What's On and Things To Do Around Stockbridge

A garden for all seasons. An acre of rough ground has been developed over 40 yrs into a profusely planted, contemporary cottage garden in peaceful surroundings. There is a constantly changing display in pots, starting with tulips and continuing with many unusual plants.

Designed and developed by owners since 1976, Tanglefoots ½ acre garden is a blend of influences, from Monet-inspired rose arch and small wildlife pond to Victorian boundary wall with trained fruit trees.

Crawley is an exceptionally pretty period village nestling in chalk downland with thatched houses, C14 church and village pond with ducks.

The National Collection of pre-1900 old-fashioned roses flower just once a year, creating a glorious spectacle in our walled gardens. You’ll be met with unsurpassed fragrance and colour from thousands of roses, which reach their peak in June.

Our gardens are staying open until 8pm (last entry 7pm) on Thursdays - Saturdays from 8 - 23 June, giving you opportunities to enjoy our unique collection of roses. The National Collection of pre-1900 old-fashioned roses flower just once a year, creating a glorious spectacle in our walled gardens.

A rare chance to see world-renowned percussion virtuoso Kuniko Kato, performing in the unique setting of the Whistler Room. The programme will include works by J.S. Bach, Akira Miyoshi, and Somerset-based composer Hywel Davies.

You will be shown how to create beautiful cyanotype prints using only natural light to fix images of plants to a variety of paper types. This historical process dates back to 1842 and was made famous by the astronomer Sir John Herschel and botanist Anna Atkins.

Explore our grounds with a fun family trail accompanying our Judith Kerr exhibition. There are physical, creative and puzzle activities to try along the way, with a craft activity to take home. Our trail suits both younger and older children, so it’s fun for all the family - even grown-ups can join in!

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the much-loved classic. This exhibition features high quality facsimiles of Judith Kerr’s fragile original illustrations - alongside a giant cuddly tiger and interactive kitchen - bringing this delightful and enduring picture book to a new generation of family audiences.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the much-loved classic The Tiger Who Came to Tea, this exhibition - originated by Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books, in partnership with HarperCollins Children’s Books - promises to bring this delightful book to life for a new generation of families.

The Sparsholt Village Fete will be held on Saturday 30th June from 1-4pm in the heart of our beautiful village. Come along and enjoy a fun filled afternoon with something for everyone. There will be stalls to stock up on gifts, plants, books, cakes and more.

5 acre country garden surrounded by panoramic views; pond with ducks, damsel flies, dragonflies and water lilies; large wisteria, roses, fruit-bearing lemon trees, extensive lawns, impressive yew hedges and small secret walled garden with fountains. Black Hebridean sheep (St. Kildas). Very tranquil and quiet.

6 acres either side of the River Test. Fine display of paeonies, wisteria and spring flowering trees. Main garden has herbaceous and annual borders, fruit trees, rose pergola, lavender walk and extensive lawns.

IS MONOGAMY DEAD? A mix of memoir and humorous sociological study, Is Monogamy Dead? details Rosie Wilby’s very personal quest – from performing stand-up at a sex party to celebrating and re-evaluating her deepest platonic friendships – to find out why Western society is clinging to a concept that is laden with...

Monthly Farmers’ Market in Hampshire, offering locally produced, delicious food and drink.

This year’s Farley Music Festival runs from 19-24 June, at All Saints Church, Farley, presenting world-class performances of classical music in the intimate setting of an iconic church.

If you are fascinated by the Tudors or enjoy watching Versailles, come along to this roundtable style talk to hear more about intrigue, love and (political) rivalry at the English and French courts during the Renaissance.

Join Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po in a show full of love and laughter as they explore the magical world of Teletubbyland.

Thinking about buying an electric car and want to know more? Fed up with poor air quality? Or just curious about how this technology works? Come along to Drive Electric to find out more. Come and talk to people who actually own and drive one.

Get ready to discover the ghosts of Winchester in this Ultimate Ghost Tour Experience! Our guides will take you on a journey around the city’s historic streets sharing its many secrets with you.

A family market with nearly new tables for hire to sell baby/children’s items. Prams, maternity items, clothes, shoes, toys, books, highchairs and so much more.. Come and see what bargains you can find! Nearly New Space £9 Business Space £16

Monthly Farmers’ Market in Hampshire, offering locally produced, delicious food and drink. Second, and last Sunday of each month.

The Clarendon Way Walk is back for 2018! This popular event, now in it’s 12th year, raises vital funds to help us care and support children and young people living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions from across the south. There are two walks to choose from: 1.

Free to enter, quality and not on the high street Craft and Gift Market. Jewellery, handbags, leather goods, metal goods, textiles, beauty products, art, cards, etc etc

Open-Air Summer Production in the gardens of the Bishop’s Palace, Winchester SO23 9ND 17 - 21 July Chesil Theatre returns to the beautiful gardens of the Bishop’s Palace, Winchester with an imaginative and inventive adaptation of a timeless classic for another spectacular open-air show this summer.

