Join SAS founder Ellie Green (Botanical Artist & Hedgewitch) and Sally (Holistic Health & Wellness Coach Body Phonics) to dive into the magic and the medicine of the Yew tree. The Yew tree is a highly sacred tree that offers us the medicine of death / endings, transformation and rebirth.

As with all our retreats, we’ll have a selection of teas available throughout and some home baked cakes to share. A crackling fire will be lit and the yurt will be delightfully cosy on a cool November afternoon.

Join us at Capel Village Memorial Hall for one of our Sunday Creative Sessions, where Ellie will offer a guided creative workshop (all materials and refreshment included) - a taste of our regular curriculum inspired by our Sketchbook Club Art Class theme. This Spring/Summer our theme is Insectarium.

We'll sip tea and listen to gentle music as we sit and make together.

This fully taught class is open to anyone.

Join us at Capel Village Memorial Hall for one of our Sunday Creative Sessions, where Ellie will offer a guided creative workshop (all materials and refreshment included) - a taste of our regular curriculum inspired by our Sketchbook Club Art Class theme. This Spring/Summer our theme is Insectarium.

We'll sip tea and listen to gentle music as we sit and make together.

This fully taught class is open to anyone.

Join SAS Founder Ellie Green and Sally from Body Phonics for an afternoon connecting to the wisdom and teachings of the Dandelion - a powerful plant ally that can help us connect to the solar plexus, seat of our personal power and confidence.

As always there will be a chance to chat and share as we drink a cup of Dandelion tea and tuck into home baked dandelion infused cakes. You’ll also receive a specialised bach flower blend to support your solar plexus.

Join SAS Founder Ellie Green and Sally from Body Phonics for a unique gathering ‘under the rose’ this March as we connect to the healing feminine energy of the Rose and the power of Bach flower remedies - connecting body and soul to the rising energy of Spring.

This beautiful Spring mini-retreat includes refreshments, cake, all materials for the creative workshop and a personalised Bach flower blend for you to take home on the day. We’ll also give you a little gift bag to take home.

Join us at Capel Village Memorial Hall for one of our Sunday Creative Sessions, where Ellie will offer a guided creative workshop (all materials and refreshment included) - a taste of our regular curriculum inspired by our Sketchbook Club Art Class theme. This Winter our theme is ‘A Winter’s Tale.

We'll sip tea and listen to gentle music as we sit and make together.

This fully taught class is open to anyone.

Join us at Capel Village Memorial Hall for one of our Sunday Creative Sessions, where Ellie will offer a guided creative workshop (all materials and refreshment included) - a taste of our regular curriculum inspired by our Sketchbook Club Art Class theme. This Winter our theme is ‘A Winter’s Tale.

We'll sip tea and listen to gentle music as we sit and make together.

This fully taught class is open to anyone.

Join us at Capel Village Memorial Hall for one of our Sunday Creative Sessions, where Ellie will offer a guided creative workshop (all materials and refreshment included) - a taste of our regular curriculum inspired by our Sketchbook Club Art Class theme. This Autumn our theme is ‘Migration’.

We'll sip tea and listen to gentle music as we sit and make together.

This fully taught class is open to anyone.

Join us at Capel Village Memorial Hall for one of our Sunday Creative Sessions, where Ellie will offer a guided creative workshop (all materials and refreshment included) - a taste of our regular curriculum inspired by our Sketchbook Club Art Class theme. This Autumn our theme is ‘Migration’.

We'll sip tea and listen to gentle music as we sit and make together.

This fully taught class is open to anyone.

Combine your interest in art and the natural world by learning to capture the variety of colours, shapes and textures of woodland fungi using pencils, pastels, watercolours and inks. Join experienced Artist-teacher Ellie Green, for a one-day course exploring the magic of the mushrooms that can be found in the Surrey Hills.

This class is a beginner-kind class. It’s inspired by nature, the season and aimed at re-establishing a connection to nature and oneself. We'll work with non-toxic vegetable oil based inks and pull prints that look almost photographic in quality and detail. No previous print experience necessary - perfect for beginners.

All materials included. You’ll come away with multiple prints.

Join us for a day of creativity, yoga and uplifting nature-based connection at the stunning Inner Bloom studio nestled at the base of the South Downs. Inspired by Summer Wildflowers, we’ll connect to the wild inner-child within through meditation, yoga, guided journaling and soothing botanical painting.

This uplifting summer retreat includes all refreshments, a plant-based picnic lunch, freshly baked cakes and a notebook to record your experiences; all materials for the creative workshop, plenty of fresh air and a warm fire to gather around. You’ll also get a little gift bag to take home.

Summer Social - Sunday 16th July

Join us at Capel Village Memorial Hall for one of our Seasonal Socials designed to align with each turn of the wheel of the year.

We'll sip tea and listen to gentle music as we sit and make together.

Join us this summer for a chance to paint dragonflies and demoiselles dancing over the water using beginner-kind watercolour techniques and some beautiful, iridescent paints that will make your paintings sparkle in the sun. A slow and soothing summer-inspired workshop that includes delicious food and bottomless cups of coffee and tea for you to sip and nibble on whilst time ebbs away.

