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A weekend to tempt the taste buds and get the garden looking great -
food & plant fairs, vineyard tours at Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire - 18/04/12

Renishaw Hall food fair on 12thMay, plant fair on 13thMay and vineyard tours on both days, from 10.30am to 4.30pm

Join us at Renishaw Hall & Gardens for a weekend of taste and visual sensations, with our May food fair and plant fair, and the first of our vineyard tour and tastes for the season.

Over the weekend of 12th and 13th May, Renishaw Hall will host local and regional producers, selling the best food and drink, including Renishaw’s very own still and sparkling wine, made from the grapes grown on the estate’s vineyard. The food fair will see over 15 stalls selling everything from homemade cakes to locally reared meat and tasty treats to try on the day.

A plant fair on the Sunday will showcase some of the finest specimens to buy to brighten up your garden for the summer.  Both fairs will start at 10.30am. Cost for the Food Fair is £1 car parking – garden entry extra. Cost for the Plant Fair is £2 per person or free with general entry to the gardens. NGS members free to plant fair.

The first of this year’s Renishaw Vineyard ‘tours and tastes’ will take place each day of the weekend at 11.30am and 2pm, allowing visitors to explore the vineyard with manager Kieron Atkinson who will go through the cycle of the vine and wine making process, and sample some of the delicious wine with you.  Booking required for the vineyard tours on 01246 432310.

The food and plant fair weekend is just one of a packed season of fabulous events at Renishaw Hall & Gardens, Derbyshire.

For more information, please download the Press Release.

Renishaw Hall unveils changes for new season - 11/04/12

Visitors to Renishaw Hall will see the gardens as they've not been seen for 200 years when the Hall re-opens to the public on 30th March.

Over the winter months parts of the garden have been restored and opened up to reveal areas that have been hidden for two centuries, giving visitors a different view of the Hall. They're not the only changes to be seen this season at Renishaw Hall, which has been home to the Sitwell family since it was built in 1625. In May there will be the launch of the Royalty and Renishaw Exhibition at Renishaw Hall, with never before seen artefacts linking the Sitwell and Royal families.

Explained head gardener, David Kesteven: "The garden has seen more changes than it's seen for many years. The top lawn has been transformed to its former glory. It has always been an inspiring garden but these changes provide sweeping views towards the Hall that give a sense of a landscape park, which is how it was originally designed."

The garden entrance has also been opened up and the wisteria, magnolia and figs that grow against the South Front of the Hall have also been carefully thinned to show off the building's architecture.

Alexandra Sitwell, owner of Renishaw Hall & Gardens said: "There's so much to celebrate this year and here at Renishaw we are really getting behind the Queens' Jubilee. Visitors will be able to come and visit our Royalty and Renishaw exhibition from mid May. Over the Jubilee weekend, I'll be lighting a beacon on the roof of the Hall, and there will be a special horse and carriage procession with my family's carriage on show amongst other fine examples from across the region."

She continued: "We've tailored the events this year to suit all ages and tastes, from Easter egg hunts in April through to food and plant fairs in May and August, specialist garden tours throughout the summer months, and not forgetting our vineyard tours which this year

For more information, please download the Press Release.

Hunt for Easter eggs around the fabulous gardens of
Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire - 03/04/12

Children’s Easter Egg Hunt in the gardens of Renishaw Hall 8th and 9th April, 10.30am to 4.30pm – last entry to the hunt 3.30pm. Gardens open for a special price of £3 for all on Easter Sunday and Monday.

Join us at Renishaw Hall & Gardens for a weekend of fun Easter Activities! We’ve got plenty to keep children entertained with our fun Easter Egg Hunt, free face painting and a balloon artist amongst other family entertainment on offer. The egg hunts take place across the brilliant gardens of Renishaw Hall, with so much for children to explore! Follow the Easter Trail and complete the Easter quiz to  win a chocolate prize.

Easter themed treats and special lunches will be available from the Gallery Café all day, and the shop, museum and gallery are all open to make sure there’s plenty to see and do.
Entry to the Gardens is a special price of £3.00 per person for all ages on the Easter Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday when the Easter Egg hunts take place, from 10.30am to 4.30pm, with last entry for the Easter Egg Hunt at 3.30pm. The gardens are open as normal for the rest of the Easter weekend.

The Easter Egg hunt is just one of a packed season of fabulous events at Renishaw Hall & Gardens, Derbyshire.

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website. Please feel free to take a good look round, however please bear with us as we continually update the site over the coming weeks in readiness for the new season.

Should you find any faults or problems please email events@renishaw-hall.co.uk and we will address these asap.

For more information, please download the Press Release.

New website launched - 20/02/12

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website. Please feel free to take a good look round, however please bear with us as we continually update the site over the coming weeks in readiness for the new season.

Should you find any faults or problems please email events@renishaw-hall.co.uk and we will address these asap.

A Photograph of Arthur Moxon - 20/02/12

Adrian Woodhouse is cataloguing Renishaw Hall's books with Richard Hill. Of all the many items that we have found inside Renishaw's books over the past year, none has turned out to be more poignant than the photograph that Richard discovered a few months ago tipped into a 19th century volume in Alexandra's first-floor sitting-room. The postcard-sized photo was a head and shoulders image of a smiling young man in naval uniform. From its style and sepia tone it looked 1940s, possibly wartime. In pencil on the reverse was a name, "A. Moxon", and "Please return to Mrs J Moxon, 25 Station Road, Eckington".

Please click here to read more.

Miss Heaton’s marvellous cake for Christmas at Renishaw Hall - 20/02/12

As another Christmas opening season ends at Renishaw Hall with plaudits for the marvellous decoration of the house by the volunteers under the leadership of Cheryl Wallace.

Click here to read about a news item that was one of the main attractions in December.