Classes and activities
At Open Door
Art classes with Julie Smare
Wednesdays, 12noon to 2pm
£15 per session
A relaxed, friendly art group where we’ll be exploring watercolours, acrylics and pastels. Suitable for all levels – beginners welcome.
To book, email Julie at julie.smare1@gmail.com
Wednesdays, 12noon to 2pm
£15 per session
A relaxed, friendly art group where we’ll be exploring watercolours, acrylics and pastels. Suitable for all levels – beginners welcome.
To book, email Julie at julie.smare1@gmail.com
Wild inks and eco-printing workshop with Sheila De Rosa
Tuesday 13 October, 9.30am to 2.30pm
£40 including all materials
In this hands-on workshop, artist Sheila De Rosa will help you find materials in the Open Door garden to create wild inks and eco-prints.
To book, please complete this form. If you'd like more information, email comms@opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk
Tuesday 13 October, 9.30am to 2.30pm
£40 including all materials
In this hands-on workshop, artist Sheila De Rosa will help you find materials in the Open Door garden to create wild inks and eco-prints.
To book, please complete this form. If you'd like more information, email comms@opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk
Japanese bookbinding workshop with Kate Grimes
Thursday 15 October, 12.30pm to 2.30pm
£15 including all materials
Join artist Kate Grimes to bind two books using the Japanese ‘stab’ technique.
To book, please complete this form. If you'd like more information, email comms@opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk
Thursday 15 October, 12.30pm to 2.30pm
£15 including all materials
Join artist Kate Grimes to bind two books using the Japanese ‘stab’ technique.
To book, please complete this form. If you'd like more information, email comms@opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk
Illustration workshop for beginners with Janas Lau
For ages 12+
Tuesday 27 October, 1pm to 3pm
£8 including all materials
Join children's book illustrator Janas Lau and learn some simple drawing techniques inspired by the garden at Open Door.
To book, please complete this form. If you'd like more information, email comms@opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk
For ages 12+
Tuesday 27 October, 1pm to 3pm
£8 including all materials
Join children's book illustrator Janas Lau and learn some simple drawing techniques inspired by the garden at Open Door.
To book, please complete this form. If you'd like more information, email comms@opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk
Mobile phone and photography workshop with Wendy Charlton
Thursday 29 October, 1pm to 3pm
Free of charge
Join artist Wendy Charlton and discover how to find meaning in an image.
To book, please complete this form. If you'd like more information, email comms@opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk
Thursday 29 October, 1pm to 3pm
Free of charge
Join artist Wendy Charlton and discover how to find meaning in an image.
To book, please complete this form. If you'd like more information, email comms@opendoorberkhamsted.co.uk
Slow stitching workshops with Amanda Seabourne
Beginners’ embroidery – the first 6 stitches WAITING LIST ONLY
Friday 2 October, 12.30pm to 3pm
£25 including tools and materials
Mastering these 6 stitches will enable you to create a wide range of designs. With a few simple tools, it's possible to create something beautiful and this workshop will enable the complete beginner to go away feeling confident enough to embellish garments and homeware with their designs.
See flyer for more information. Booking details below.
Sashiko and boro –Japanese visible mending WAITING LIST ONLY
Friday 16 and 23 October, 12.30pm to 3pm
£50 for both sessions, including tools and materials
Explore the mindful Japanese art of sashiko stitching. Over two sessions, we'll cover the slow stitching techniques to patch, repair, embellish and create garments and homeware. We'll look at examples of traditional Japanese textiles and create your own samples, which can be made into coasters, bags or cushions.
See flyer for more information.
To book, email Amanda at amanda@sewn-up.co.uk
Beginners’ embroidery – the first 6 stitches WAITING LIST ONLY
Friday 2 October, 12.30pm to 3pm
£25 including tools and materials
Mastering these 6 stitches will enable you to create a wide range of designs. With a few simple tools, it's possible to create something beautiful and this workshop will enable the complete beginner to go away feeling confident enough to embellish garments and homeware with their designs.
See flyer for more information. Booking details below.
