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SUMMARY:Soup and Steps
DESCRIPTION:Shake off the winter blues with “Soup & Steps\n  \nNew Year\, New You? Start the year as you mean to go on at Sculpture by the Lakes. \nWe’re inviting you to get your steps in this January and February across our 26 acres of tranquil sculpture gardens. It’s the perfect way to clear your head\, enjoy the fresh air\, and take in the art without the summer crowds. \nOnce you’ve done your loop (or two!)\, head to The Kitchen for a steaming\, healthy bowl of soup. Every batch is made using fresh produce grown right here in our Kitchen Garden. \nJust £15 (includes park entry + a bowl of soup). \nThroughout January & February. \n12.00pm – 2.30pm \nAfter booking your ticket\, please contact the Kitchen Café to make a table reservation to avoid disappointment. \n \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Book Here
URL:https://www.sculpturebythelakes.co.uk/event/soup-and-steps/
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink
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SUMMARY:Paintings for the New Era of Innocence\, an Exhibition by Fernando Velázquez
DESCRIPTION:  \nFernando Velazquez\, Moon\, 50 x 50 cm\, Oil on canvas\n  \n  \nIn Paintings for the New Era of Innocence\,  Fernando Velázquez presents a new body of work that stands as a quiet yet powerful act of resistance against acceleration\, inhumanity\, and the rising dominance of artificial intelligence. These paintings champion the handmade\, revealing fragility\, patience\, and process whilst asserting the enduring value of human touch in an increasingly mechanised world. \n\nOpening on Saturday 14th February – all are welcome from 10am – 5pm. \nFernando will be present from 11am to 3pm.
URL:https://www.sculpturebythelakes.co.uk/event/paintings-for-the-new-era-of-innocence-an-exhibition-by-fernando-velazquez/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Winter Tree Tour: Conifer Collection
DESCRIPTION:Our Conifer Collection is one of the central focusses of our Botanic Garden at Sculpture by the Lake. Of the estimated 60\,000 tree species in the world\, only 650 are conifers. This is because conifers are relics of evolution and had their heyday before the dinosaurs. For this reason many of our conifer collections are rare in the wild and some are under threat of extinction” \nOur first winter tree tour will take you back in history to the extraordinary bravery\, rivalry and pitfalls of the pioneer botanists of the 18th and 19th centuries who discovered many of the conifer species we rely on\, commercially\, today. In more recent years\, conifers only thought to exist as fossils have been found alive and rescued from the brink. The most exciting discoveries\, though\, are more scientific\, regarding the fascinating ways some conifers are adapted to nutrient-poor or water-logged soil\, and are prepared for wind\, and fire. There could be many reasons we still need conifers in the future. A key role of a botanic garden\, is to understand what trees will grow best\, with rising temperatures and increased adverse weather conditions. \nWe’ll end up in the Pod last\, with Andrew Lawrence\, our palaeontologist colleague who will bring in some fossils of plants to take us back to the deep past. Trees we might now think of as non-native might actually have lived closer to home once upon a time! \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				18th of February – 10.00am – 12.30pm\n  \nSpaces are limited to 8 people.\n  \nClick below to secure your place!\n  \nThis event is strictly for attendees aged 14 and over.\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Book Here
URL:https://www.sculpturebythelakes.co.uk/event/winter-tree-tour-conifer-collection/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Paintings for the New Era of Innocence: Fernando Velázquez in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of his solo exhibition\, we are honoured to welcome Fernando for an informal talk and open engagement around Paintings for the New Era of Innocence. \nAs Fernando says \n“Because no matter how the world shifts\, artists will always return to the same elemental truths: life\, death\, love\, fear\, and the fragile wonder of being human. Everything else is noise.” \nAll are welcome to join Fernando for this conversation in the gallery. \n11am on Friday 20th February\, running for approximately one hour. \nPlease email gallery@sculpturebythelakes.co.uk to reserve a place\, Free admission.
URL:https://www.sculpturebythelakes.co.uk/event/paintings-for-the-new-era-of-innocence-fernando-velazquez-in-conversation/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Winter Rose Pruning Workshop With John Cunningham
DESCRIPTION:In the world of roses there are many different types and varieties\, all of which require different pruning techniques. In this one-day workshop\, John Cunningham will describe each of the different types and how to tell them apart\, what tools to use and how to care for them\, as well as caring for your plants! \n \n\nTrained at The Royal Botanical Gardens\, Edinburgh\, and a qualified designer\, John specialises in pruning and garden development for private clients. He has planted over 60 Royal Horticultural Society and International Show gardens over the past 30 years and has judged for the RHS since 2013. He shares his knowledge with humour and passion and he loves his job. \nYou can bring your own secateurs if you would like but please ensure they are sharp and are clean and disinfected before you arrive. You will need to bring your own lunch\, or you can book a table with The Kitchen. Arrival is from 10am and the course starts at 10.30am. We break for lunch at 12.00 and resume at 1.00 finishing at 4pm. \nPlease be aware\, this workshop is limited to 10 spaces. \nReserve your space here:\n  \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sculpturebythelakes.co.uk/event/winter-rose-pruning-workshop-with-john-cunningham/
LOCATION:Sculpture by the Lakes\, Pallington Lakes\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT2 8QU\, United Kingdom
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