Events

Immerse yourself in the beauty of pelargoniums in an evening dedicated to nurturing the plants and discovering their unique fragrance.

On arriving at The Chelsea Garden Room at our Cotswold farm, you’ll sip on a glass of chilled sparkling rosé or Kombucha.

Next, in a comprehensive workshop, our Daylesford Garden experts will show you how to pot, care for and harvest pelargoniums and geraniums.

Having learnt all about the plants, you’ll discover Bamford’s new Glasshouse collection. With Bamford’s own Head of Home Fragrance as your guide, you’ll be introduced to delicately blended, natural candles and incense which capture the essence of four different varieties of pelargonium. Marking the 20th anniversary of Bamford’s signature geranium fragrance and our founder’s favourite flower, you’ll also learn the story behind the brand.

To complete the evening, you’ll enjoy sourdough pizza and delicious salads in The Old Spot, before leaving with one of the new candles from the Glasshouse Collection as a sweet-smelling memento.

We are delighted to welcome children this Spring to TARKA kids club in the Tipi at Daylesford Farm for an immersive experience of fun and learning.

To book your space please book here.

TARKA's games and activities are carefully crafted to ignite your child's imagination while honing their skills. They'll conquer challenges, develop their coordination, solve puzzles, work as a team, and improve their communication abilities—all while having a blast. Your child will also dive into new vocabulary, explore the world of colors, become number whizzes, and embark on counting adventures.

TARKA's friendly instructors are dedicated to ensuring your child feels confident and empowered, and they take pride in celebrating every accomplishment, no matter how small.

An incredible opportunity for your child to make new friends and find inspiring role models within the close-knit TARKA community. Don't miss out on the fun and learning.

Dates:

Week 1 Summer Holidays (14th-17th July) BOOK HERE

Week 2 Summer Holidays (21st - 24th July) BOOK HERE

Week 3 Summer Holidays (11th August - 15th August) BOOK HERE

Week 3 Summer Holidays (18th August - 21st August) BOOK HERE 

Ever popular, our canapé classes at The Cookery School are always a sell out. Whether to kick off a dinner party or as the main event to accompany drinks, canapés are the first morsel your guests will try and a great chance to make an impression.

Sustainable Seafood is one of our most popular skills based course, allowing our guests to gain a real insight into an area of cookery which can sometimes be a little tricky to master. 

Ever popular, our Seasonal Dinner Party course will give you the confidence to cook delicious seasonal recipes for any occasion, that will impress your guests on all fronts with presentation, taste and timing.

Come behind the scenes and discover how we construct beautiful, breath taking designs for special events, whilst focusing on sustainable practices and materials.

Our expert florist will guide you through the process of selecting appropriate flowers for specific occasions and mastering the various methods of construction for structures and containers, including suspended floral designs.

Perfect for barbecue enthusiasts and anyone who loves food and the great outdoors, this course offers an unforgettable experience at Daylesford.

We feel eating well is an integral element of living a better life. What we eat has a profound effect on how we feel and how our brains and bodies function.

A rare opportunity to see Australian permaculture pioneer and orchardist Jade Miles, talk, as she visits our Cotswolds Farm. Celebrating the importance of community, nature, seasonal celebration and sharing food – themes from her latest book, Huddle – Jade will be sharing her knowledge of her work in permaculture, regeneration and orchard maintenance.

Take a tour our organic Market Garden with Jade and our head of the Market Garden, Jez Taylor.

 Join fellow apple growers and cider makers Jade and Jez for a Q&A session.

Enjoy a seasonal barbecue, cider and apple juice covered in your ticket price. Discover Jade’s new book, Huddle.

Capture the warmth and vibrant energy of summer with beautiful roses, delicate cosmos and other seasonal blooms at our floral workshop.

Discover expert advice and tips that prioritise Celebrating the seasonal flowers from our Cutting Garden – part of the 28-acre Market Garden on our Cotswold farm – you’ll discover the best way to harvest and display them.

During this half-day event, you’ll have the opportunity to select and cut seasonal flowers and foliage from our Cutting Garden.

In the case of bad weather on the day, you’ll receive foraged materials to work with at your bench.

