May 2023
Swindon Festival of Literature
- Date:
- Mon 1 – Sun 7 May
Lots of authors, talks, discussions, and workshops; plus dance, drama, music, film, and circus performances.
A festival full of cultural riches!
If you want to know more, get the full colour programme, available from 31st March, phone 01793771080 or email swindonlitfest@lowershawfarm.co.uk or see www.swindonfestivalofliterature.co.uk.
Swindon Festival of Literature – Children and Families Day
- Date:
- Sun 7 May
- Time:
- 10.30am – 3.30pm
- Price:
- £5 per person
From 01793 535534 or on the farm gate.
Authors, workshops, storytelling, word games, story walks, circus skills, treasure hunts, riddles, puppets, campfire stories, and plenty of play, all day, at the Swindon Festival of Literature.
Brilliant activities for all ages with words, books, authors, and performers.
The Farm Cafe will be open for light lunches, and delicious cakes and refreshments.
If you have any questions, please phone us on 01793 771080 or email
Exploring Printmaking
- Date:
- Fri 19 – Sun 21 May
- Price:
- £198 (Veranda Room)
£216 (House Room or Garden Cabin)
Non-resident price: £156 (includes meals and tuition) - with…
- Vicky Hirsch
An opportunity to try out a range of printmaking techniques using a portable press and no press at all!
We will explore mono-printing, collagraph relief printing, and intaglio.
With lots of information about the materials to use, this weekend will give you the skills to continue printing on your own or just enjoy the process, experiment, and be creative.
Vicky Hirsch is a multi-talented craftswomen with many years of creative making and teaching experience.
Booking has closed for this event
May Working Weekend
- Date:
- Fri 19 – Sun 21 May
- Price:
- No charge
This is a chance to get to know the farm, turn your hand to old jobs and new, enjoy good company and good food too!
An opportunity to have bright ideas by the compost heap, happy talk in the hen house, and cool chat in the kitchen. Join us to prove that many hands make light work and that today’s stranger is tomorrow’s friend.
Our Working Weekends are run in the beautiful spirit of the WWOOF organisation: we feed and accommodate you, you work, with us.
For more information on WWOOF, see www.wwoof.org.uk.
Booking has closed for this event