Join us for some hands-on fun! Roll up your sleeves and dive into our crafts and activities, specially designed for our littlest visitors. These activities include make and take crafts, and may take place outdoors, so come prepared!
Join us for a special story time at Petworth Park, designed specifically for toddlers aged 2 to 4 and their caregivers. Learn new stories or enjoy some classics, and afterwards take part in a ‘make and take’ crafting activity based on the book!
We have fun games and activities throughout the Easter holidays with this free family trail, which runs from 5 - 21 April.
Join us from 5 - 27 April for our annual Spring Festival to celebrate the arrival of a new season with spectacular bulb displays, events and activities.
There's treasure in the trees! Set off on an outdoor adventure and see what you can find with author Moira Butterfield as she leads families on a nature treasure hunt around the Pleasure Garden inspired by her book Look What I Found in the Woods.
Learn step by step approaches to enable your creativity to flourish in this beginners one day botanical drawing workshop.
As a part of our Spring Festival gardening enthusiasts will be treated to a series of talks from Tuesday 22 - Sunday 27 April with specialist speakers including Adam Frost.
Herbal Medicine is a useful skills for everyone. This walk will will give you a clear & simple place to start in gaining the confidence to apply plants as medicines at home, knowing exactly what to use when you need it.
Spend a morning weaving a willow bird feeder for your garden on this beginners workshop.
Experience the joys of Indian Block Printing and learn how to hand print fabric and paper creations using designs inspired by nature
Join us for an evening of burlesque inspired by the sights and sounds of spring at Petworth - an awakening of beauty and colour, brought to you in collaboration with Show Girl
Join this one day workshop to weave your own rustic foraging basket, perfect for beginners.
Discover and explore the art of Cyanotype printing, a creative method which has been used by artists, photographers and botanists for centuries.
Join the Handlebards for a bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' in the Pleasure Garden.
Learn the basics of landscape drawing, including perspective, scale, tone and composition. Create several drawings in the inspiring environment of Petworth House and see the Turner exhibition.
Delve into the world of Turner in this oil painting course that takes you through skills and techniques to build and create atmosphere in landscape paintings.
An introduction to the fluid and versatile qualities of ink, in collaboration with West Dean College. Learn to control and allow the ink to flow to produce a variety of exciting outcomes.
This course will take its inspiration from Petworth House and Park and the exhibition of Turner's paintings. Explore the use of acrylic paints to evoke atmosphere and space in your paintings.
For artists and makers with an interest in textiles, wishing to explore material behaviours and the wet felting technique. This course is based at West Dean College.
Petworth offers the unique opportunity to explore the wonders of watercolour in this iconic location. From blank paper to finished work, your tutor will help and encourage you to learn and gain confidence.
Paint with watercolour in the style of Turner at Petworth House. Learn how to capture the essence of light and atmosphere, tonal shape and composition. Learn how to explore the narrative, and how to draw the viewer in to engage their interest.
Working between Petworth House and West Dean College, this course will take inspiration from Petworth's gardens and Turner exhibition. It will be an in-depth and comprehensive guide to drawing landscapes with natural and compressed charcoal.