In our comprehensive session, Daylesford’s in-house florist will demonstrate how to construct a seasonal arrangement with guidance and tips, before you create your own design to take home with you.

This course is a special opportunity to spend a morning exploring and harvesting the freshest, most flavourful crops in season from our Market Garden, which is normally closed to the public.

Capture the warmth and vibrant energy of summer with beautiful roses, delicate cosmos and other seasonal blooms at our floral workshop.

Discover expert advice and tips that prioritise Celebrating the seasonal flowers from our Cutting Garden – part of the 28-acre Market Garden on our Cotswold farm – you’ll discover the best way to harvest and display them.

Daylesford’s in-house florist will demonstrate how to construct a seasonal arrangement with guidance and tips, before you create your own design to take home with you.

Join us for this new full-day course and learn how to master classic French cuisine from a variety of regions.

Learn how to cook the perfect steak in this new 2-hour evening workshop. Whether you like it rare, medium or well done our expert tutors will demonstrate how to cook the perfect steak using our pasture fed, organic beef.

Our Afternoon Tea course is a firm favourite in our calendar, giving you the chance learn how to make delicious, show-stopping treats for teatime.

Charismatic and passionate; the Kew Gardens trained gardener, florist and best-selling author Arthur Parkinson, hosts a tablescaping workshop as part of our Sweet Pea Day at Daylesford Farm.

On this carefully crafted, day long course, you’ll discover how to grow a flourishing, abundant crop of sweet peas throughout the season. Enjoy a tour of our founder, Carole Bamford’s private walled garden, a tour of our Cutting Garden with our in-house experts, demonstrations, hands-on workshops and a three course, sweet pea inspired lunch.

Capture the warmth and vibrant energy of summer with beautiful roses, delicate cosmos and other seasonal blooms at our floral workshop.

Discover expert advice and tips that prioritise Celebrating the seasonal flowers from our Cutting Garden – part of the 28-acre Market Garden on our Cotswold farm – you’ll discover the best way to harvest and display them.

During this half-day event, you’ll have the opportunity to select and cut seasonal flowers and foliage from our Cutting Garden.

In the case of bad weather on the day, you’ll receive foraged materials to work with at your bench. In our comprehensive session, Daylesford’s in-house florist will demonstrate how to construct a seasonal arrangement with guidance and tips, before you create your own design to take home with you

Join us to learn some of the secrets behind our delicious loaves from sourdoughs to seeded loaves, rolls, multi-grains and enriched doughs.

Hung on a wall, a door or placed on a table with a large candle in the centre, wreaths also work beautifully hung from a tree for an outdoor party.

Come and join us for a creative workshop where you’ll learn how to craft your very own seasonal wreath - perfect for adding a touch of natural beauty to your home. Using a mix of fresh, seasonal blooms and foliage, you’ll discover how to design and assemble a wreath that reflects the colours and textures of the season.

First, you’ll visit our Cutting Garden – part of our 28-acre Market Garden on our Cotswold farm - where you’ll forage for seasonal flowers and foliage. In case of bad weather, you’ll receive foraged materials to work with at your bench.

Then, guided by an expert tutor, you'll explore different techniques for wiring, arranging, and decorating your wreath; ensuring your finished design works beautifully as either a wall hanging or table decoration.

In this new course, we will explore the classic and the contemporary covering an array of recipes from reductions, pan sauces, emulsifications and vinaigrettes to give every day cooking a new lease of life.

This full-day course is designed to inspire you with confidence and ideas to take your Al Fresco eating to the next level, cooking and sampling organic meat and vegetables from our Farm and Market Garden.

Our Budding Chefs classes provide the perfect introduction to cookery for children aged between 5 and 8 years old. These courses will inspire little ones to think about where their food comes from as we explain the story of our organic farm and Market Garden, getting them hands-on creating their own dishes with delicious, seasonal ingredients.

Join us in The Barn for a wine tasting masterclass celebrating the elegance of Provence, one of southern France’s most iconic wine regions.

