Weekend Courses & Events in the Cotswolds

Day Courses

Day courses at Farncombe Estate A series of 1 day short courses (usually 9.30-4.30) in subjects from Digital Photography to Tai Chi, Quilting to Life Coaching, Gardening to Wine Tasting. The full list of day courses is given below.

1-day course fees include refreshments and a 3-course lunch.

Day students can also stay overnight - price includes 3-course evening meal and full English breakfast. To check availability call 01386 854100 or email Stay@FarncombeEstate.co.uk

Events in this series.

Farncombe Estate's short course and event programme includes the following events:

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4 Sep 2010	Create your very own Willow Sculpture - to take away!	Charlie Lupton
12 Sep 2010	Open Day Guided Walk to Bibsworth and Saintbury Church 11.30am	Cotswold AONB Voluntary Wardens
18 Sep 2010	The Essence of Pilates	Helen Eggington
18 Sep 2010	Three Anglo-Saxon Saints	Tim Porter
19 Sep 2010	Art Treasures of Siena	Alice Foster
25 Sep 2010	Patterns in Nature (Fibonacci and more!)	Lucy Champion
25 Sep 2010	Champagne Tasting Day	Liz Eyre
26 Sep 2010	Abounding Spirals - in nature, art, the mystic and more	Lucy Champion
26 Sep 2010	Floristry Day: Autumn Feast - Flowers Celebrating Harvest	Katherine Kear
27 Sep 2010	Aga Cakes and Bakes	tutors at Eckington Manor Cookery School
2 Oct 2010	Essentials of Hand Quilting	Barbara Chainey
2 Oct 2010	Drawing for Absolute Beginners	Lynne Gibson
3 Oct 2010	Plants for Free! Gardening Day Course	Andrew Mikolajski
9 Oct 2010	Origami: Paper, Wonderfully Folded	Judith Laing
10 Oct 2010	Going to gold Gilding Techniques for Calligraphers & Miniaturists	Josie Brown
10 Oct 2010	Emotional Freedom Technique, EFT: An Introductory Workshop	Kate Zuill
16 Oct 2010	Buying or Selling a House, or Flat? The Mysteries of Conveyancing Explained	Alice Maddalena
16 Oct 2010	Solo Singer's Day	Jo Sercombe
16 Oct 2010	Have More Of What You Want - And Less Of What You Dont Want!	Maria Evans
18 Oct 2010	Game Cookery	tutors at Eckington Manor Cookery School
23 Oct 2010	Aromatherapy & Massage Day: Mixing and Massaging V fun with aromatherapy and massage skills	Julia Baker
23 Oct 2010	Popular Themes In Art: Food Glorious Food!	Lynne Gibson
23 Oct 2010	Recorder Consort - Day Course	Pam Smith
23 Oct 2010	Capturing the Sky in Watercolour	Paul Weaver
24 Oct 2010	Fragile Flora: Created with Stitch and Fabric	Diana Sanderson
28 Oct 2010	Exclusively Men - Cookery Course	tutors at Eckington Manor Cookery School
30 Oct 2010	Classic Grape Varieties - Take the worry out of wine!	Maree Speakman
6 Nov 2010	Canal Art Painting Day	Julie Tonkin
7 Nov 2010	Calligraphy for Christmas	Josie Brown
13 Nov 2010	Plant Two Containers for Winter	Andrew Mikolajski
13 Nov 2010	The Greatest English Novel?	Angela Day
14 Nov 2010	Faster Novel Writing Techniques	Sue Johnson
21 Nov 2010	Digital Photography Day Course: What do I do with this JPEG? - Beginners Course	Nick Meers
21 Nov 2010	Christmas Art & Craft Fair	Craft Fair Exhibitors 2010
22 Nov 2010	Indian Cookery Course	tutors at Eckington Manor Cookery School
27 Nov 2010	Classic Festive Wines for Christmas	Liz Eyre
27 Nov 2010	Capturing the natural world in graphite pencil, coloured pencil or pastel.	Andrew Forkner
27 Nov 2010	The Building of "Regency" Cheltenham, 1780 - 1860	Steven Blake
28 Nov 2010	Gothic Art	Frederica Law-Turner
4 Dec 2010	At Home for Christmas: Flowers for the Festive Season	Katherine Kear
