Events Calendar – December 2019

See what’s coming up in 2020: The Rural Antics Barn calendar has so many amazing activities this coming Winter and Spring including two new dates for our super popular Bentwood Chair Workshop in February: Rural Antics 2020 Workshops: Handmade Bookbinding Notebook, Sun 5th Jan 9:45am-1pm £54 Glass Jewellery Workshop, Sun 12th Jan 9:30am-12:30pm £55 Paper […]

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Harvest 2019

Summary Hand-picked by volunteers, friends and family, 2019 was our 5th grape harvest. The traditional champagne varieties: Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay were planted in 2012, some vines are not yet mature.  Grape quantity was significantly up versus 2018 especially the Pinot Noir, which excelled.  Each year the local conditions throw us new challenges […]

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Shortlisted! Celebrating Rushcliffe Awards

Logo Celebrating Rushcliffe awards

How excited are we!!? We’ve been shortlisted for the Celebrating Rushcliffe Awards in the Business of the Year category. We were nominated and have made the shortlist. The Rushcliffe Borough Council have been out to the vineyard to interview Helenka and we’ve been invited to the ceremony later this month. “How very exciting, what an […]

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Lets talk Christmas…..

Christams

Whether you are looking to make a Christmas present for someone this year or fancy treating yourself to a little creative ‘me time’ then check out our Christmas line up. Make something Christmassy for your home, spend some time with family and friends. Making memories at Christmas is what it is all about and making something […]

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Events Calendar – September 2019

Bushcraft

The Rural Antics Barn calendar is also overflowing with great activities this coming Autumn and Winter including a fabulous new Open Fire Cooking Workshop. We’ve also added with lots of amazing new workshops in the run up to Christmas. and a few new dates for 2020 (many more to come soon…) Funky Foraging, Fri 6th […]

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Garden Wooden Art

Outside the Tasting Lodge Café we now have a gorgeous display of Wooden Garden Art including mushrooms, dragonflies and flowers. Akeman Woodsmen have been creating art from their local Cotgrave woodlands and now they are here for you to enjoy. Prices start at a very reasonable £8 for a rustic wood flower. Mushrooms have a […]

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Beautifully Handcrafted Glass

Glass

There is something exquisitely beautiful about handcrafted creations. Machine made can not compare to the skill and precision that goes into making something by hand. Our eyes miss no details, and with each piece laid in to place a memory of that moment is etched into our brains.  Not only creating an object that you […]

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