Enjoy a visit to these wonderful ‘snowdrop gardens’ in Alresford. Every year Caryl and Michael Baron kindly open their gardens to the public to show their famous National Collections of galanthus (snowdrops) and daphnes. On a winter’s day there is no finer place to be! For further information on the openings visit www.brandymount.co.uk Free parking is available at Long Barn and we will be serving teas served throughout the day.

For mums, daughters, or simply solo, come along to Long Barn and under the careful tuition of our favourite florist Natasha, learn the artful skill of how to make a hand-tied bouquet. Enjoy a relaxing morning at Long Barn making a divine “pretty in pink” spring bouquet. Spend quality creative time with your Mum or your daughter, or simply enjoy some "me time" and treat yourself to something different. Our flower workshops are very popular and classes are kept small to ensure personal hands on tuition, so please book early. Enjoy 10% off when shopping at the barn on the day and delicious coffee and cakes will be served during the workshop. Ticket price : £45.00 includes tuition, a large hand-tied bouquet of spring flowers, morning coffee and cakes. (Minimum age 12 years -no maximum!). Please call 01962 738684 to book your place or click here

Spring has sprung at Long Barn! Join us just before the Easter holidays and learn how to make a fantastic Easter wreath using natural materials, eggs, chicks, flowers etc., which you can use to dress your Easter table or hang on the wall. Also watch our lovely florist Natasha Thomas demonstrate how to create an Easter Tree with a difference. Be inspired! More details to be confirmed.

We are delighted that skilled basket weaver Clair Murphy has agreed to come along to Long Barn to run an "Introduction to Basket Making" day. This taster day will introduce you to this highly skilled and ancient technique of weaving with English freshwater bulrush to create an indoor basket tray of your own. The English bulrush you will use (scirpus lacustris, schoeneplectus!) is grown along the River Thames near Wantage and will be dried before use. This promises to be a relaxing and really informative workshop which may leave you inspired to continue with further tuition through the year! Further details available soon. Price of the day is £39.00 which includes tuition, all refreshments and a light lunch at Long Barn, as well as your basket work of art to take away at the end of a rewarding day. Please call 01962 738684 to book your place or click here

As part of the annual Watercress Festival in Alresford, the Falconhigh Display Team will take up residence on our lavender fields at the back of Long Barn, where you will be invited to watch bird of prey displays throughout the day. Our lavender fields are the perfect setting for these bird of prey displays and we can’t wait for what will be a really exciting event! Entry is free. See website for more details: www.watercressfestival.org