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- NEW! Art Materials Marquee
- Fine Food & Drink Marquee
- FREE Antiques Valuation
- Chilstone Garden Ornaments
- Show Garden
- Craft Workshops & Demonstrations
- Up to 250 exhibiting craftsmen
- Live Music
- Visit the house & gardens
- Venture Playground (Penshurst)
- Play Area (Stonor)
Join the growing trend towards handmade and personalised and come along to our quality outdoor craft shows where the whole family can experience a great day out together. Enjoy the exciting world of traditional and contemporary crafts, displayed and demonstrated by up to 250 artist craftsmen who will bring you the very best in unusual and inspiring crafts. Meet them in person as they showcase their individual crafts and find unusual gifts or special pieces for your home, not usually found on the High Street.
NEW! Art Materials Marquee
sponsored by Leisure Painter & The Artist magazines
Leisure Painter and The Artist magazines will be bringing you pre-bookable half-day workshops with popular professional artists. Liz Seward Relfe will show you how to paint a still life in pastel pencils and pastels; you can learn how to paint spring flowers in watercolour with Billy Showell; Soraya French will instruct and demonstrate on seascapes and beach scenes in acrylic. There will also be a seated Demonstration Area where you can watch FREE, regular half hour demonstrations in a variety of media and subject matter. You can also test and purchase a variety of art materials from exhibiting companies. Visit www.painters-online.co.uk/workshops or phone 01580 763315 for full details and to book your place.
(NB: Weald of Kent spring show only)
Combined Ticket for the Weald of Kent Craft Show
PLUS Penshurst House & Gardens
Why not visit the stately Penshurst Place & Gardens whilst you are at the show and take advantage of this special combined ticket - previously only available to groups.
Combined Ticket for the Chilterns Craft Show
PLUS Stonor Park House & Gardens
Why not visit the beautiful Stonor Park House & Gardens whilst you are at the show and take advantage of this special combined ticket - previously only available to groups.NB: At Stonor Park, a combined visit is only available on the Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday afternoons.
FREE! Antiques Valuation
Experts from TV and Radio will be offering their worldly expertise - just call into the Antiques Valuation Marquee to visit the panel of experts on hand to explain a little of the background and give a valuation on individual antiques. All visitors to the show are eligible to bring in up to two antiques to discover their history and value. This service is FREE of charge to all that visit the show
Chilstone Garden Ornaments
Chilstone Garden Ornaments reproduces some of the world's most beautiful antique ornaments found in famous gardens across the UK & Europe. We are delighted to welcome them to the show where they will demonstrate their fascinating manufacturing process and tell us some of their secrets on how to speed up the weathering process. Come and see their beautiful garden ornaments and find out all about this intriguing craft.
Fine Food & Drink Marquee
Exquisite aromas from this splendid Specialist Food Marquee will tempt even the strongest willed! With delicious products from handmade cheeses, preserves, curry sauces and fruit punch - to luxury dips, nuts and chocolates. Enjoy!
Show Garden
Looking for some new inspiration for your garden? Pick up lots of ideas and tips at our colourful Show Garden packed full of unusual and vibrant plants and accessories.
Workshops
Enjoy daily workshops with the experts in crafts such as decorative ceramics, pencil making, woodturning, paper making, drawing and painting and see exactly how these crafts take shape and ask all those questions you have always wanted to ask!
Rural Craft Demonstrations
Discover how to use a pole lathe turner to beautifully shape wood; have a go at wire sculptures; discover the secrets of wheat straw thatching or watch the children tackle scarecrow making! The whole family can enjoy these interactive demonstrations by expert craftsmen showing you how to get the most from traditional craft techniques.These outdoor craft shows really do offer a wonderfully relaxing, yet exciting atmosphere, in which all the family can enjoy a captivating day out together.
HOBBYCRAFTS is the registered trade mark of the Hobbycraft Group Ltd.