May half-term is your first opportunity to sponsor a bath tub racing duck for our River Itchen duck race on 25 August. They’ll be available to sponsor until all 2000 have been snapped up.

Visit on a milling day and see our team of volunteer millers in action as they harness the power of the River Itchen to turn waterwheels, gears and millstones to produce Winchester City Mill’s traditional wholemeal flour. Our milling demonstrations are ongoing throughout the day.

The elegant gardens of this period property feature a traditional walled garden with herbaceous borders and vegetable beds, contrasting with a parkland of sweeping lawns, mature trees and flowering shrubs.

Enchanting ½ acre cottage garden, immaculately planted with water feature, raised vegetable beds, small wildlife pond and gravel garden. Spring bulbs, hellebores and pulmonarias give a welcome start to the season, with pots and baskets, roses and clematis.

Enchanting ½ acre cottage garden, immaculately planted with water feature, raised vegetable beds, small wildlife pond and gravel garden. Spring bulbs, hellebores and pulmonarias give a welcome start to the season, with pots and baskets, roses and clematis.

2 ½ acres. A stones throw from the River Test, formerly an estate cowmans dwelling, the front and back is a traditional cottage garden, but there’s much more! Through a gate in the hedge youll find a nursery, greenhouses, raised beds, cutting garden and orchard.

Bigger Pickles Markets – Nearly New Sales from 3years + £1 Entry for Adults, Children are Free. We will be in Chandlers Ford with a Bigger Pickles Market. As our followers families grow we have often been asked to do markets that cater for school aged children.

Saturday 14th July 2018, 10.00am-2.00pm Magdalen Hill Down Reserve, near Winchester, Hampshire Come and help us launch the 2018 Big Butterfly Count and join us for a host of family activities on our flagship reserve!

Small lavender field with adjacent cottage and annual garden. Mostly grass pathways in garden area. Cottage plants, lavender, herbs and roses. Tearoom, nursery and gift shop open Wed - Sun (10-4).

Visit Foxbury and experience the incredible ’churr’ of the nightjar at dusk. Our rangers will be leading a walk to catch a glimpse of recently established breeding pairs of this highly camouflaged bird at their most active and vocal time of day. Booking Essential. Phone: 01794 344020.

Nature-inspired learning through play. Take part in fun activities, including den building, wild art, green woodwork skills, outdoor cookery and more.

Disgusted that the police haven’t found her daughter’s rapist and killer, Mildred Hayes puts up roadside hoardings and asks why the Chief of Police hasn’t done anything about the case.

Open-Air Theatre on Sunday July 15th 2018 at Avington Park Everybody loves Ernest. In fact, Cecily and Gwendolen are both engaged to Ernest. The only trouble is, Ernest doesn’t exist. Or does he…?

Spring Pond is full of colour coordinated borders, with an abundance of roses and clematis, while hornbeam, yew and box hedges add structure to the garden. There is a pond with a wide variety of marginal plants, an arboretum full of ornamental trees, and a conservatory with Mediterranean and tropical plants.

The Rotary Club of Southampton West presents a Big Band Concert, hosted by the Concorde. Vintage music, dancing, singing. Vintage stalls, food, fashion. nostalgia. Crooner and dance lessons.BBQ or book restaurant. Bring folding chairs Dress 1940’s optional

Southampton West Rotary Club presents: A Big Band Concert – Celebrating the Fabulous 40’s Date: Sunday 24th June 2018 - 12 noon to 5pm Venue: The Concorde, Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh, SO50 9HQ A fun 1940’s event in the grounds of The Concorde, listen and dance to the amazing Swing Unlimited Big Band, Eddy Hailwood

Two jump options available for you to choose - a 10,000ft jump with an approximate 30 second freefall or the ultimate challenge at 15,000ft; the highest skydive in the UK with an approximate 60 seconds freefall.

Taking place from 9am-11am, we are holding table top sales in the school hall at the Bradbury Centre to raise funds anad awareness of the Rose Road Association. We are asking for a £5 donation per table (tables to be provided) and are offering free entry to the public.

A family market with nearly new tables for hire to sell baby/children’s items. Prams, maternity items, clothes, shoes, toys, books, highchairs and so much more.. Come and see what bargains you can find! Nearly New Table £11 Nearly New Space £9 Business Table £16

A garden on chalk designed and planted by the owner. Features incl a sunken lawn bordered by classical flower border, a hummocky shaded evergreen border and a hillock meadow. A lavender walk leads to a kitchen garden enclosed by espalier fruit trees.

The Grange Festival presents a new production of one of opera’s greatest comic masterpieces, Rossini’s ’The Barber of Seville’.

The Grange Festival bring to life the humour, satire and egomania of one of opera’s most outrageous leading women in a new production of Handel’s Agrippina.

Experience Mozart’s first comic masterpiece at The Grange Festival in a new English translation by David Parry.

The Grange Festival present Leonard Bernstein’s ’Candide’ with a starry West End and Broadway cast as part of Bernstein 100. Never has a Broadway show been more worked on and revised, and never has a madder idea been attempted – turning Voltaire’s stinging satire into musical theatre.