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Workshops & courses

Let 2025 be a year of learning and discovery in Monmouthshire.

Let this be the year when you prioritise your own wellbeing and learn to unwind, make new friends and connect with nature while developing a new skill.

Try learning yoga or Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) at Forest Retreats, a Guardian recommended eco and wellbeing retreat in Tintern in the heart of the Wye Valley.

Or learn the joy of baking your own bread with Dr Rachael Watson, The Abergavenny Baker, who will teach you how to mix two or three doughs by hand and bake 4 or 5 different breads. Choose from classes including Italian, French, Nordic, Middle Eastern, Great British, Welsh, Easter, Christmas, Sourdough or Coeliac.

Alternatively, learn the secrets of fermenting and how to prepare your own krauts and kimchi on one of Crafty Pickle’s workshops. Or how to preserve fruit or make chutney on one of The Preservation Society’s courses where you will create your own jars of deliciousness to take home.

For something truly unique try creating your own bespoke fragrance in a beautiful Tudor garden overlooking the Monmouthshire countryside at Wales Perfumery, or your own gin from locally foraged botanicals at White Hare Distillery in Usk.

And if you love gardening, Nant y Bedd Garden (an RHS Partner Garden) offers tours of the garden and courses on garden structures, foraging and how to manage the wild garden. Alternatively learn how to garden design, prune fruit trees, look after roses and care for perennials, or how to propagate and plant vegetables with Growing in the Border.

If arts and crafts are more your thing, check out the art history courses from MonLife Heritage, Cyanotype classes at Nant-Y-Bedd or the chance to learn traditional stained glass techniques at Craft Renaissance.

Alternatively broaden your knowledge on specialist topics at a talk from one of the many experts in Monmouthshire.

Whatever journey of learning and discovery you choose, make this year more about you and your wellbeing.

Inspiration

The Abergavenny Baker

The Abergavenny Baker is an award winning Cookery School located in Abergavenny town centre, the foodie capital of South Wales.
Forest Retreats

Forest Retreats is an eco-retreat centre based at Hill Farm, Tintern offering yoga and wellbeing retreats throughout the year, as well as bespoke corporate retreats.
Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co.

We are a small, family run company founded by two brothers and based in the beautiful Wye Valley, in the Welsh borders.
1. 1st Jan 202531st Dec 2025
Wales Perfumery

Wales Perfumery is a modern apothecary that uses the finest raw materials to create the most beautiful perfume and home fragrances.
1. 1st Jan 202531st Dec 2025
Nant-Y-Bedd

Nant y Bedd is a 10 acre organic garden, river and woodland located at 1200 feet up in the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. An RHS Partner Garden since 2019 (winner of Partner Garden of the Year in 2022), Nant-y-Bedd is a mixture of the wild and the tame and is described by none other than Alan Titchmarsh as “if there is a more magical wild garden, I’ve yet to find it! Wonderful.”
1. 4th June 202529th Aug 2025
Growing in the Border

'Growing in the Border' is a beautiful garden in the Monnow Valley near Skenfrith offering group visits and courses.
1. 1st Apr 202515th Sept 2025
The Crafty Pickle

Fermentation Harnessed to Fight Food Waste We are two nutritionists handcrafting gut-friendly, unpasteurized, living fermented foods in South East Wales.
1. 1st Jan 202531st Dec 2025
Chapel Cottage Studio

Chapel Cottage Studio is a small family run Art teaching studio nestled into the Welsh countryside.
1. 1st Jan 202531st Dec 2025
Art History with MonLife Heritage

Art History courses with MonLife Heritage
White Hare Distillery

Gin distillery in the heart of Usk, Monmouthshire founded by Christos Kyriakidis.
1. 1st Jan 202531st Dec 2025
Craft Renaissance Workshops & Gallery

Established in 2001, Craft Renaissance is a collective of independent businesses based in a converted barn complex in the stunning Usk Valley.
1. 1st Jan 202531st Dec 2025

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Italian Breads

Address

1 The Courtyard, Lion Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5PE

Telephone
07977511337

abergavennybaker@gmail.com

Price
Price £160.00 Per Ticket

Abergavenny

Eat, drink, chat and master the skills and knowledge to bake traditional Italian breads.

Dates

From:
25 Mar 2025Open 09:30 - 15:30
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10 June 2025Open 09:30 - 15:30
Mead Making Courses with Hive Mind

Address

Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co., Unit 5F, Castleway Industrial Estate, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 5PR

Telephone
07402953998

hey@hivemindmead.com

Price
Price £75.00 Per Ticket

Castleway Industrial Estate, Caldicot

Make your own mead with the meadmaking experts at Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co. in Caldicot, Monmouthshire.

