Events

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

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

Working with Buckinghamshire based artist, Harsha Basu, this is an exciting opportunity to find out more about Rangoli, its history and importance in South Asian heritage and discover the traditional techniques used by creating your own design. Free Event. Booking required; either in person at Wycombe Library or online at www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/libraries

Join the Chiltern Rangers at Kingsmead, taking inspiration from local wildlife to make and decorate a bird box or plant a pollinator pot to help the bees & butterflies. Find out about what the Rangers do and get stuck in with various conservation activities including a river clean up to help the local community and… Continue reading Kingsmead Family Ranger Day

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

Join others over at Amersham Museum at the launch of a new children’s picture book, inspired by Amersham’s Charter Fair! Hear Mary Hamilton read the book, & buy your own copy (£10per book) along with the opportunity to make and take home some craft inspired by this brand new story!

Join us for snake stories and snake sculptures at Milton’s Cottage, and help create a serpentine ceramic installation for our garden. Milton’s “infernal serpent” plays a central role in Paradise Lost, and we’re celebrating all things serpentine during the Lunar Year of the Snake. From Quetzalcoatl to Kaa, Vasuki to the Incredibly Deadly Viper, join… Continue reading Snake Stories at Milton’s Cottage

Explore your connection to nature through drawing, collage, simple journaling, and mindful observation — then make a zine to take home. Using A3 paper, coloured pens, pencils, watercolours, natural textures, and cut-out collage elements, we'll guide participants to create their own illustrated story inspired by animals, trees, weather, or magical woodland creatures. This calm and… Continue reading Art Workshop: My Tiny Wild Story – Create Your Own Nature Zine

Explore themes of storytelling and nature, take inspiration from a Surrealist artist and learn a new technique to express your creativity. This workshop looks at the unique and captivating art of needle felting – a medium that many people have never experienced before. In this workshop, participants will explore themes of storytelling and nature. We'll… Continue reading Art Workshop: Explore the Amazing Art of Needle Felting

Join artist Harsha Basu at Wendover Community library for a folk art workshop where we will make our own natural colours, paint a beautiful Madhubani Art motif and listen to an inspiring story from the foothills of Himalayas. Explore Madhubani art in more detail; characterised by its vibrant colors, geometric patterns, and depictions of nature,… Continue reading Madhubani Art – A Celebration of Nature

Discover the natural poetry of the Swahili language as you join artist and storyteller Adam Cheyo in an interactive workshop showing the journey that has led to the merge of cultures we see today. Through poetry you will find out how people crossed the Indian Ocean from Africa to Asia for trade on the iconic… Continue reading Swahili Culture and Heritage: Poetry

Join the Sing Your Pain Away singers for a joyful, two-hour workshop celebrating the beauty of the natural world through song. This relaxed and uplifting session is open to adults of all ages and welcomes everyone – no singing experience needed. Participants will learn and sing a selection of inspiring songs themed around nature, including… Continue reading Sing Your Pain Away: Songs of Nature

Community Youth Ventures presents Woven Stories, a workshop for adults offering the chance to create your own Dreamcatcher. Using upcycled CDs and other recycled materials this event merges crafting and musical storytelling giving participants the chance to take their creations home with them. Free - booking required here Ages 16+    

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

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

Join Creation Station for a fun range arts and crafts activities for children with a Stories and Nature theme. This is will take place at The Walled Garden in West Wycombe, on Sat 30th and Sun 31st Aug 2025 between 9.30am and 3.30pm. This is a free event with no need to book. Step free… Continue reading Arts and Crafts with Creation Station

Join textile artists Karina Thomas and Lisa Vaughan from Black Swans Studio for a calming and creative workshop exploring nature, wellbeing and self-expression through textiles. Set in the welcoming surroundings of Princes Risborough Library, this hands-on session begins with a gentle guided walk, where you’ll be encouraged to notice textures, colours and patterns in the… Continue reading Threads of Connection Workshop

Come and take a closer look at the nature-inspired design of the Waterside Theatre's foyer spaces. Architect Norman Bragg based the design of the theatre on 'the beautiful countryside of Aylesbury Vale, the Chilterns and the sleek pines'. Join the theatre team for a tour of the theatre's public spaces and how it's design is… Continue reading Tour: Nature’s Story in the Design of Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Discover the incredible story of the Leaf Cutter Bee through art and imagination in this free, hands-on workshop for children, led by local artist Fiona Ryan-Watson. In this fun and creative session, children will learn about one of nature’s tiny marvels while creating their own visual storybook to take home. Using watercolour pencils, brushes and… Continue reading Summer Garden: The Story of the Leaf Cutter Bee – Free Kids Art Workshop

