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SUMMARY:Create your own Kitchen Garden
DESCRIPTION:Embark on a journey into the world of kitchen gardening with our Head Kitchen Gardener ChiChi and trusty assistant Copper the dog. This comprehensive course provides hands-on experience and practical insights to help you create and nurture your own thriving kitchen garden at home. From exploring the garden’s highlights to selecting seeds\, engaging in propagation techniques\, and learning essential gardening practices\, this course equips you with the knowledge and skills for a successful gardening venture. Join us for a day of discovery\, delicious garden soup\, and a Q&A session\, leaving with the foundation to cultivate a healthy and flourishing kitchen garden of your own.\n  \n    \n\nThis Course is £120 including tea\, garden snacks\, lunch\, and all sowing materials.\n  \n \n  \n\n10am – Arrive at Sculpture by the Lakes.\nYou will meet your course providers\, ChiChi and Copper who will take you on a tour of the Kitchen Garden. You will also see and taste what is growing and the highlights at this time of the year.\n\n  \nSession one 10.30-11.30\nWe will have a look at different components of the kitchen garden from the propagation greenhouse\, polytunnel\, fruit garden\, vegetable and cut flower bed\, and herb garden.\nWe will also look at different areas like a shade area and south facing walls which provide excellent growing conditions for tender plants.\n\n  \nSession two 11.30-12.30\nWe will come into the polytunnel classroom to do some planning practice on paper. This will help you understand what and when to grow in different seasons to ensure a year-round supply whether grown from pots or from a large allotment garden.\n12.30-13.10\nEnjoy a delicious garden lunch made with our own Kitchen Garden produce.\n\n  \nSession three 13.10-14.40\nWe will start choosing what you would like to grow from our seed collection\, including vegetables\, herbs and flowers. Then we will practice some propagation methods of sowing seeds and pricking out seedlings which you can take home with you\nChiChi will share her favourite varieties and show you how to DIY a simple propagation heating bench\, which you can make at home to give your kitchen garden a flying start and enable you to grow tender plants.\n\n  \nSession four 14.40-15.30\nChiChi will show you how to start a No-Dig garden and how to look after your soil as well as some trade secrets on how you can minimize the problem of pests and diseases.\nWe will plant seedlings out in the garden and cover various ways of protecting them during this vulnerable stage.\nFinally\, we will look at how to make great compost at home as well as making your own natural feeds to nourish your soil.\n\n  \nQ&A 15.30-16.00\nWith this excellent foundation of how to start your own Kitchen Garden\, ChiChi will then answer any questions you might have and also discuss the future support for creating your own healthy Kitchen Garden.\n\n  \nCourse ends. After which you will be free to roam the rest of Sculpture by the Lakes until 5pm.\n\n  \n\nReserve your place here:\n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sculpturebythelakes.co.uk/event/create-your-own-kitchen-garden/
LOCATION:Sculpture by the Lakes\, Pallington Lakes\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT2 8QU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Rest & Relaxation Afternoon
DESCRIPTION:In the chaos of our daily lives\, we’re constantly being pulled in a million different directions and stretched so thin that our stress levels are too high and we end up in a persistent state of fight or flight. We crave some rest and relaxation\, so that we can feel restored and rejuvenated and this is what this retreat is all about! We will combine various modalities to help you calm the mind and the body and teach you some that you can do at home to help you reduce stress and relax.\n\n  \nCacao Ceremony\nThe Cacao Ceremony provides a space for us to come together\, share our experiences\, and connect with each other.\nCacao is a perfect plant for anxiety\, as it brings natural stress relief. By directly connecting to our nervous system\, it triggers dopamine and the endorphin\, ‘Anandamide’\, two essential neurotransmitters that make us feel blissed out and loved up.\n  \nYoga Nidra\nYoga Nidra is a guided meditation rooted in ancient yogic traditions that follows a systematic relaxation process. Researchers who have studied it have found that the brain goes into a unique state where it is asleep\, while we’re actually awake and conscious. Apart from being deeply relaxing\, being in this state also unlocks several mental\, physical\, and emotional benefits.\n  \nSound Bath\nA sound bath is typically a way of managing anxiety\, soothing the nervous system\, and blocking all the ideas and thoughts out of your consciousness as you connect with your body. Sound enters the healing equation from several directions: It may alter cellular functions through energetic effects; it may entrain biological systems to function more homeostatically; it may be calm the mind and therefore the body; or it may have emotional effects\, which influence neurotransmitters and neuropeptides\, which in turn help to regulate the immune system—the healer within.\n\n  \nReserve your place here:
