Washbrook Meadows Retreat

30/08/2026

30/08/2026

Can't believe it didn't rain! So grateful to have yet another wonderful Open Afternoon with people savouring the wildlife site and the cake! Thank you to all our supporters this afternoon.

29/08/2026

The river should be looking good! Come and see 2-5pm Sunday 30th August Open Afternoon.

22/08/2026

Pop in, see the river and hear classical guitar group, Animato. Enjoy looking round the site. Poet-in-residence for the afternoon, Amy, will be writing poems for visitors 'on the spot'. And, cake, of course!

16/08/2026

Join us and volunteers in the meadow racking the ‘hay ‘. We conserve the meadow as Warwickshire Wildlife Trust have suggested, cutting the grasses and allowing the wildflower before racking. Good fun but heavy work and usually sunny and hot! Plenty of time to talk about the development of the me...

15/08/2026

We enjoyed it so much we're on again! This Wed, start 9am for a couple of hours.

Join us and volunteers in the meadow racking the ‘hay ‘. We conserve the meadow as Warwickshire Wildlife Trust have suggested, cutting the grasses and allowing the wildflower before racking. Good fun but heavy work and usually sunny and hot! Plenty of time to talk about the development of the me...

09/08/2026

Couple of hours from 9am, Monday 10th August ... hay racking! Book on if you can

Join us and volunteers in the meadow racking the ‘hay ‘. We conserve the meadow as Warwickshire Wildlife Trust have suggested, cutting the grasses and allowing the wildflower before racking. Good fun but heavy work and usually sunny and hot! Plenty of time to talk about the development of the me...

23/07/2026

Find your inner poet. Guided, supportive, fun.

Find a spring board to your poetic voice on this half-day workshop lead by writer, performance poet and experienced group facilitator, Amy. There will be an opportunity for you to encounter an existing seasonal poem through participative reading and discussion and then go on to create your own ‘fo...

13/06/2026

How's your yellow?!💛 We do like a bit of yellow...just a selection of what's flowering now. 🌼

11/06/2026

Follow the river upstream. Guided, pub stop, prompts for contemplating 'source'. Good fun!

Walk from Allesley to see the source (or sources) of the River Sherbourne on a circular, guided route. ‘Returning to source’ is at the heart of many spiritual practices. Curious? Come and walk with like-minded people on a journey which opens us to the prospect of a mindful reconection to ourselv...