SPRING AT HECKFIELD
A TIME OF LONGER DAYS AND NEW BEGINNINGS.
MAKE THE MOST OF THE SEASON IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
RETURN TO NATURE
EXPERIENCE LIFE MADE NEW DURING SPRING AT HECKFIELD.
FROM TULIP FEVER ACROSS OUR ESTATE TO THE BOTHY BY WILDSMITH.
ALL JUST AN HOUR FROM LONDON.
THE BOTHY BY WILDSMITH
Nestled behind a secret door on the edge of our Walled Gardens, The Bothy by Wildsmith is our new space of wellbeing.
A close connection to our surroundings and a deep respect for the natural world threads through its Wildsmith therapies – from treatments guided by the universal principles of circadian rhythm to our long awaited 18 m x 6 m chlorine-free Waters.
TULIP FEVER
Each year, over 40,000 blooms come up in our Market Garden, in our Upper Walled Garden and in our planters both inside and surrounding the House.
Join any of our estate tours to make the most of the seasons colours. We tend to be in full tulip bloom around Easter or mid-April, and we couldn't think of a better time for a stay to soak it all in.
Tincture Workshop: Thursdays at 11 AM - 12:30 PM
This unique and immersive tincture workshop that connects the art of drink making with the therapeutic properties of the natural world. You’ll learn the age-old craft of creating tinctures, discovering how to prepare and infuse the botanicals for a specific purpose. Leave with your custom-crafted tincture, along with a detailed guide on how to care for it over the next six weeks, ensuring it reaches its full potential.
This experience is available to book by Friends and resident guests.
£45 per person
Nature Therapy with Amy Steadman - Most Wednesdays at 2:30 PM
Join our Resident Wellbeing and Nature Psychologist, Amy Steadman (MSc) in a mindful outdoor experience. Like a massage for your mind, these group walks combine positive psychology and eco-psychology to help you alleviate stress and find inner calm.
The antidote to an ‘always-on’ indoor life, you’ll walk away from the session rooted with a deeper connection to nature and more importantly to yourself.
Amy also offers 1:1 sessions and private group sessions on request.
An Afternoon and Dinner with Morningside Music Bridge - 2 MARCH at 3:30 PM
Morningside Music Bridge is an international meeting ground for gifted young performers and creators from around the globe.
Five of their talented young musicians will join us at Heckfield to play a concert of much-loved classical pieces, followed by a three-course dinner.
This event is open to all and tickets are priced at £165 per person.
Mother's Day Flower Arranging Workshop - 26 MARCH at 11 AM
Join us for a hands-on floral workshop set in the beautiful surroundings of the Glass House. You'll learn about the flowers from Home Farm and the inspiration from the estate behind the arrangements, before creating your very own bowled flower arrangement to take home.
Afterward, enjoy a live demonstration on how to design a delicate bud vase arrangement, followed by a creative session where you'll craft a stunning tablescape incorporating your bowled centrepiece.
To finish, relax, chat and indulge in delicious cake while admiring the tablescape, surrounded by the beauty of the glasshouse and the fresh blooms of the season.
This experience is available to book by Friends and resident guests.
£95 per person
FISHING
The Lower Lake is stocked with Rainbow Trout, Carp, Perch, Tench & Rudd.
All levels of fishing are welcome, whether it’s introducing you to the lake, setting you up, teaching for the first time or just guiding.
PRODUCE SALES
Take a bit of Heckfield and the spring season home with you with seasonal produce, and delicious bits from our kitchen like House-made breads and seasonal preserves.
Explore Home Farm produce sale and events here.
FARM AND ESTATE TOURS
With signs of life popping up all over the estate, spring is a wonderful time to embark on our farm and estate tours.
Learn about why we follow biodynamic principles and visit our Guernsey herd down at the dairy while taste your way through Home Farm and come up close with the gentle giants in our ancient arboretum.
MASTER PRACTITIONERS
Guided by healing philosophies rooted in the natural world, our Master Practitioners are skilled in a range of expertise across modalities such as osteopathy, naturopathy, craniosacral therapy and more.
SPRING DINING
With longer days and warmth returning to our soil, we have the privilege of working with more ingredients from our Home Farm.
With's spring's arrival, so too is the return of some of our favourite ingredients that make their way onto the plate of our Green-Michelin starred Marle and open-fired Hearth.
From the sweet forced rhubarb to the first asparagus of the year, and much more as Home Farm springs to life. Both Marle and Hearth are lucky enough to have outdoor terraces to make the most of when the weather behaves.
Our Corner of Hampshire
Tucked in the heart of North Hampshire countryside, Heckfield Place is a haven – a living place that celebrates the slow and simple.
Steeped in history, yet fully connected to the present - a base from which to reconnect with the Great Outdoors and explore some of England’s most iconic sites.
Nature and history coincide and sit on our doorstep – from sites like Stonehenge and Windsor Castle, to the rich woodlands, rolling parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty that make up the natural Hampshire landscape.
All just an hour from London…