URL:https://www.sculpturebythelakes.co.uk/event/rest-relaxation-afternoon/
CATEGORIES:Wellbeing
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SUMMARY:Spring Renewal Retreat with Tracey Boast
DESCRIPTION:Retreat with me for a day of seasonal practices where we aim to slow down\, connect back to nature and nourish ourselves: body\, mind and spirit. We will flow gently through the day harnessing the joy & energy of the Spring season\, offering us the opportunity to calm the mind\, soothe the central nervous system & bring body mind and spirit into harmonious balance.\n\n  \n \n  \n  \n10am – Arrival & choice of refreshment\n\n\n10. 15am – Welcome and centering practice\n\n10.30– Qigong\nQigong is an ancient practice that blends movement\, breathwork and intention to enhance overall health and vitality.\nOur morning session will start with gentle Qigong to nourish the joints\, release stress & tension & energise the body. In this seasonal Qiflow practise we will harness the rising yang energy of the Spring season. The session will include breathwork\, self massage\, healing sounds and mindfulness in motion through slow movements. We will connect back to nature by working with the elements around and within us restoring balance & harmony.\nThis gentle and accessible practise is an invitation to connect body mind and breath\, preparing you to receive the powerful benefits of Restorative Yoga.\nPlease note this practise will take place outside by the stream\, weather permitting.\n  \n11.45am Restorative yoga\nAfter a comfort break we will get cosy in the retreat space with props and blankets for a floor based practice of deliberate stillness for deep conscious rest. This healing state will reset your nervous system\, reduce muscular tension\, calm the mind and create space for the breath.\nYou are invited in this nourishing practice of true self care to rest in long held postures\, fully supported with props for the opportunity to find deep and nourishing rest\, reducing feelings of stress and anxiety.\n  \n\n \n\n1pm Lunch\nWe will enjoy a delicious buddha bowl lunch freshly prepared using lots of produce grown in Sculpture by the Lakes own garden kitchen. Refreshments and cake is also included along with some free time to be in nature\, take a gentle walk \, explore the beauty of the lakes and sculpture park or find a quiet place to relax and contemplate.\n  \n2.30 pm – Yoga Nidra meditation with Sound immersion\nYoga Nidra is sometimes referred to as Yogic sleep or NSDR (non sleep deep rest ). As you settle into the comfort of the props there is nothing to do but rest in the moment as you are guided in a soothing meditation which will flow seamlessly into a gentle but powerful sound bath\, taking you on a sound journey which will incorporate different instruments including Himalayan Bowls\, Wind Gongs\, Crystal Bowls\, Koshi Chimes\, Shamanic Drums which have a unique ability to relax and calm the nervous system.\n\n\n4pm\nOur time together with close will herbal tea and sweet treats. You are welcome to enjoy the sculpture park until it closes at 5pm\n  \nYou will leave with a spring in your step feeling truly relaxed & rejuvenated as well as lighter\, brighter and more energised \, ready to embrace the vibrant energy of the Spring season.\n\n\nI can’t wait to welcome you.\n  \n  \nReserve your place here:
URL:https://www.sculpturebythelakes.co.uk/event/spring-renewal-retreat-with-tracey-boast/
CATEGORIES:Wellbeing
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SUMMARY:Carol Peace - New Work
DESCRIPTION:Flower Carer by Carol Peace\n\nVisitors have an additional week to enjoy this beautiful solo exhibition of renowned sculptor Carol Peace at Sculpture by the Lakes\, it runs until 5pm on Saturday  May 31st\, 2025.\n  \nVisitors will have the opportunity to see Carol’s new and popular works in the free to enter gallery and courtyard situated in the Makers Yard.   As you arrive look out for her sculpture Tightrope\, newly installed in the pond at the entrance next to The Kitchen to accompany the show.  There are also larger pieces on display throughout the park.\n  \nCarol Peace is celebrated for her beautiful and thought-provoking sculptures\, often inspired by the natural world and the human condition. Her work is characterized by its delicate balance of form\, texture\, and material\, inviting viewers to contemplate themes of beauty\, fragility\, and resilience.\n  \n  \nAlong with the new works in bronze and resin\, there will be a new editioned publication created to share the thoughts and images behind Carol’s inspiration.\n  \n  \nWe are delighted that Carol will be joining us in the gallery for the Opening on April 26th from 10am\,  with a personal introduction to her exhibition at 11am and 2.30pm.  All are welcome.
URL:https://www.sculpturebythelakes.co.uk/event/carol-peace-a-solo-show/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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