts and the Countryside and Community Research Institute.
TEST BED will consider ideas of systems within gardens and nature-based solutions for water capture and replanting for a more resilient future. You are invited to experience a series of experimental artworks that can be experienced in a rhizomatic way around the gardens. The event will set the scene for what might happen during the project. Being theatrical and experimental, it will be structured around ideas of how Georgian gardens were animated in the past by incorporating moonlight and sound.
The afternoon will first involve a walk and talk to experience the artwork of Zillah Bowes, Susie Olczak, Harriet P Carter, research from Alice Goodenough and Philip Reeder, sound works by Ben Hamid, Tim Land and Matthew Lovett in collaboration with Tina Hitchens and Yvonna Magda, and music from Harvey Cullis and Graham Binns. Later there will be discussions with the artists, plus Andrew Bick, Dan Keech, James Weldon, Chris Short and Hestercombe’s Head Gardener Claire Greenslade.
We are thrilled to welcome Windrush Willow to our Marquee Lawn this summer!
NEW exhibition exploring landscape and environment.
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Get ready for a heart-warming experience as 2nd Chance Petting Farm brings a delightful array of rescue animals to visit us throughout the school holidays!
Join artist Lydia Halcrow for a walking, talking making workshop.
We welcome Folksy Theatre for an evening outside performance of ‘As You Like It’ by William Shakespeare.
Join us for a pawfect day with your four-legged family members at our fun dog show, taking place on our beautiful Orangery Lawn.
A thank you to our members this September.