Sashiko and boro –Japanese visible mending WAITING LIST ONLY
Friday 16 and 23 October, 12.30pm to 3pm
£50 for both sessions, including tools and materials
Explore the mindful Japanese art of sashiko stitching. Over two sessions, we'll cover the slow stitching techniques to patch, repair, embellish and create garments and homeware. We'll look at examples of traditional Japanese textiles and create your own samples, which can be made into coasters, bags or cushions.
See flyer for more information.
To book, email Amanda at amanda@sewn-up.co.uk
Online
Art classes with Julie Smare
Thursdays, from 3pm
£5 per session
Join Julie for a weekly art class via Zoom – beginners welcome.
To join, email Julie at julie.smare1@gmail.com
Thursdays, from 3pm
£5 per session
Join Julie for a weekly art class via Zoom – beginners welcome.
To join, email Julie at julie.smare1@gmail.com
Little Signers Club
Anna's online signing classes are suitable for babies from 3 months, toddlers and children up to age 3. Discover the huge benefits of using British Sign Language signs to aid communication for your baby or toddler, learn a new skill and have fun together whilst doing so. Online classes are a mixture of songs, signs and know how to help with your parenting journey. Anna offers regular free taster sessions and meet-ups for new parents, and there are fabulous online resources to access too!
If you have any questions, please get in touch with anna@littlesignersclub.co.uk. Full details of all classes can be found on the Little Signers booking site, or find out more on Facebook or Instagram.
Anna's online signing classes are suitable for babies from 3 months, toddlers and children up to age 3. Discover the huge benefits of using British Sign Language signs to aid communication for your baby or toddler, learn a new skill and have fun together whilst doing so. Online classes are a mixture of songs, signs and know how to help with your parenting journey. Anna offers regular free taster sessions and meet-ups for new parents, and there are fabulous online resources to access too!
If you have any questions, please get in touch with anna@littlesignersclub.co.uk. Full details of all classes can be found on the Little Signers booking site, or find out more on Facebook or Instagram.
Paracise with Susie Alderson
Mondays, 2pm to 2.45pm
Fridays, 10.30am to 11.15am
First class free, then £5 a class
Join Susie for her 45-minute Paracise (low impact exercise to music) sessions by Zoom.
For more information, please contact Susie on susie.alderson@outlook.com or 07762 138356 – or visit www.paracise.com
Mondays, 2pm to 2.45pm
Fridays, 10.30am to 11.15am
First class free, then £5 a class
Join Susie for her 45-minute Paracise (low impact exercise to music) sessions by Zoom.
For more information, please contact Susie on susie.alderson@outlook.com or 07762 138356 – or visit www.paracise.com
Pilates with Michelle Selinger
Mat Pilates
Mondays, 9am to 9:45am
Tuesdays, 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Fridays, 9:30am to 10:15am
Barre Pilates
Wednesdays 9:30am to 10:15am (you'll need a kitchen or dining chair)
£24 a month for as many classes as you like, and Michelle is making a donation to Open Door from the proceeds. Michelle will record at least two classes a week – so if you are unable to do a class live, you can catch up via YouTube.
Please make sure you have a mat or towel, or at least a carpeted surface. Please don’t wear shoes - just bare feet or socks. Please go to ‘speaker view’ not ‘gallery view’ so you can see Michelle on a full screen. Everyone will be muted once the class starts.
To book, please drop Michelle an email at michelleselinger@outlook.com or call her on 07826 858533.
Mat Pilates
Mondays, 9am to 9:45am
Tuesdays, 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Fridays, 9:30am to 10:15am
Barre Pilates
Wednesdays 9:30am to 10:15am (you'll need a kitchen or dining chair)
£24 a month for as many classes as you like, and Michelle is making a donation to Open Door from the proceeds. Michelle will record at least two classes a week – so if you are unable to do a class live, you can catch up via YouTube.
Please make sure you have a mat or towel, or at least a carpeted surface. Please don’t wear shoes - just bare feet or socks. Please go to ‘speaker view’ not ‘gallery view’ so you can see Michelle on a full screen. Everyone will be muted once the class starts.
To book, please drop Michelle an email at michelleselinger@outlook.com or call her on 07826 858533.
Reading group
Our reading group meets for lively discussions via Zoom at 2pm on the last Wednesday of each month. Here’s what’s coming up:
30 September – Snobs by Julian Fellowes (A wonderful, slightly, cynical comedy of manners from the creator of ‘Downton Abbey’)
28 October – Normal People by Sally Rooney (Marianne and Connell meet as teenagers and something life changing happens - a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. Is this a ‘future classic’?)