Our sister organic estate, Château Léoube on the Côte d’Azur coastline, crafts award-winning Provençal wines. All the grapes at Léoube are carefully tended by hand under the guidance of Head Winemaker Romain Ott, using time-honoured artisan methods and organic principles that work in harmony with the land and changing seasons.

During the immersive evening, explore the charm of Château Léoube’s wines; from the quintessential pale rosé to their beautifully structured and elegant reds. Hosted by Léoube’s wine expert, throughout the evening, you’ll enjoy a curated tasting while gaining insight into the estate’s rich history and sustainable winemaking philosophy.

The wines will be served alongside Provençal inspired nibbles.

Select Wednesday 6th August within the following link to purchase your ticket.

If you’re short on time, but don’t want to compromise on delicious evening meals, this is the perfect course for you. Using organic, seasonal produce from our Farm and Market Garden we will create wonderful dishes that you will look forward to preparing, no matter how busy you are.

Capture the warmth and vibrant energy of summer with beautiful roses, delicate cosmos and other seasonal blooms at our floral workshop.

Discover expert advice and tips that prioritise Celebrating the seasonal flowers from our Cutting Garden – part of the 28-acre Market Garden on our Cotswold farm – you’ll discover the best way to harvest and display them. During this half-day event, you’ll have the opportunity to select and cut seasonal flowers and foliage from our Cutting Garden.

In the case of bad weather on the day, you’ll receive foraged materials to work with at your bench. In our comprehensive session, Daylesford’s in-house florist will demonstrate how to construct a seasonal arrangement with guidance and tips, before you create your own design to take home with you.

Perfect for barbecue enthusiasts and anyone who loves food and the great outdoors, this course offers an unforgettable experience at Daylesford.

Join us for an unforgettable evening in The Cookery School at our Chef's Table Supper. Sit back and relax whilst our chefs create a delicious, seasonal tasting menu right in front of you, giving you the chance to taste our organic ingredients at their very best, having been crafted into elegant, imaginative dishes.

Our signature Chef Skills Masterclass runs every month, designed to give anyone with an interest in cookery the chance to learn invaluable skills to elevate their cooking to new heights.

Ever popular, our canapé classes at The Cookery School are always a sell out. Whether to kick off a dinner party or as the main event to accompany drinks, canapés are the first morsel your guests will try and a great chance to make an impression.

A beautiful gift for a wide variety of occasions and a simply elegant way to arrange a bunch of flowers - hand-tied bouquets are the most popular floral design.

Join us for a practical and inspiring workshop where you’ll visit our Cutting Garden – part of the 28-acre Market Garden on our Cotswold farm - to pick flowers and foliage.

In the case of bad weather on the day, you’ll receive foraged materials to work with at your bench.

Next, you’ll learn how to ‘condition’ or prepare blooms before mastering the techniques needed to create a hand-tied design using your freshly picked blooms. Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your floral skills, this workshop will teach you how to combine colours and textures to craft a bouquet that’s both elegant and unique.

This course is a special opportunity to spend a morning exploring and harvesting the freshest, most flavourful crops in season from our Market Garden, which is normally closed to the public.

Hung on a wall, a door or placed on a table with a large candle in the centre, wreaths also work beautifully hung from a tree for an outdoor party.

Come and join us for a creative workshop where you’ll learn how to craft your very own seasonal wreath - perfect for adding a touch of natural beauty to your home. Using a mix of fresh, seasonal blooms and foliage, you’ll discover how to design and assemble a wreath that reflects the colours and textures of the season. First, you’ll visit our Cutting Garden – part of our 28-acre Market Garden on our Cotswold farm - where you’ll forage for seasonal flowers and foliage.

Go beyond pasta with this hands-on course that celebrates regional Italian cuisine. You will learn how to make popular and lesser-known dishes from scratch, whatever your experience.  Menus will change throughout the year and will always be inspired by the seasons.

Perfect for barbecue enthusiasts and anyone who loves food and the great outdoors, this course offers an unforgettable experience at Daylesford.

Learn all about bees, how to protect our precious pollinators and make your own honey infused products to take home, on this immersive course on our Cotswold Farm.

Join award-winning author, food and sustainability expert Rachel de Thample to taste our new season honey, discover how to detect flower notes in this liquid gold and use this precious ingredient mindfully and medicinally.