Join artist Ruth October at Wycombe Arts Centre for this free art workshop during Bucks Culture Weekend. Create art through mark making with natural materials. This event is free but booking required - here. 10:30-12:30 6+ to be accompanied with an adult throughout the workshop.  Free parking onsite

Join our multi-sensory storytime to find out how Bucks has changed from a watery world of undersea creatures to a modern urbanised landscape. Expect singing, movement, and touchable treasures to stimulate every sense! This sensory storytelling session is suitable for early years children and people of all ages with SEND, including those with profound and… Continue reading Discovering Bucks: A Sensory Storytime

In this one-of-a-kind, interactive workshop, learn from a photographer and psychotherapist how to take photos of the world around you in order to tell your story. Discover practical photography tips and tricks from an expert and how to use images to explore your wellbeing and delve into meaningful conversations. You can use a camera or… Continue reading Mindsnaps Photography Workshop

Drop in at any time between 11-1 to the Pride of Place "shop" in the Chilterns Shopping Centre for a relaxed family-friendly opportunity to sit and stitch using sustainable craft materials from the Refresh Shop and to add an origami fish to our Craftivism wall with your message about how we can care for the… Continue reading Sustainable Craft Drop-In: Love Our Wycombe and Love Our World

Food Rise presents "Green Banana" - a fun and fact-filled session at Walton Parish Hall in Aylesbury. Have fun baking, learning and creating your very own Compost Experiment. Ages 7 Up this is a free event. To book, please visit the following link at Eventbrite .

An Immersive Audio-visual Environment | FREE Registration Now Open Resonant Morphologies is an immersive projection-based experience that transforms the exhibition space into a living field of light, frequency, and form. Through large-scale, looping digital sculptures and floor-to-ceiling visual projections, the work explores the quiet language of energy,  breath, sound, and subtle electromagnetic currents,  as they… Continue reading Resonant Morphologies

Come along to Wycombe Library for a storytelling and family crafts making session. Storyteller and community arts maker Donna Griffiths will be returning to Eden Library with another original story celebrating cultural connections to nature. Children and families will be given an opportunity to respond to the story through a crafts activity which will take… Continue reading Multicultural Story Trail

A weekend of cream teas and tours up the church tower to see Burnham and its environs in all it's glory, and imagine the Burnham of old.. St. Peter's in Burnham will be opening it's doors to all for tours up the church tower; giving people the chance to experience the incredible views of Burnham… Continue reading Tower Tours and Cream Teas

Join artist Shaida Parveen as she guides you through the creation of mindful ink paintings using organic real bamboo pens to create your own artwork to take home and keep. This is a relaxing art sessions for all to be enjoyed by children and adults from ages 7 upwards. No booking required  

This summer, we’re celebrating our fifth anniversary with a dazzling collision of Baroque opera and contemporary circus. Join us for Le Carnaval de Venise (1699), a joyful, fast-paced and theatrical reimagining of Campra’s vibrant opera, performed in-the-round under our iconic circus tent in the grounds of The Vache – or as we’re calling it this… Continue reading Le Carnaval de Venise: A Circus-Opera

Join freelance storyteller Anna Walker for a magical day of stories with a Heroes & Villains inspired "Choose Your Own Adventure" themed trail. Take part in book-making, story-telling, face-painting and character-creation activities and get the creative juices flowing with your own mini tales or comic strips with unique characters and storylines inspired by site-specific stories… Continue reading Family Fun Day: Heroes & Villians!

A weekend of cream teas and tours up the church tower to see Burnham and its environs in all it's glory, and imagine the Burnham of old.. St. Peter's in Burnham will be opening it's doors to all for tours up the church tower; giving people the chance to experience the incredible views of Burnham… Continue reading Tower Tours and Cream Teas

Community Youth Ventures presents "Woven Stories: Upcycled Dream Catcher Workshop" Join them at Amersham Youth Centre as they upcycle and create dream catchers that reflect stories inspired from CDs. Combine colours, textures and personal elements. Ages 7+ Free Event, bookable by Eventbrite

This summer, we’re celebrating our fifth anniversary with a dazzling collision of Baroque opera and contemporary circus. Join us for Le Carnaval de Venise (1699), a joyful, fast-paced and theatrical reimagining of Campra’s vibrant opera, performed in-the-round under our iconic circus tent in the grounds of The Vache – or as we’re calling it this… Continue reading Le Carnaval de Venise: A Circus-Opera