It may not be the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon, but the Watermill walled garden was the ideal place for a spot of croquet played last night by Lois and me. And of course, we enjoyed a ‘sundowner’ of gin and tonic. How English can you get?
The score so far: Lois 1, Bill 1. Decider tonight.
It may not be very Italian, we know, but if you fancy a game of croquet during your stay on one of our renowned creative courses, we will be happy to oblige. But it can be a vicious game: watch out for Lois’s roquet!
Come and join one of our renowned creative weeks next year (details below) and enjoy inspirational teaching, a beautiful sett ing, warm hospitality, convivial company and, of course, la bella cucina italiana. Oh, and a very English game of croquet, if that’s what you fancy.
Our inspiring painting weeks
Keiko Tanabe
Saturday 17 April to Saturday 24 April 2021
Watercolours
To learn more about Keiko and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Mary Padgett
Saturday 1 May to Saturday 8 May 2021
Pastels (and other portable media) en plein air
To learn more about Mary and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Carl March
Saturday 15 May to Saturday 22 May 2021
Drawing and watercolours en plein air
To learn more about Carl and his week at the Watermill, please click here.
Grahame Booth
Saturday 22 May to Saturday 29 May 2021
Watercolours
To learn more about Grahame and his week at the Watermill, please click here.
Sandra Strohschein (1)
Saturday 5 June to Saturday 12 June 2021
Watercolours
To learn more about Sandra and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Sandra Strohschein (2)
Saturday 12 June to Saturday 19 June 2021
Watercolours
To learn more about Sandra and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Paul Talbot-Greaves
Saturday 19 June to Saturday 26 June 2021
Watercolours
To learn more about Paul and his week at the Watermill, please click here.
Rebecca de Mendonça
Saturday 26 June to Saturday 3 July 2021
Pastels and mixed media
To learn more about Rebecca and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Vicki Norman
Saturday 3 July to Saturday 10 July 2021
Oils and watercolours (and other mediums)
To learn more about Vicki and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Sue Ford
Saturday 10 July to Saturday 17 July 2021
Watercolours, pastels, collage and mixed media plus acrylic
To learn more about Sue and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Caroline Deeble
Saturday 7 August to Saturday 14 August 2021
Watercolours
To learn more about Caroline and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Randy Hale
Saturday 21 August to Saturday 28 August 2021
Watercolours
To learn more about Randy and his week at the Watermill, please click here.
Jude Scott
Saturday 28 August to Saturday 4 September 2021
Watercolours
To learn more about Jude and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Mike Willdridge
Saturday 4 September to Saturday 11 September 2021
Watercolours and drawing (also gouache and acrylics)
To learn more about Mike and his week at the Watermill, please click here.
Milind Mulick
Saturday 11 September to Saturday 18 September 2021
‘Colourful Watercolours’
To learn more about Milind and his week at the Watermill please click here.
Brienne Brown
Saturday 18 September to Saturday 25 September 2021
Watercolours
To learn more about Brienne and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Charles Sluga
Saturday 25 September to Saturday 2 October 2021
Watercolour and drawing (also gouache and acrylics)
To learn more about Charles and his week at the Watermill, please click here.
Tim Wilmot
Saturday 2 October to Saturday 9 October 2021
Watercolours
To learn more about Tim and his week at the Watermill, please click here.
Ali Hargreaves
Saturday 9 October to Saturday 16 October 2021
Watercolours and mixed media
To learn more about Ali and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Our elevating knitting weeks
Norah Gaughan
24 April – 1 May 2021
Knitting and la
Bella Vita
To learn more about Norah and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Louisa Harding
29 May – 5 June 2021
Knitting and la
Bella Vita
To learn more about Louisa and her week at the Watermill, please click here.
Knitting retreat
17-24 July 2021
Knitting and la Bella Vita
To learn more about our knitting retreat week at the mill, please click here.
Our illuminating creative writing weeks
Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran
8 -15 May 2021
Scriptwriting
To learn more about Laurence and Maurice and their course at the mill, please
click here.
Jo Parfitt
14 -21 August 2021
Writing your life stories
To learn more about Jo and her course at the mill, please click here.
Our impassioned Italian week
Francesca La Sala
16-23 October 2021
A novel approach to learning Italian
To learn more about Francesca an her course at the mill, please click here.
