​​​WEEKLY YOGA with LORRAINE
Wednesday Mornings

As part of a new series of Head, Heart & Health learning, the Great Green Barn will host one-hour-long Yoga sessions each Wednesday morning.

Lead by Lorraine Ereira, an experienced clinical Sports Therapist, classes are suitable both for beginners who will learn to set up a strong physiological foundation for practice and for those who already have a basic level of practice though want to develop further.

​​​​LETTER STONE CARVING WORKSHOP
With Will Spankie
Friday 5 June

During this one-day beginner's letter cutting practical workshop in stone, you will learn from tutor Will Spankie the art how to draw, mark out, and carve letters in a piece of Portland stone. Using hand tools we will concentrate on the practical aspects of cutting the letters, as well as how to source the stone and tools, chisel sharpening and finishing the letters we carve.

Although hand lettercutting is a skill which takes years to master Will aims to give people what they need to start that journey.
All materials you use during the day are fully sustainable, and included in the price.

​​​​GREAT EXPECTATIONS
With Gerald Dickens
Saturday 6 June 2026

Gerald Dickens, actor, director and producer specialising in the works of Charles Dickens returns once more to the Great Green Barn for a one-man masterclass production of one of his great-great grandfather's greatest novels, which is also Gerald’s personal favourite... Great Expectations.

Young orphan Pip lives on the lonely, cold coastal Kent marshes with his sharp sister and her kindly and good natured blacksmith husband, Joe Gargery... a chance meeting changes his life completely, eventually leading him to a home, job and life as part of the respectable society of London.

​​​​THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
The Man in the Moon Event
Thursday 11 - Saturday 13 June 2026

Cucumber sandwiches, secret identities and one very important handbag take centre stage as Moonlights bring The Importance of Being Earnest to life in a joyful open-air production. Performed beneath the summer sky at the Great Green Barn, this sparkling take on Oscar Wilde’s classic delights audiences with its wit, charm and gloriously absurd twists. Jack and Algernon’s double lives unravel in style, with bold performances, playful energy and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments.
​Full of garden intrigue, elegance and unforgettable lines, the production celebrates everything we love about this timeless comedy and showcases the brilliant talent of our Moonlights cast.
Please note, hosted at the Great Green Barn this is an event run by The Man in the Moon; a redirect to an external website will take you to further information and booking details.

​​​​THE FEAST OF MIDSUMMER
Greek Dinner with Georgios
Saturday 20 June

Our Feast of Midsummer celebrates midsummer, when the days are longest and nights are warm and fair... weather permitting! There will be an opportunity to wander the gardens from 7pm, with a three-course Greek feast being served from 7.45pm, and an opportunity to dance the night away from later in the evening.

There will be plenty of choice for vegans, vegetarians and carnivores.

​​​AFTERNOON TEAS
Tuesdays on 23 Jun, 21 Jul, 22 Sep, 20 Oct & 17 Nov

Join us for Afternoon Tea under the beams of the Great Green Barn; tea, finger sandwiches, scone and cake... what's not to like!

Whether Afternoon Tea for two, or a group, or on your own there will always be an opportunity to make new friends.

​​​​STENCIL & GOLD LEAF TRAY WORKSHOP
With Simon Nobs
Saturday 27 June

This one day workshop is a great introduction to the craft of stencilling, and by the end of the day you will be taking home your own hand-crafted stencilled gold-leaf edged tray.

Experienced painter, decorator & heritage crafts instructor Simon Nobs will lead the day, and with his expert supervision, you will embark on creating your own decoration for the tray using the stencils and paints provided.

​​​INTRODUCTION to PERMACULTURE
Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 September

Join Jess Austin as part of the Great Green Barn’s Head, Heart & Health learning for a weekend exploring the fundamentals of permaculture – a powerful design approach for creating resilient, sustainable systems in gardens, farms, communities, and beyond.

​Whether you’re completely new to the idea or want to explore it further, this course will give you the tools, inspiration, and confidence to begin applying permaculture principles in your daily life.

​​​​​DECORATIVE HERITAGE PAINT EFFECTS WORKSHOP
With Simon Nobs
Thursday 24 September

During this one-day beginner's heritage paint effects workshop, you will learn from tutor Simon Nobs the craft of how to create three different heritage decorative paint effects across the day – Faux Marbling, Wood Graining and Malachite stone.​

Experienced painter, decorator & heritage crafts instructor Simon Nobs will lead the day, and with his expert supervision, you will embark on creating your own decoration for the tray using the stencils and paints provided.

​​​​RELIEF STONE CARVING WORKSHOP
With Amanda Randall
Thursday 1 October

During this day-long practical workshop, you will learn from tutor Amanda Randall how to design and create a beautiful, botanical inspired relief carving in stone to take away and display in your home or garden.

This one day workshop is a great introduction to the craft of stone carving, using trees, plants and flowers as inspiration. A simple shape or motif is drawn onto a piece of limestone, which is then carved in relief with traditional chisels and a mallet.  

​​​​OLD HERBACEOUS
With Giles Shenton
Saturday 10 October

Old Herbaceous is the humorous love story of a single-minded yet gentle man with a passion for plants; the legendary Head Gardener, Herbert Pinnegar.  He invites you to feel included in a private chat from a bygone, comforting age, keeping you engrossed, amused and emotionally engaged from start to finish.

An acute and sometimes hilarious observation of relationships between the classes in a simpler age, Old Herbaceous is sprinkled with witticisms and epithets. The evening blossoms into tender humour, much in the traditionally understated English style of the early 20th century.

​​​​CHRISTMAS CARD PRINTING WORKSHOP
With Will Dyke
Tuesday 3 November

During this day-long practical workshop, you will learn from tutor Will Dyke the art of printing and print your own design Christmas Card; from your own inspiration through to the printed art, you will learn to design and cut your own wood or lino blocks to print your own-design Christmas Cards

Suitable for all abilities, with tuition from Will on design, lino block cutting and printing techniques, by the end of the workshop you will go home with ten of your own printed Christmas Cards, and the printing block you have created so you can print more at home.

​​​​HAVISHAM
With Heather Alexander
Rescheduled Date to be announced shortly

Havisham takes the audience on a journey of the infamous jilted monster from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations... Miss Havisham.  It imagines her life, reliving moments from her childhood in rural Kent, and on to London as a hopeful young woman newly arrived in a big city, and right through to the heartbreaking events of her fateful wedding day.

You are invited to explore who the real woman is... the human being behind Dickens’ most monstrous female creation.

​​​​A CHRISTMAS CAROL
With Gerald Dickens
Saturday 12 December

Gerald Dickens, great-great grandson of Charles Dickens returns once more with a special festive treat for the Christmas - his adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens Christmas ghost story A Christmas Carol.
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It’s Christmas Eve, and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former partner Jacob Marley who warns him it’s not too late to change his ways... though first he must survive three further ghostly encounters!