What's on?

18th July – mid October
Wednesday – Sunday 10-5pm (Garden admission includes entrance to the exhibition)

Amelia Johnson’s paper mache and ceramic figures gather like recollected characters from a dream. Playful, peculiar and deeply human, her sculptures draw from the quiet theatre of everyday life. Johnson’s debut solo show Hug Me While The World Ends invites visitors into a world where humour and melancholy sit side by side.

Born from everyday observations, Johnson draws upon the feelings of an increasingly disheartened world. A symptom of our fickle and ever-changing modern landscape. The artist invites you to consider a documentation of the now, an ironic state of connection and disconnection. Through familiar gestures, passing faces, and strange encounters, the works peruse our everyday lives and shape them into something uncanny, yet surreal. Hug Me While The World Ends is a call for comfort amidst it all.

The works include life sized multi-media figures and installations, as well as smaller works in ceramic, all of which are an amalgamation of observed and imagined characters. Johnson sculpts these pieces almost entirely from memory, a way of drawing life in the round. By creating these pieces from recollected moments they walk the boundary between real, and the imagined.

Saturday 17th October 2026
10.30 – 15.00
£79 including all equipment

At this workshop run by Natural Pathways you will create your own unique walking or hiking stick.  Following clear bushcraft instructions learn how to choose, strip and shape the seasoned wood provided and even add your own personalised carving.

Suitable for all including children age 8+

Wednesday 21st October 2026
10.00 – 16.00
£150 including materials, garden admission and lunch at the Old Dairy Cafe

Illustrator and collage artist Clare Youngs will guide you through the expressive possibilities of mark making and collage.  Taking inspiration from the seasonal details of the gardens, Clare will share inventive ways of creating a cohesive collection of collages.

Open to all levels, come and enjoy a relaxed and mindful introduction to the creative practice of collage.

Saturday 31st October  10.30 and 13.30

Wild Classroom are back at Goodnestone, this time with a Halloween-themed workshop.  Over an open fire, you can make spicy squash soup and toast marshmallows!

£20 per child, accompanying adults free.

Saturday 14th November 2026
10.30 – 15.00
£63

Restore your inner well-being during this workshop run by Natural Pathways.  A lovely opportunity to wind down, slow down and immerse yourself in nature.  Leave with new skills which can improve everyday life as you reconnect with your surroundings.

Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd November 2026
10.00 – 17.00
£150 including two course lunch at the Old Dairy Cafe

The popular Goodnestone Jazz Weekend is back!  Meet like-minded musicians and learn a variety of jazz styles under the expert tuition of Richard Rozze.  Richard has a Masters Degree in Jazz from the Guildhall School of Music and over twenty years teaching experience.

Places are limited – for more information contact richardrozzemusic@gmail.com.

“Quality learning in a relaxed environment”
“Full of carefully thought-out materials presented in a clear and sympathetic style”
“Fantastic! First class tuition and wonderful people!”

Saturday 6th March 2027
Saturday 17th April 2027
Sunday 13th June 2027
10.30 – 15.00
£79 including all equipment

At this workshop run by Natural Pathways you will create your own unique walking or hiking stick.  Following clear bushcraft instructions learn how to choose, strip and shape the seasoned wood provided and even add your own personalised carving.

Suitable for all including children age 8+

Saturday 13th March 2027
10.30 – 15.00
£63

Restore your inner well-being during this workshop run by Natural Pathways.
A lovely opportunity to wind down, slow down and immerse yourself in nature.  Leave with new skills which can improve everyday life as you re-connect with your surroundings.