Families with children aged 5 +, please save the dates! On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during the October half term we’ll be running our popular family drop in craft activities between 11am and 4pm. No need to book, cost just £1 per child, pay on the door. For families with children aged 5+, for adults and children to enjoy together.

• Tuesday: Ghosts & Ghouls

• Wednesday: Hats & Bats

• Thursday: Paper Pumpkin Masks

Workshop doors open at 11am and close at 4pm, so come by 3.30pm if you’d like to take part. Don’t forget to enjoy our FREE Awesome Autumn explorer trail too! We look forward to seeing you.

Join artists Emily Joy, Nicola Builder (Wayward Weaves) and Deborah Roberts for ‘Unweaving and Reweaving the Commons” – a public participatory ‘unweaving’ and reweaving workshop exploring our deep connections to local landscapes. You are invited to gradually and collaboratively pull threads from a large, printed textiles piece depicting the grassland environment on Rodborough Common, echoing the path erosion that is gradually reducing this rare wildflower habitat. Participants are then invited to reweave the pulled threads, working together to create a new collaborative fabric which carries traces of the printed image of the commons.

This is a free, drop-in workshop suitable for all ages, no previous weaving experience necessary. Do come and join us in the Walled Garden Pavilion. Drop in between 11am and 3pm.

Come and make a sweetly scented lavender bag, using lavender from our Walled Garden. Relaxing and calming, lavender helps soothe the senses and a lavender bag placed under your pillow can help you sleep well at night.

A drop-in summer holiday workshop for families with children aged 5+, for children and grown ups to enjoy together.

Cost: £1 per child (suggested donation)

Times: 11am - 3pm (drop in) Workshop opens at 11am and closes at 3pm, so last entry is usually around 2.30pm. If its too busy when you get here, we have loads of fun trails to enjoy instead - please ask at Reception for details!

Workshop dates: Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 & Friday 23 August

Be inspired by the fabulous flowers in the art gallery exhibition and make your own colourful paper flower decoration to take home.

A drop-in summer holiday workshop for families with children aged 5+, for children and grown ups to enjoy together.

Cost: £1 per child (suggested donation)

Times: 11am - 3pm (drop in) Workshop opens at 11am and closes at 3pm, so last entry is usually around 2.30pm. If its too busy when you get here, we have loads of fun trails to enjoy instead - please ask at Reception for details!

Workshop dates: Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 & Friday 9 August