We want your special interest group to feel... well, special!

The team at Farncombe Estate is delighted to invite you to a

Group Organisers’ Open Day

On Saturday 21^st July 2012

Arrive any time from 11am – lunch will be served at 1pm

This will be your chance to:

Enjoy a show-round of Farncombe Estate and our private Japanese Garden

Explore our meeting rooms and outdoor spaces

Meet other group organisers and see our flexible venue in action

Book a personal appointment with Events Co-ordinator Elizabeth Owen

www.farncombegroups.co.uk

Farncombe Estate: perfect for groups

RSVP by 15^th June 2012

To: Elizabeth Owen, Events Co-ordinator, Special Interest Groups, Farncombe Estate, Broadway.  WR12 7LJ

Telephone: 01386 854215

For more information, please go to www.farncombegroups.co.uk

Directions can be found at farncombeestate.co.uk/getting-here/how-to-find-us

Special Interest Group Open Day

The team at Farncombe Estate is delighted to invite you to a

Group Organisers’ Open Day

On Saturday 21^st July 2012

Arrive any time from 11am – lunch will be served at 1pm

We want your special interest group to feel... well, special!

This will be your chance to:

Enjoy a show-round of Farncombe Estate and our private Japanese Garden

Explore our meeting rooms and outdoor spaces

Meet other group organisers and see our flexible venue in action

Book a personal appointment with Events Co-ordinator Elizabeth Owen

www.farncombegroups.co.uk

Farncombe Estate: perfect for groups

RSVP by 15^th June 2012

To: Elizabeth Owen, Events Co-ordinator, Special Interest Groups, Farncombe Estate, Broadway.  WR12 7LJ

Telephone: 01386 854215

For more information, please go to www.farncombegroups.co.uk

Directions can be found at farncombeestate.co.uk/getting-here/how-to-find-us

Painting and Drawing Courses at Farncombe Estate

The glorious setting of Farncombe Estate is perfect for our painting and drawing programme, with courses for all levels of practitioner. Beginners will learn the basics of drawing, sketching and painting while others explore new media and techniques that will enhance their repertoire.Our courses include Botanical Illustration, Watercolour Painting, Portrait Painting in Oils and Acrylics. Our courses are all held at Farncombe Estate in the Cotswolds.

‘All the Queen’s Women’: the Female World of Elizabeth I

During the reign of Elizabeth I, it was her female circle that exerted the most profound influence on her life. This in-depth course explores the leading women at the Queen’s court as well as investigating more outstanding female contemporaries such as Mary Sidney, Bess Throckmorton, Lady Penelope Devereux and the legendary Bess of Hardwick. The course also includes a field trip to Sudeley Castle with transport provided, but the admission charge is not included.

Join John Sutton in the 2 day course at Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire. To book your place call us on 0333 456 8580.

Farncombe launches new website and leisure course brochure

Farncombe Estate, the residential learning centre near Broadway in the north Cotswolds, has just published its new leisure courses brochure for the second half of 2012.   The brochure (available in print and as a download) details a wide variety of weekend courses, study breaks, summer schools and day events which run from July to December 2012.   

Subjects include Painting & Drawing, Crafts & Textiles, Singing, Music Making, Photography and Dance.   Summer courses range from the practical to the academic: Fun & Fitness for the Over 50s, Glorious Cotswolds Gardens, Medieval Monasteries and the High Italian Renaissance, novel and commercial writing, singing, sketching and quilting.

April also sees the launch of a new-look website for Farncombe, which attracts hundreds of visitors to learn new skills and pursue favourite hobbies on its 370-acre country estate.  For more information, go to www.fancombeestate.co.uk or call 0333 456 8580.