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Autumn Children’s Event
Free Autumn Children's event at the castle, Saturday 23rd October 2.30 - 4.30. Get ready for Halloween with craft making lanterns, masks, puppets. Scavenger hunt, plant your own bulb, biscuit decorating. Countryside ranger. Teas and drinks, bring a picnic.
Tile Workshop pictures
Here is a gallery of pictures from the tile making workshops held during August 2021. [gallery link="file"...
MacMillan Coffee Morning at the Castle
On Friday 24th September on a lovely sunny morning Danielle Westlake held a coffee morning at the castle in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support raising a total of £500. Well done Danielle and thank you to all the cake bakers and helpers. [gallery link="file"...
‘Creative with Clay’ workshops
Announcing a new series of pottery workshops at the castle. Come along and have a go. More details here.
September Update
It’s been a lovely busy summer in the gardens with many visitors, artists and well-being groups and activities such as Pilates taking place. The Parish Council have kindly taken over the upgrading of the signage leading to the gardens from various points in the...
Tile Making Workshops
Local ceramic artist Michelle Greenwood Brown and Shaldon based potter Alison Miles will be running free drop-in clay tile making workshops in the Homeyards Botanical Gardens next week. The sessions will run from 10am - 12 noon and 2-4pm on Wednesday 18th,...
Coffee at the Castle
Teas and coffees served outside at the Castle on Tuesday and Friday mornings (weather permitting). See our Facebook page or the Gardener's Hut for times. Drop by to enjoy the views and a chat.
October 2020 Update
Thanks again to all our volunteers who have been working hard to reveal the larger plants above the pond, clearing around the hawthorn avenue trees which the Shaldon schoolchildren planted, so they can be mulched and starting to clear above the long wall to the right...
‘COG’ Aerial Tour of the Gardens
'COG' or the Consortium of Gardens are a group of organisations in Teignmouth and Shaldon which have a common interest in maintaining and improving green spaces for the benefit of the community. One of the initiatives undertaken by the group last year was the...