Guests will enjoy a delicious honey and bee-friendly herb lunch and take a tour of our garden and bee hives. 

SCHEDULE 

Morning:

- Honey tasting on arrival, paired with our award-winning sourdough, beeswax-aged, cultured butter and beeswax-fermented fruit

- Take a guided tour of our garden and bee hives, learning how to plant for bees and care for them during winter

 - Make a honey fermented jam + honey herb vinegar to take home

LUNCH

Enjoy delicious, seasonal, honey and bee-friendly dishes and drinks

Afternoon:

- Make a beeswax lip balm

- Learn how to make honey infused drinksn- mead and jun (honey kombucha)

A new full-day course devoted to the diverse and vibrant world of delicious, seasonal curries.

Hung on a wall, a door or placed on a table with a large candle in the centre, wreaths also work beautifully hung from a tree for an outdoor party.

Come and join us for a creative workshop where you’ll learn how to craft your very own seasonal wreath - perfect for adding a touch of natural beauty to your home.

Using a mix of fresh, seasonal blooms and foliage, you’ll discover how to design and assemble a wreath that reflects the colours and textures of the season.

First, you’ll visit our Cutting Garden – part of our 28-acre Market Garden on our Cotswold farm - where you’ll forage for seasonal flowers and foliage. In case of bad weather, you’ll receive foraged materials to work with at your bench.

Then, guided by an expert tutor, you'll explore different techniques for wiring, arranging, and decorating your wreath; ensuring your finished design works beautifully as either a wall hanging or table decoration.

Sustainable Seafood is one of our most popular skills based course, allowing our guests to gain a real insight into an area of cookery which can sometimes be a little tricky to master. 

Capture the warmth and vibrant energy of summer with beautiful roses, delicate cosmos and other seasonal blooms at our floral workshop.

Discover expert advice and tips that prioritise Celebrating the seasonal flowers from our Cutting Garden – part of the 28-acre Market Garden on our Cotswold farm – you’ll discover the best way to harvest and display them. During this half-day event, you’ll have the opportunity to select and cut seasonal flowers and foliage from our Cutting Garden.

In the case of bad weather on the day, you’ll receive foraged materials to work with at your bench. In our comprehensive session, Daylesford’s in-house florist will demonstrate how to construct a seasonal arrangement with guidance and tips, before you create your own design to take home with you.

Join us for this new full-day course and learn how to master classic French cuisine from a variety of regions.

Join us for an unforgettable evening in The Cookery School at our Chef's Table Supper. Sit back and relax whilst our chefs create a delicious, seasonal tasting menu right in front of you, giving you the chance to taste our organic ingredients at their very best, having been crafted into elegant, imaginative dishes.

Ever popular, our Seasonal Dinner Party course will give you the confidence to cook delicious seasonal recipes for any occasion, that will impress your guests on all fronts with presentation, taste and timing.

Everybody loves a lazy Sunday brunch and this fun half-day course at the Cookery School lets you enjoy tasting delicious dishes, while learning some great ideas and getting hands-on with new recipes to repeat on many relaxed mornings to come.

Sean A. Pritchard – known for the overflowing, naturally exuberant flower arrangements that fill his 17th century cottage - shares his knowledge, aesthetic and flair as a garden designer at our Dahlia Day workshop.

Discover all you need to know about dahlias in one immersive day course at Daylesford Farm. Enjoy a tour of our founder, Carole Bamford’s private walled garden, a tour of our Cutting Garden with our in-house experts, demonstrations, hands-on workshops and a three course, dahlia inspired, seasonal lunch.

We cater for all sorts of dietary requirements at Daylesford and are delighted to see more interest in sustainable, plant-based foods: particularly the seasonal organic vegetables, fruit, salad leaves and herbs we are so passionate about growing in our Market Garden.

Join us in The Cookery School for a course designed to inspire you with festive ideas to make your Christmas Table sparkle. From stunning sidedishes to delicious sweet treats and nibbles, as well as tips and techniques for the all important turkey, this is a must for anyone taking the helm in the kitchen this Christmas.

