Workshops

A strong influence on Lee’s culinary experiments was the time she spent living in Egypt during the 1930s. In Lee’s Egyptian Kitchen cookery workshop, we will celebrate Lee’s love of spices, aromatics & floral waters. We are also inspired by the many love letters shared between Lee and Roland Penrose in the late 1930s, and this workshop celebrates their love story and hopes to inspire attendees’ own cooking at home for a special Valentine’s Day celebration. Dishes cooked will include; Coriander Rice Salad, Mahlebieh (Ground Rice Pudding), and Persian Carpet.

All to be enjoyed, once completed, during a lunch with your fellow workshop attendees, at Lee Miller’s kitchen table.

Choose a four hour workshop on either Tuesday 3rd or Wednesday 4th February 2026.

Whether a complete beginner or a keen improver, come to Farleys and learn how to take creative, effective photographic portraits using only natural light. During this workshop, you’ll learn to take wonderful portraits without the use of a studio or expensive lighting.

Join us at Farleys for our first ever floral arranging workshop with the highly experienced and multi-award winning florist, Sue Flight.

During this workshop you will complete your own floral arrangement to take home, enjoy a complimentary cup of tea or coffee with a slice of homemade cake and then afterwards, have the freedom to view the exhibitions in Farleys’ Galleries and wander or picnic in our lovely sculpture garden.

Join us at Farleys for our popular Summer Sketching Workshop, with painting being added for 2026!

A workshop suitable for beginners and practised artists. Improve your observational and creative skills by sketching and painting flowers and plants in the inspiring sculpture garden at Farleys House and Gallery assisted by experienced tutor Gilly Lovegrove.

The sculpture garden’s beautiful planting is our inspiration for this summer drawing and painting workshop. The day is about enjoying the sketching process and the mindfulness that can take place whilst engaging with nature. We look at proportion, shape and texture; studying petal formations and leaf shape, bringing our drawing to life and discovering the beauty in garden blooms and architectural planting.

Join us at Farleys for our popular Autumn Sketching Workshop, with painting being added for 2026!

A workshop suitable for beginners and practised artists. Spark your creativity by sketching and painting in the inspiring autumnal sculpture garden at Farleys House and Gallery assisted by experienced tutor Gilly Lovegrove.

We study autumn foliage from the garden and look at botanical artists from art history for inspiration. You will receive individual tuition on how to approach drawing foliage. With an emphasis on observation drawing we look at proportion, shape, texture and colour; studying seed heads, leaves, ferns and grasses – developing our awareness of the plants’ structure and bringing our drawing to life.

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