Wooden necklaces
Description
Make your own wooden necklace from sections of
Monkton’s own massive oak tree that recently fell down!
Making this beautiful and unique jewellery combines
woodworking skills and creativity.
Age range
All ages welcome
Group size
Up to 10 
Duration
1 ½ hours
Led by
Sara Riley
Pom-poms and French
knitting
Description
Spend a winter morning making pom-poms and crafts with
wool – let’s get the satisfaction of making something and
use our creativity and imagination to make it individual and
unusual.
Age range
All ages welcome
Group size
Up to 10 
Duration
1½ hours
Led by
Ellie Hayes
Bread-making/cooking
Description
Learn to make bread in our Victorian kitchen – this could
lead on to all sorts of other cooking workshops
depending on interest eg. Pizza, cakes etc.
Age range
All ages welcome
Group size
Up to 3 children 
Duration
Half day combined with another activity (whilst dough
rises!)
Led by
Catherine Siddle
Drumming Workshop
Description
Learn techniques and rhythms with our resident drummer.
Making music is fun at Monkton!
Age range
All ages welcome
Group size
Up to 8 
Duration
A series of 1 hour workshops depending on demand
Led by
Sean Morony
Fabric flower accessories &
fantastic plastic upcycling
Description
Combine upcycling, sewing skills and imagination to make
fun and versatile crafts
Age range
10 years old and upwards
Group size
Up to 8 
Duration
1 ½ hours
Led by
Ellie Hayes
Song & Movement
Description
Come and join us for silly songs and crazy dancing. Make
noise, friends and let your hair down. There will also be
movement inspired by Five Rhythms, a dynamic movement
practice that ignites a sense of creativity, connection, and
community.
Age range
All ages welcome
Group size
The more the merrier! 
Duration
1 hour
Led by
Sara Riley & Ellie Hayes
Outdoor creations
Description
A selection of activities, mini raft building, den building,
clay, willow weaving, making gods eyes and many more
outdoor activities
Age range
All ages welcome
Group size
Up to 10 
Duration
2 hour workshop (could do a series depending on
demand)
Led by
Monkton Wyld Court Community!
Observational Drawing
Description
Drawing real things that you can observe guided by our
resident artist Gill Barron. Most of the paintings around
Monkton Wyld Court and some of the postcards we sell
are painted by Gill so you can see her work.
Age range
8 years and upwards
Group size
Up to 10 
Duration
2 hour workshops
Led by
Gill Barron
Taster session
Renewable Energy
Description
Discuss how sun, wind and wood can be used to make
energy for us
Age range
All ages welcome
Group size
Various
Duration
1 ½ hours
Led by
Lynden Miles
Taster session
Rainwater harvesting
Description
Discuss how rainwater can be used for flushing loos and
watering plants in your own home
Age range
All ages welcome
Group size
Various
Duration
1 ½ hours
Led by
Lynden Miles
Taster session
Low Impact Building
Description
Discuss low impact building techniques and how these
have been applied at Monkton Wyld Court
Age range
All ages welcome
Group size
Various
Duration
1 ½ hours
Led by
Lynden Miles
Taster sessions
How does . . . . . . . .work?
Description
Choose a subject from electricity to combustion engines.
Please use the space below to let us know if there is a
subject you are interested in.
Age range
All ages welcome
Group size
Various
Duration
1 ½ hours
Led by
Lynden Miles
Circus skills/Wooden
games/Environmental Arts
and Crafts
Description
Polly is forest school trained and can offer good value
forest school experiences at our beautiful Monkton
Wyld venue
Age range
8 years and upwards
Group size
Various
Duration
Half day
Led by
Polly Anderson
Puppet making and a show
Description
Cath Kelly is well-known locally and runs Fiddlesticks a
toddler group that comes here on Mondays, she can
offer a wide variety of workshops including puppet
making.
Age range
8 years and upwards
Group size
Various
Duration
4 x 2 hour workshops
Led by
Cath Kelly
Tree Walk and Talk
Description
Take a walk around the beautiful grounds of Monkton
Wyld identifying the many different types of trees and
plants we have here
Age range
6 years and upwards
Group size
Various
Duration
2 hour workshop
Led by
Dan Botting
Coming soon!
Gardening
Description
In the spring the garden comes alive and there will be
opportunities for all sorts of gardening workshops and
activities with our resident gardener
Age range
All ages welcome
Group size
Various
Duration
2 hours (series of workshops)
Led by
Luke Giles