Venue

Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co., Caldicot

Dates

From:
29 Mar 2025Open 13:00 - 16:30
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26 Apr 2025Open 13:00 - 16:30
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31 May 2025Open 13:00 - 16:30
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28 June 2025Open 13:00 - 16:30
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26 July 2025Open 13:00 - 16:30
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30 Aug 2025Open 13:00 - 16:30
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27 Sept 2025Open 13:00 - 16:30
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25 Oct 2025Open 13:00 - 16:30
The Ultimate Bloody Mary Experience

Address

Silver Circle Distillery, Upper Meend Farm, Penallt, Monmouthshire, NP25 4RP

Telephone
01600 860702

hello@silvercircledistillery.com

Price
Price £30.00 per adult to £150.00 Per Group

Penallt

Join Silver Circle Distillery in the heart of the beautiful Wye Valley for the Ultimate Bloody Mary Experience. Silver Circle are renowned for their Great Taste Award winning Bloody Mary, and now you can learn how to make this drink yourself.

Venue

Silver Circle Distillery, Monmouth

Dates

From:
29 Mar 2025Open 11:00 - 12:30
Highfield Farm Garden Workshop 8 - Creating an annual and perennial meadow

Address

Highfield Farm, Penperlleni, Goytre, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP4 0AA

hello@ngs.org.uk

Price
Price £35.00 Per Ticket

Goytre, Usk

Learn all about creating and managing an annual and perennial meadow at Highfield Farm.

Venue

Highfield Farm Garden, Usk

Dates

From:
29 Mar 2025Open 10:00 - 13:00
Soap Making Workshops

Address

Chepstow Castle (Cadw), Town Centre, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5EY

Telephone
01291 624065

ChepstowCastle@gov.wales

Chepstow

Discover the history of soap at Chepstow Castle with interactive workshops, and create your own Tudor wash ball to take home.

Venue

Chepstow Castle (Cadw), Chepstow

Dates

From:

30 Mar 2025to31 Mar 2025Various Opening Times
Abergavenny Writing Festival

Address

The Kings Arms, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 7DA

Telephone
+447980649308

Lucie@parkinwhitman.co.uk

Abergavenny

Readings, talks, workshops and writing activities for all at the Abergavenny Writing Festival.

Venue

The Melville Centre, Abergavenny

Dates

From:

4 Apr 2025to5 Apr 2025
Propagation: cuttings and seeds

Address

Growing in the Border, Blackbrook Estate, Norton Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, NP7 8UB

Telephone
0771252635

info@growingintheborder.co.uk

Price
Price £75.00 Per Ticket

Norton Skenfrith

A theoretical and practical course covering numerous methods of plant propagation and seed sowing that can be used to build up stocks of plants for the garden.

Venue

Growing in the Border, Abergavenny

Dates

From:
4 Apr 2025Open 10:00 - 15:00
U-Xplore X We Hike Wales: The Hikers Toolkit

Address

U-Xplore Abergavenny, 12 High Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP75RY

Telephone
01633 485365

kyla@unify-bp.com

Price
Free

Abergavenny

Join us for a fun-filled, community-led event at U-Xplore, where we'll dive into the essentials of outdoor safety and proper hiking kit.

Dates

From:
5 Apr 2025Various Opening Times
Making Garden Structures

Address

Nant-Y-Bedd, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 7LY

Telephone
01873890219

garden@nantybedd.com

Price
Price £80.00 Per Ticket

Abergavenny

A wonderful opportunity to design and make your own plant supports with excellent tuition from Mick Petts

Venue

Nant-Y-Bedd, Abergavenny

Dates

From:
5 Apr 2025Open 10:00 - 15:30
Managing the Wild Garden

Address

Nant-y-Bedd Garden, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 7LY

Telephone
01873 890219

garden@nantybedd.com

Abergavenny

A series of four workshops examining the different seasons.

Venue

Nant-Y-Bedd, Abergavenny

Dates

From:
6 Apr 2025Open 10:00 - 15:30
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11 May 2025Open 10:00 - 15:30
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8 June 2025Open 10:00 - 15:30
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20 July 2025Open 10:00 - 15:30
Middle Eastern Breads

Address

1 The Courtyard, Lion Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5PE

Telephone
07977511337

abergavennybaker@gmail.com

Price
Price £160.00 Per Ticket

Abergavenny

Bake four great Middle Eastern breads with The Abergavenny Baker.