4 Dec 2010	Pop up Christmas Cards and Little Books	Lynne Gibson
5 Dec 2010	Whisky Tasting Day: not just Christmas Spirit !	Barry King
13 Dec 2010	Festive Entertaining - Hands On Cookery	tutors at Eckington Manor Cookery School
8 Jan 2011	Pet/Animal Techniques with Graphite (lead) Pencil - Art Day Course	Jonathan Newey
9 Jan 2011	Painting Trees in Watercolour - Art Day Course	Jonathan Newey
16 Jan 2011	Introduction to Machine Embroidery	Angie Hughes
22 Jan 2011	Drawing for Absolute Beginners	Lynne Gibson
29 Jan 2011	Fiction Writing for Beginners	Sue Johnson
5 Feb 2011	Start Songwriting	Jo Sercombe
6 Feb 2011	Costumes and Textiles of Peru	Jill Salmons
12 Feb 2011	Look Good, Feel Fantastic, Part 1	Sue Pattinson
12 Feb 2011	How to use a Sewing Machine	Sue Hazell
13 Feb 2011	Papermaking Day Course	Lyn Griffiths
19 Feb 2011	Make Your Own Perfume Day Course	Alec Lawless
19 Feb 2011	Buying or Selling a House or Flat? The Mysteries of Conveyancing Explained	Alice Maddalena
26 Feb 2011	Gilded Gifts - Decorate a Frame	Jo Mabbutt
5 Mar 2011	Solo Singers Day	Jo Sercombe
5 Mar 2011	Three Scottish Saints	Tim Porter
6 Mar 2011	Look Good, Feel Fantastic, Part 2	Sue Pattinson
6 Mar 2011	Travellers' Stories: Write From Your Experience	Sue Johnson
19 Mar 2011	Let's Sing in Spanish	Jean Watson
19 Mar 2011	Drawing Caricatures - Day Course	Doug Eyre
20 Mar 2011	An Introduction to Chinese Art & Culture	Jill Salmons
26 Mar 2011	Create Stories That Sell	Sue Johnson
27 Mar 2011	Candid Carolingian - Calligraphy Workshop	Josie Brown
2 Apr 2011	Drawing with Pen and Wash - Art day course	Jonathan Newey
2 Apr 2011	Mosaics - two days to remember, Day 1	Priscilla Wheater
3 Apr 2011	Watercolour Pencil Techniques - Art Day Course	Jonathan Newey
3 Apr 2011	Mosaics - two days to remember, Day 2	Priscilla Wheater
9 Apr 2011	Laughter Workshop	Jan Barley
9 Apr 2011	Inspired by Hundertwasser	Angie Hughes
10 Apr 2011	Beginners' Crewelwork	Kerry Forkner
16 Apr 2011	Popular Themes in Art: All Creatures Great and Small	Lynne Gibson
16 Apr 2011	Making Fabric Covered Books	Georgina Oldham
17 Apr 2011	Digital Photography - Learn to use your Compact Digital Camera	Nick Meers
17 Apr 2011	Container Gardening	Andrew Mikolajski
17 Apr 2011	Canal Art Roses and Castles	Julie Tonkin
23 Apr 2011	Parchment Craft Day Course	Purnima Panchal
23 Apr 2011	Top to Toe - Learn Two Styles of Massage	Terry Barfoot
25 Apr 2011	The Power of Art to depict the Art of Power: Jacques-Louis David and the French Revolution	Laura Mellor
30 Apr 2011	Digital Photography - Seeing and Making better Photos	Nick Meers
7 May 2011	Making Beads with Polymer Clay	Sara Withers
7 May 2011	Watercolour Workouts for Beginners Day Course	Paul Weaver
8 May 2011	Jewellery Making Day	Sara Withers
8 May 2011	Velasquez and Goya: Old Masters or Modernists?	Alice Foster
14 May 2011	Using Herbs for Common Health Problems	Sarah Firnberg
14 May 2011	Practical Origami	Judith Laing
14 May 2011	Capturing the Natural World in Graphite Pencil, Coloured Pencil or Pastel	Andrew Forkner
15 May 2011	Curtains, Cushions & Blinds	Sue Hazell
21 May 2011	Shakespeare Day School	Angela Day
21 May 2011	Portraits of British Farm Animals	Alexandra Woods
22 May 2011	To Wear for the Wedding: A Day of Floristry	Katherine Kear
5 Jun 2011	Willow Sculpture - create a 'masterpiece' to take away!	Charlie Lupton
5 Jun 2011	Delicious Nutrition for Health	Sarah Firnberg
