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Jan Moffitt watercolor classes
Jan Moffitt has announced new dates for her popular watercolour classes held here at Babylon. In these watercolour classes we will be painting a variety of subjects – some classes taking inspiration from the plants around us, others will be working from photo worksheets painting figures and animals or objects I bring. The classes are…
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Mindful Makers Willow workshops
Join Ruth from Nature Makers for a regular series of workshops starting in September, where you’ll complete your very own willow weaving project. The workshops will take place on the third Sunday of each month, from 11am – 12:30pm. Each session costs £20 or you can block book all four sessions for a discounted cost…
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Crowborough Chamber of Commerce summer meeting
Crowborough Chamber of Commerce hosted their Summer meeting here at Babylon.
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Florist opening at Babylon
Update: Lorien flowers will now be opening this weekend – 27th July! We are pleased to announce that Lorien Flowers will be opening their doors for business here at Babylon. Victoria is the owner of Lorien flowers, and working with flowers full-time has been her dream, here’s what she has to say about starting her…
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The Kitchen Garden is planted
The fencing has gone up which means that our Kitchen Garden is protected from deer and also rabbits! Once this was in place it was time for the exciting bit to begin…planting! Our team getting the posts in the ground and completing the fence. We are following a Mediterranean theme, with vegetables and herbs that…
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Event hosting at Babylon
We are able to offer a bespoke service for private hire and private events at Babylon. Located within the Ashdown Forest – an area of outstanding natural beauty – our location is a stunning and peaceful setting for your special event. We have three areas at Babylon that are available for event hire, either separately…
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Alice Ashton jewellery class
On Wednesday 5th June Alice Ashton will be holding a Wax Ring Carving Workshop in the greenhouse here at Babylon. Learn the art of carving, sculpting and mark making using jewellers wax to create your own unique ring design. Alice will guide you through the process, providing tips and tricks along the way. By the…
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The Bees of Babylon
One of the owners of Babylon has been learning beekeeping over the last few years, and the resulting honey has been used in The Kitchen at Babylon since we took over the location last June. It was time to move the bees to their new home, and this was done over the bank holiday weekend…
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Summer art classes with Jan Moffitt
Over the summer months Jan will be teaching watercolour and drawing classes in our greenhouse. “Babylon is a wonderful place to teach an art class – the greenhouse is stunning, the lighting is perfect and the plants are inspiring.” Jan Moffitt runs watercolour and drawing art classes. Having worked as a graphic designer in London…
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The Kitchen garden : We’ve come a long way!
It’s been an exciting week here. We have dug out our wildlife pond which we hope will soon be home to newts, frogs, toads and insects. The pond slopes from a shallow depth to approximately 2-3ft deep creating easy access for hedgehogs and other wildlife, and we will soon be planting around the edges with…