25 November – Good Behaviour by Molly Keane (Aroon St Charles grows up surrounded by her appalling, aristocratic, Anglo-Irish, impoverished family, yet she knows how to behave.)
23 December – Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (A poignant story of entrapment. Uses Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and imagines the back story of the deranged first Mrs Rochester.)
27 January – The Familiars by Stacey Halls (Gripping, historical fiction for a dark, winter’s evening.)
24 February – Therapy by David Lodge (Can Laurence ‘Tubby’ Passmore come to terms with the disappointments in his successful life?)
Email Jane Ellen at fredcharliej@gmail.com for further details on how to join the group (it’s free to everyone) and to register your place. Jane can also provide further details about the books and information on using Zoom.
STOP PRESS: Something to look forward to as the days shorten! A separate evening Open Door reading group will start in autumn online on Zoom! The evening group will read the same books: popular fiction of all types, generally bestsellers, and shorter rather than longer. Details coming soon.
Our reading group meets for lively discussions via Zoom at 2pm on the last Wednesday of each month. Here’s what’s coming up:
30 September – Snobs by Julian Fellowes (A wonderful, slightly, cynical comedy of manners from the creator of ‘Downton Abbey’)
28 October – Normal People by Sally Rooney (Marianne and Connell meet as teenagers and something life changing happens - a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. Is this a ‘future classic’?)
25 November – Good Behaviour by Molly Keane (Aroon St Charles grows up surrounded by her appalling, aristocratic, Anglo-Irish, impoverished family, yet she knows how to behave.)
23 December – Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (A poignant story of entrapment. Uses Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and imagines the back story of the deranged first Mrs Rochester.)
27 January – The Familiars by Stacey Halls (Gripping, historical fiction for a dark, winter’s evening.)
24 February – Therapy by David Lodge (Can Laurence ‘Tubby’ Passmore come to terms with the disappointments in his successful life?)
Email Jane Ellen at fredcharliej@gmail.com for further details on how to join the group (it’s free to everyone) and to register your place. Jane can also provide further details about the books and information on using Zoom.
STOP PRESS: Something to look forward to as the days shorten! A separate evening Open Door reading group will start in autumn online on Zoom! The evening group will read the same books: popular fiction of all types, generally bestsellers, and shorter rather than longer. Details coming soon.
Yoga with Hilary Warrell
Chair yoga
Wednesdays, 10am to 11am
Hilary is running chair yoga classes via Zoom, with the opportunity to stay for a social virtual cuppa and chat afterwards. Join her for an hour of functional and fun mindful movement and breathwork, designed to improve joint mobility, strength, balance, coordination, confidence and mood. It’s suitable for all ages and designed to be very inclusive.
Regular yoga
Wednesdays, 8.30am to 9.45am
Thursdays, 6.30pm to 7.45pm
Join Hilary via Zoom at her regular yoga classes.
If you’d like to join Hilary and try your first class for FREE (normally £8 a session) please contact her on 07963 252577 or hgwarrell@hotmail.co.uk
Chair yoga
Wednesdays, 10am to 11am
Hilary is running chair yoga classes via Zoom, with the opportunity to stay for a social virtual cuppa and chat afterwards. Join her for an hour of functional and fun mindful movement and breathwork, designed to improve joint mobility, strength, balance, coordination, confidence and mood. It’s suitable for all ages and designed to be very inclusive.
Regular yoga
Wednesdays, 8.30am to 9.45am
Thursdays, 6.30pm to 7.45pm
Join Hilary via Zoom at her regular yoga classes.
If you’d like to join Hilary and try your first class for FREE (normally £8 a session) please contact her on 07963 252577 or hgwarrell@hotmail.co.uk
Yoga with Raccine
Raccine has kindly sent us some yoga videos – to follow at home at a time that suits you. Enjoy!
Stress Relief
Twist and release
Energy Balance
Upper Body and Relaxation
Gentle Yoga
Raccine has kindly sent us some yoga videos – to follow at home at a time that suits you. Enjoy!
Stress Relief
Twist and release
Energy Balance
Upper Body and Relaxation
Gentle Yoga