All materials, freshly brewed tea and coffee and a wildly inspired picnic lunch are included in this seasonal workshop.

Litha Social - Sunday 25th June

Join us at Capel Village Memorial Hall for one of our Seasonal Socials designed to align with each turn of the wheel of the year.

We'll sip tea and listen to gentle music as we sit and make together.

This class is a beginner-kind class. It’s inspired by nature, the season and aimed at re-establishing a connection to nature and oneself. We'll work with non-toxic vegetable oil based inks and pull prints that look almost photographic in quality and detail. No previous print experience necessary - perfect for beginners.

All materials included. You’ll come away with multiple prints.

Mindful Photography is more than just taking photographs – it’s a moving meditation – a grounding lesson in slowing down, developing our sighting skills and connecting to space in a calming natural environment. Tune in your 'attentional aperture' learning to look at the world with new eyes as we slow down and notice the small things - the little changes in the light, the colours, the textures, in our surroundings.

As we walk through the secluded grounds at Windsor Park, looking for signs of Spring in Nature, you’ll learn some basic shooting options on your device as well as how to create more compelling photographic compositions.

Join us for a soothing Spring-inspired workshop where you’ll learn how to create paintings of a range of Wild Bird Eggs, Feathers and Nests using drawing inks, a dip pen and a sprinkle of pigment powder. At the end of the workshop we’ll nestle our eggs into a nest using some fun, expressive brush techniques!

 All materials, freshly brewed tea and coffee and delicious wildly inspired sweet treats are included in this seasonal workshop.

Ostara Social - Sunday 12th March

Join us at Capel Village Memorial Hall for one of our Seasonal Socials designed to align with each turn of the wheel of the year. Our 'Ostara' Social will be inspired by the Rabbit / Hare. The Hare brings with it the spirit of new beginnings, a fresh start for the Spring season. Ellie will be offering guided tutorial on how to sketch / paint Hares (all materials included).

We'll sip tea and listen to gentle music as we sit and make together.

This Spring season Artist-teacher / SAS Founder Ellie Green and Holistic Health Therapist, Yoga & Meditation teacher Derry Jayne are combining forces to bring to you a deeply nurturing day connecting to the beautiful gentle energy of the Silver Birch Tree.

Just a few weeks before the Spring Equinox, we’ll gather at the stunning Inner Bloom Fitness studio to sow seeds and set intentions for the coming season. We’re inviting a small group of like-minded beings to join us in this stunning natural setting at the base of the South Downs, to learn more about the wisdom and lessons this beautiful resilient tree.

Imbolc Social - Sunday 29th January 23
Join us at Capel Village Memorial Hall for one of our Seasonal Socials designed to align with each turn of the wheel of the year. Our 'Imbolc' Social will be inspired by Wolves. Wolves speak to the energy of the Winter season - taking care of our own needs, survival. But they are also a pack animal - and so we'll gather as a pack to reflect on their energy. Ellie will be offering guided tutorial on how to sketch / paint wolves (all materials included)

We'll sip tea and listen to gentle music as we sit and make together.

Mindful Photography is more than just taking photographs – it’s a moving meditation – a grounding lesson in slowing down, developing our sighting skills and connecting to space in a calming natural environment. Tune in your 'attentional aperture' learning to look at the world with new eyes as we slow down and notice the small things - the little changes in the light, the colours, the textures, in our surroundings.

As we walk through the secluded woodland at Windsor Park, looking for signs of life in the Winter landscape, you’ll learn some basic shooting options on your device as well as how to create more compelling photographic compositions. At the end of the workshop we’ll return to the environmental centre for a cup of tea and review our best shots as a group.

Solstice Seasonal Social - Sunday 18th December 23

Our 'Winter Solstice' Social will be inspired by the Holly tree. Ellie will be offering a live demo on how to paint Holly leaves and berries and sharing some stories / folklore about this seasonal tree,

We'll sip tea and listen to gentle festive music as we sit and make together (all materials and tea included!).

This season we’ve teamed up with Renee Canter (aka The Girl Who Gardens) to design seasonal Autumn and Winter Wreath Making workshops that reflect the beauty that each season brings and are a little kinder to nature too. Traditional wreaths, although stunning and super popular, are by nature not particularly eco-friendly - see Renee’s Environmental Wreath Manifesto here for more.

We are so lucky to live in an area where woodland is abundant and there is so much we can gather from the forest floor to inspire our wreath-making this winter. As with our hedgerow wreaths we’ll be taking a more eco-friendly approach to the traditional wreath - creating a moss and wire base to adorn with sustainably foraged materials.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind - Dr Seuss

Creativity is such an important vehicle for self-expression, for communication and for self- awareness. As your young artists find their place in the modern world, they're going to need some tools to help them decipher it.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind - Dr Seuss

Creativity is such an important vehicle for self-expression, for communication and for self- awareness. As your young artists find their place in the modern world, they're going to need some tools to help them decipher it.