Open Weekend 2025

Open Weekend 2025: Where Stories and Nature Come to Life Open Weekend is back for 2025 – join in the fifth year of our vibrant, Bucks-wide event full of creative activities to try out and have a go! Every tree has a tale. Every landscape holds a legend. Every moment spent in nature is a… Continue reading Open Weekend 2025: Thursday 28th – Sunday 31st August 2025

Spark your imagination with a walk around Great Missenden. Discover locations that inspired Roald Dahl and start to create a story. Get out and about with our Sketch for Stories Activity Pack. You’ll discover locations that inspired Roald Dahl’s own stories as well as starting to create your own story ideas. We’ll encourage you to… Continue reading Sketch for Stories

Marlow Museum invites residents and visitors to Marlow to share their memories and stories of the town and their experiences for a new oral history collection. Come along and help build an new archive of recorded stories that will contribute to the development of the museum's 2026 exhibition program. The collection team would particularly like… Continue reading Memories of Marlow

Step into a world of myth and imagination with Waddesdon Wisdom & Wonder, a self-guided storytelling trail that brings the gardens and woodlands of Waddesdon to life in a completely new way. Follow a ten-stop nature trail through the grounds and encounter a series of original short stories and soliloquies, specially written for this event.… Continue reading Waddesdon Wisdom and Wonder

From 2 August to the 31st, explore The Longest Yarn 2: Britain at War—a spectacular 60-metre knitted and crocheted tapestry marking 80 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Each three-dimensional panel, lovingly stitched by talented volunteer makers, weaves stories of courage, resolve, and everyday life on the British home front during World War II.… Continue reading The Longest Yarn 2

Join local artist Caroline Masom, as she conducts 2 one hour drawing workshops on both Thursday and Friday mornings where participants can learn how to capture trees. Caroline is constantly inspired by nearby Burnham Beeches, 'Every time I walk into the Beeches, something is different' she says, 'The light is always changing, trees and undergrowth… Continue reading Every Tree Has A Tale: Drawing Workshop

Come along to Aylesbury Library where Intentional Parenting CIC will host "Tales from Home",  a cultural heritage storytelling and creative expression event for 20 African mothers living in Bucks. The session will celebrate cultural identity and intentional parenting through shared stories, ancestral proverbs, and reflective art activities. The event's goal is to affirm heritage, strengthen… Continue reading Tales From Home: Heritage Story Circle for African Mothers

Join one of Artxtra's local artists in this friendly group setting to see a painting demonstration on the theme of Nature and Stories and be supported in creating your own art work to take home. No need to book. Free for the first 50 participants! (With a £5 suggested donation toward materials thereafter)

Join local performer and songwriter John Brain for a lively and interactive family music show that celebrates the wonders of science and the beauty of the natural world. Packed with original songs and engaging stories, this performance invites children (ages 5 and up) and their grown-ups to explore big ideas through music — from habitats,… Continue reading Songs of Science and Nature

Explore your creativity! Join More Than Brushes for a free mixed media taster session at Haddenham library—everyone welcome! Unleash your creativity with More Than Brushes at their upcoming library taster session! Discover the joy of gelli plate printing, expressive collage, and mixed media techniques, all inspired by the rich themes of stories and nature. Whether… Continue reading Art with More than Brushes

Join us in our tea room for a mini tea-tasting and tea-dying retreat. Take a piece of art home along with some teaful ideas. Enjoy a mini tea-tasting along with creating your own tea-dyed paper, followed by creating your own art piece over blending conversations. Booking is required. Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible.

Join Dew Dance in their lead up to November's premiere of Come to the Water at Wycombe’s Old Town Hall for a free dance performance & workshop exploring nature, mental wellbeing & personal stories through movement. Through a short dance theatre performance and movement workshop, you’ll explore how nature – especially water – can support… Continue reading Dew Dance presents: Come to the Water: Movement, Nature and Stories

Come join us for a fun-filled music festival at Missenden Walled Garden. Get ready for a fantastic event with a line-up of story telling great live music, festival face painting themed on nature and stories, delicious home cooked food, and amazing company. This is the ultimate summer party you won't want to miss! Booking required:… Continue reading Jam in the garden: A Festival Style Garden Party with Live Music