A weekend of festivities at Valentines Mansion for our much-loved Christmas event. With craft stalls, children's activities, Victorian displays, raffles, live music & more! Our artists studios will be open throughout the weekend, visit the top floor of the Mansion…
London-based artist Matthew Webber produces complex abstract paintings inspired by nature and the landscape. His exhibition at Valentine's Mansion showcases a number of very recent paintings, as well as a selection of key pieces from the last 25 years of…
Join our resident horticulturalist for a guided tour of our gardens. You'll learn about seasonal plants and flowers in the historic gardens followed by tea and biscuits in one of the Mansions' period rooms. Suitable for adults.
Meet our textile artist Gepher Louis and have fun creating a tag for your luggage or a keyring using special knot techniques. She'll have lots of rope and string to choose from in a variety of colours, so you can…
Meet our textile artist Gepher Louis and learn how to weave a colourful paper box. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Only one adult per child.
Using freshly picked lavender from our gardens, you will decorate and make a lavender bag to take home! Involves a small amount of sewing - a great opportunity for parents and carers to have a go! Children must be accompanied…
Get creative in this fun paper crafting workshop! Transform a glass jar using newspapers and magazines to create your unique design - great for storing pens, flowers or other bits and bobs at home! Children must be accompanied by an…
Back by popular demand! Join our studio artist in this fun art class. Step by step, he'll teach you how to draw a bumblebee, just like the ones buzzing around our gardens! You'll leave with a framed masterpiece ready to…
Come and help us in the kitchen garden! Come rain or shine there's lots to do, from watering to picking herbs. You'll pot your own vegetables to grow at home too! Children must be accompanied by an adult at all…
Come and help us in the kitchen garden! Come rain or shine there's lots to do, from watering to picking herbs. You'll pot your own vegetables to grow at home too! Children must be accompanied by an adult at all…
Calling all budding artists! Join this class and learn how to draw like a pro. Our studio artist Jason Rose will guide and teach you to draw a beautiful butterfly. You'll leave with a framed masterpiece ready to hang up…