Events Other & Past

Events near Woodbridge in Suffolk. Events in Suffolk including basket weaving workshops, craft workshops, natural Christmas decoration workshops. Basket weaving and craft workshops with Jo Hammond. Nature Retreat Days take place regularly when visitors can enjoy complementary therapies, natural therapies, meditation, oracle cards, painting, walking in the woods, nature trails. Member and volunteer conservation trust events and wildlife events. Open Day at County Wildlife Site and organic farm every June with nature trails, traditional wood-based crafts, refresgments. Autumn event with poetry readings by Suffolk Poets. Nature-inspired poetry at County Wildlife Site near Woodbridge in Suffolk. Poetry events and craft events take place in our rustic traditional timber barn near Woodbridge in Suffolk. This organic farm supports a wide variety of wildlife including over fifty bird species, and many butterflies, dragonfiles, damselflies, amphibians including great-crested newts.

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EVENTS AT WHITE HOUSE FARM

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Nature Retreat Days - Last Sunday of every month during April to September

12.30 pm - 5.00 pm
Booking essential.
Other days/times for group retreat visits can be arranged.  Please click here for contact details.

     Open meditation areas in the garden, woodland and summerhouse 
     Oracle cards and dowsing tools
     Library with private and lending collection
     Painting/writing materials
     Refreshments
     Natural therapies may include:
         Hands-on healing
         Indian head massage
         
Lunches are not included but refreshments are available throughout the day.
 
Charlotte Daniel is a resident guardian at White House Farm, Hasketon.  If you would like to book a healing session (there are several therapists available) or to use any of the above materials at a Nature Retreat Day, please let Charlotte know when you book a place.  Directions to White House Farm can be given when booking.
 
Entry: Donation.  We also welcome new members of The Sinfield Trust.
If you would like to make use of any White House Farm painting or writing materials there will be a charge to cover the cost of the items. 

PAST EVENTS AT WHITE HOUSE FARM

Sloe and Bullace Picking - Weekend 29th & 30th September 2007
For members and volunteers
1.30 p.m. and 4.00 p.m. to collect sloes and bullaces.  Refreshments and sloe gin tasting in the summerhouse.  Map and recipe sheets provided.
For information about last year's event please see details below.

Poetry Reading - Saturday 29th September 2007
White House Farm hosted poetry readings by Gillian Bence-Jones, Kaaren Whitney, Jan Moncrieff, Gwen Lewis and Charlotte Daniel to coincide with our annual Sloe and Bullace Picking event at White House Farm.  Signed copies of Gillian Bence-Jones' recent book Mulberry Middle was available to purchase.

Photograph to be added shortly.

Picnic - Saturday 30th June 2007
Seating areas in the beautiful garden, woods and wildflower meadows at White House Farm.  Summerhouse open meditations. 
Donations to The Sinfield Trust appreciated.
Please contact Charlotte Daniel for more information.

Open Day - Saturday 16th June 2007
At the first Open Day at White House Farm visitors were able to see the impressive variety of orchids.  Two guided walks took place and many visitors braved the two heavy rain showers between the sunny spells.  North and East Nature trails meandered through wildflower meadows and woodland.  Many wood sculptures were on display at the barns, garden, woodland and nature trails. 

The barns hosted a small art exhibition and a willow weaving display and sale by local weaver Jo Hammond.  Nicola Guereca demonstrated basket weaving and Nigel McKean and Jeremy had a display hive and local honey for sale.  In the garden shelter, re-enactors Paul and Carol Atkin worked at their pole lathe and loom while dressed in Saxon costume.  Children’s activities included pond dipping and a ‘green hunt’.  Drinks and cakes were for sale in the Arts and Crafts summerhouse.  Thank you to all supporters for helping to create such an enjoyable day. [More pictures to be added shortly]

Sloe and Bullace Picking - Sunday 8th October 2006
The Glorious sunshine contributed to our enjoyment of the first friends, members and volunteers event at White House Farm where we had refreshments in the farm kitchen and picked sloes, bullaces and damsons as well as a few late blackberries in the hedges around the meadows east of the farmhouse.  The visiting Jack Russells enthusiastically led their owners, fortified by a nip of sloe gin, on a circular walk marked by red ribbons. Forty-five people and five dogs set out and most people returned, with picked fruit, for coffee and cake and to talk about memories of Laurie and Liz Parker and Tom Palmer. 

Tasting 2005 White House Farm
Sloe gin in the summerhouse

We would like to thank all those who offered volunteer work and words of support and we hope everyone had a good time.   We also wish you success in experimenting with the recipes provided and would not be averse to testing the results!