5 Jun 2011	Constable, Turner and the British Landscape	Juliet Heslewood
5 Jun 2011	U-Boats and the Battle of the Atlantic	Dr Mark Baldwin
12 Jun 2011	The Story of Gardening	Andrew Mikolajski
12 Jun 2011	It's all about Flowers	Katherine Kear
2 Jul 2011	British and American Artists in Venice 1800 to Present	Julian Halsby
2 Jul 2011	Solo Singers Day	Jo Sercombe
3 Jul 2011	Fiction Writing For Beginners	Sue Johnson
9 Jul 2011	Brilliant Bags from Bits and Pieces	Kerry Forkner
9 Jul 2011	Siegfried Day School	Ian Beresford Gleaves
23 Jul 2011	Willow Sculpture - create a 'masterpiece' to take away!	Charlie Lupton
24 Jul 2011	After the Impressionists	Juliet Heslewood
24 Jul 2011	Mixing and Massaging - Fun with Aromatherapy Oils and Massage Skills	Julia Baker
7 Aug 2011	Creative Card Making	Purnima Panchal
14 Aug 2011	Codes and Ciphers, and How to Break Them	Dr Mark Baldwin
17 Sep 2011	Stanley Spencer: The World War I Tommy from Cookham	Laura Mellor
17 Sep 2011	Beautiful Bedrooms	Sue Hazell
18 Sep 2011	Design your Garden	Andrew Mikolajski
24 Sep 2011	Look Good, Feel Fantastic, Part 1	Sue Pattinson
24 Sep 2011	Write From Life	Sue Johnson
25 Sep 2011	Portraits of British Farm Animals	Alexandra Woods
1 Oct 2011	Creative Cityscapes in Watercolour	Paul Weaver
1 Oct 2011	Floral Collages and Hand Made Containers	Katherine Kear
2 Oct 2011	The Re-Discovery of British Folk Music and Its Influences on Music in the 20th Century	Raymond Head
2 Oct 2011	Drawing for Absolute Beginners	Lynne Gibson
8 Oct 2011	Laughter Workshop	Jan Barley
8 Oct 2011	Caravaggio: Tragic Genius	Alice Foster
15 Oct 2011	The Birth of England: A 10th Century Story	Tim Porter
15 Oct 2011	Solo Singers Day	Jo Sercombe
16 Oct 2011	Digital Photography - Grandad never looked so good - An Introduction to Restoring Old Photographs	Nick Meers
16 Oct 2011	Great Local Composers: Music of the Three Choirs Shires	Tim Porter
16 Oct 2011	Introduction to West African Art & Culture	Jill Salmons
22 Oct 2011	Look Good, Feel Fantastic, Part 2	Sue Pattinson
22 Oct 2011	Classic Grape Varieties - Take the worry out of wine!	Maree Speakman
23 Oct 2011	Design for Calligraphers	Josie Brown
23 Oct 2011	Plants for Free!	Andrew Mikolajski
29 Oct 2011	Popular Themes in Art: Come Rain or Come Shine!	Lynne Gibson
29 Oct 2011	Let's Sing in Spanish	Jean Watson
30 Oct 2011	Buying or Selling a House or Flat? The Mysteries of Conveyancing Explained	Alice Maddalena
30 Oct 2011	Textile Christmas Cards	Kerry Forkner
5 Nov 2011	Canal Art Roses and Castles	Julie Tonkin
6 Nov 2011	Practical Origami	Judith Laing
6 Nov 2011	Christmas Glitz - Cards and Images	Jo Mabbutt
12 Nov 2011	Xmas Cards and Pop-up Books	Lyn Griffiths
12 Nov 2011	International Short Stories	Angela Day
12 Nov 2011	Capturing the Natural World in Graphite Pencil, Coloured Pencil or Pastel	Andrew Forkner
13 Nov 2011	Fantasy Felt Flowers	Lyn Griffiths
19 Nov 2011	Willow Sculpture - create a 'masterpiece' to take away!	Charlie Lupton
19 Nov 2011	First Steps In Novel Writing	Sue Johnson
26 Nov 2011	Make your own Potions, Indian Head Massage, Back massage	Julia Baker
26 Nov 2011	Gothic Calligraphy for Christmas	Josie Brown
26 Nov 2011	Make Your Own Perfume Day Course	Alec Lawless
27 Nov 2011	Henri Toulouse-Lautrec: Friend of Montmartre and other Outsiders	Laura Mellor
27 Nov 2011	Patchy Christmas Stockings	Sue Hazell
10 Dec 2011	At Home for Christmas - Flowers for the Festive Season	Katherine Kear

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