Dates

From:
8 Apr 2025Open 09:30 - 15:30
Forage and Ferment Workshop

Address

The Crafty Pickle, Unit 20F1, Bentley Green Farm, Crick, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 5UT

Telephone
07403896800

hello@thecraftypickle.co.uk

Price
Price £130.00 Per Ticket

Bentley Green Farm, Crick, Caldicot

A unique food producing experience

Dates

From:
12 Apr 2025Open 12:00 - 17:00
Easter Baking Saturday

Address

1 The Courtyard, Lion Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5PE

Telephone
07977511337

abergavennybaker@gmail.com

Price
Price £160.00 Per Ticket

Abergavenny

Learn how to make delicious breads for Easter with The Abergavenny Baker.

Dates

From:
12 Apr 2025Open 09:30 - 15:30
Highfield Farm Garden Workshop 9 - The vegetable garden

Address

Highfield Farm, Penperlleni, Goytre, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP4 0AA

hello@ngs.org.uk

Price
Price £35.00 Per Ticket

Goytre, Usk

Learn all about vegetable cultivation at Highfield Farm.

Venue

Highfield Farm Garden, Usk

Dates

From:
19 Apr 2025Open 10:00 - 13:00
Donaheys Dancing With The Stars Weekend April 2025

Address

The Celtic Manor Resort, Coldra Woods, Newport, Newport, TQ7 9BB

Telephone
08001601770

info@donaheys.co.uk

Price
Price £689.00 Per Ticket

Newport

⭐ If you love Strictly, this is your Ultimate 5* Weekend Break ⭐

Dates

From:

25 Apr 2025to27 Apr 2025Various Opening Times
White Castle Vineyard Deluxe Tour

Address

White Castle Vineyard, Llanvetherine, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 8RA

Telephone
01873 821443

info@whitecastlevineyard.com

Price
Price £48.00 per adult

Abergavenny

Experience the award winning White Castle Vineyard with a Deluxe Guided Vineyard Tour led by Robb or Nicola Merchant, the owners of the vineyard.

Venue

White Castle Vineyard, Abergavenny

Dates

From:
25 Apr 2025Open 15:00 - 17:30
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30 May 2025Open 15:00 - 17:30
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27 June 2025Open 15:00 - 17:30
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25 July 2025Open 15:00 - 17:30
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29 Aug 2025Open 15:00 - 17:30
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26 Sept 2025Open 15:00 - 17:30
Hardy Perennials

Address

Growing in the Border, Blackbrook Estate, Norton Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, NP7 8UB

Telephone
0771252635

info@growingintheborder.co.uk

Price
Price £75.00 Per Ticket

Norton Skenfrith

Examine how hardy perennials are used in the garden, their care and maintenance.

Venue

Growing in the Border, Abergavenny

Dates

From:
25 Apr 2025Open 10:00 - 15:00
Forage and distil wild botanicals with Silver Circle Distillery

Address

Silver Circle Distillery, Upper Meend Farm, Penallt, Monmouthshire, NP25 4RP

Telephone
07477 885 126

chloe.gourmetgatherings@gmail.com

Price
Price £150.00 per adult

Penallt

In partnership with Silver Circle Distillery, join Chloe from Gourmet Gatherings on a wild botanicals foraging trip, then use your foraged items to make your own gin or vodka!

Venue

Silver Circle Distillery, Monmouth

Dates

From:
26 Apr 2025
From:
26 July 2025
From:
15 Nov 2025
Beekeeping Courses with Hive Mind

Address

Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co., Unit 5F, Castleway Industrial Estate, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 5PR

Telephone
07402953998

hey@hivemindmead.com

Price
Price £75.00 Per Ticket

Castleway Industrial Estate, Caldicot

Introduce yourself to the world of beekeeping with the meadmaking experts of Hive Mind.

Venue

Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co., Caldicot

Dates

From:
26 Apr 2025Various Opening Times
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31 May 2025Various Opening Times
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28 June 2025Various Opening Times
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26 July 2025Various Opening Times
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30 Aug 2025Various Opening Times
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27 Sept 2025Various Opening Times
Chainmail Workshops at Chepstow Castle

Address

Chepstow Castle, Town Centre, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5EY

Telephone
01291 624065

ChepstowCastle@gov.wales

Price
Price £6.00 Per Ticket

Chepstow

Visit Chepstow Castle and have a go at making a patch of maille (chain mail) to take home with you.

Venue

Chepstow Castle (Cadw), Chepstow

Dates

From:
26 Apr 2025Various Opening Times