Our signature Chef Skills Masterclass runs every month, designed to give anyone with an interest in cookery the chance to learn invaluable skills to elevate their cooking to new heights.

We are lucky to have a bountiful larder on our doorstep and throughout the course of the day you will learn how to prepare venison and game birds caught on our Cotswolds and Staffordshire farms.

Our signature Chef Skills Masterclass runs every month, designed to give anyone with an interest in cookery the chance to learn invaluable skills to elevate their cooking to new heights.

Our signature Chef Skills Masterclass runs every month, designed to give anyone with an interest in cookery the chance to learn invaluable skills to elevate their cooking to new heights.

Join us for an exclusive seasonal supper club at our cookery school, where culinary craftsmanship meets intimate dining.

If you know a child who loves getting creative in the kitchen, encourage their skills with this fun baking course.

This course is a special opportunity to spend a morning exploring and harvesting the freshest, most flavourful crops in season from our Market Garden, which is normally closed to the public.

This full-day course is designed to inspire you with confidence and ideas to take your Al Fresco eating to the next level, cooking and sampling organic meat and vegetables from our Farm and Market Garden.

With heady, fragrant herbs, gentle spices and bright, sour yet balanced flavours, Middle Eastern food is at once fresh, wholesome, rich and aromatic. Our new full-day course explores the inimitable cuisine of West Asia and its wide-reaching influences.

Everybody loves a lazy Sunday brunch and this fun half-day course at the Cookery School lets you enjoy tasting delicious dishes, while learning some great ideas and getting hands-on with new recipes to repeat on many relaxed mornings to come.

Everybody loves a lazy Sunday brunch and this fun half-day course at the Cookery School lets you enjoy tasting delicious dishes, while learning some great ideas and getting hands-on with new recipes to repeat on many relaxed mornings to come.

Join us for an unforgettable evening in The Cookery School at our Chef's Table Supper. Sit back and relax whilst our chefs create a delicious, seasonal tasting menu right in front of you, giving you the chance to taste our organic ingredients at their very best, having been crafted into elegant, imaginative dishes.

Food and cookery is a wonderful way to bring families together in the kitchen, but this time you won’t have any washing up to worry about! This course is suitable for families with children aged between 5 - 16 years.

Sustainable Seafood is one of our most popular skills based course, allowing our guests to gain a real insight into an area of cookery which can sometimes be a little tricky to master. 

Join us for this new full-day course and learn how to master classic French cuisine from a variety of regions.

Go beyond pasta with this hands-on course that celebrates regional Italian cuisine. You will learn how to make popular and lesser-known dishes from scratch, whatever your experience.  Menus will change throughout the year and will always be inspired by the seasons.

Ever popular, our canapé classes at The Cookery School are always a sell out. Whether to kick off a dinner party or as the main event to accompany drinks, canapés are the first morsel your guests will try and a great chance to make an impression.

Join us to learn some of the secrets behind our delicious loaves from sourdoughs to seeded loaves, rolls, multi-grains and enriched doughs.

This 3-hour course is aimed at Junior Chefs aged 9-13 years to build skills, confidence and independence in the kitchen. Cooking is a real life skill and getting to grips with the basics at a young age helps to lay the foundation for a lifetime of food appreciation and healthy habits.

We feel eating well is an integral element of living a better life. What we eat has a profound effect on how we feel and how our brains and bodies function.

Join us for this new full-day course and learn how to master classic French cuisine from a variety of regions.

Ever popular, our canapé classes at The Cookery School are always a sell out. Whether to kick off a dinner party or as the main event to accompany drinks, canapés are the first morsel your guests will try and a great chance to make an impression.

The large platters heaped with tempting, colourful seasonal salads are always a favourite on our food to go counters and café menus. Join us for this half-day course to create delicious salads inspired by the produce grown at Daylesford all year round!

Learn how to cook the perfect steak in this new 2-hour evening workshop. Whether you like it rare, medium or well done our expert tutors will demonstrate how to cook the perfect steak using our pasture fed, organic beef.

The art of making and eating fermented foods is one of the best things you can do to boost your gut-health. Fermentation is also simply a brilliant way to preserve food and add flavour to dishes.