Events
SPRING PROGRAMME 2026
Pensychnant's Spring Programme for 2026 is available here with some excellent events to celebrate our wildlife.
Please download it, save it, print it.
We will hope to see you.
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​Very rarely, events may need to be cancelled or postponed
due to inclement weather, or for other reasons.
For confirmation and for further information about events:
phone Julian or Karen
at Pensychnant, (01492) 592595
or email
Julian.pensychnant@btinternet.com
Follow us on Facebook/Pensychnant & Facebook/Pensychnant’s Wildlife
for the most up-to-date info.
If pre-booked for an event we'll make every effort to keep
you informed of any changes.
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Mother's Day
Sunday 15th March 11am - 5pm
ONE-DAY WILDLIFE ART SALE
Following Pensychnant’s successful wildlife art exhibitions over the last few years, especially the ‘Open’ which featured artists of local and national acclaim, many artists have donated original artworks to Pensychnant to raise funds for the charity.
There will also be some older works which
Pensychnant has had hidden away. Thanks to all! There are some superb paintings, in various styles and media, and all will be for sale at a discounted price on this one date. If you fell in love with a painting in last year’s exhibition, now is your chance! Or just come to see.
Enjoy Tea & cake by the log fire,
or outdoors if it's sunny!
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​Wednesday 18th March 10.30am
GARDEN WORK PARTY
Please come along and join our team of volunteers to help with sweeping away the winter and getting ready for Pensychnant’s spring and summer season – this could be raking the drive, weeding the beds, cutting the hedges, maybe having a bonfire………
Tools provided but please bring your own gloves.
Any help appreciated.
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​Tuesday 24th March 10.30am
HEDGEROW PLANTING WORK PARTY
Woodland Trust have donated x100 native hedgerow whips which we will use to gap-up and extend the hedgerow across Cottage Field for wildlife and shelter.
Come along and join other volunteers in digging, planting and heeling them in (good sturdy boots recommended!).
All help appreciated
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Thursday 26th March - All Day
CONWY SEED FAIR
Pensychnant will again have a stall at Conwy’s ever-popular, 700-year old street fair, with its many and varied contributors.
As for ourselves, we will have much on display to see and a variety of items to buy - plants, bird boxes, cards etc. It's also a great opportunity to pick up a printed Spring Programme. But best of all - it's a chance to say hello and have a chat!
Your support would be most welcome.
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Friday 27th March 7pm
GLOW IN THE DARK SLUGS!
Dani Robertson, Dark Skies Officer for Eryri, will take us through Pensychnant’s woods on an ultra-violet torchlight safari. Some familiar plants and animals, fungi and lichens bioflouresce under uv light. This will be a psychadelic trip beyond your imaginings.
Bring warm clothes and torch. Free but donations appreciated
Places limited - booking essential by email
jpt.pensychnant@btinternet.com
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Summer Season 2026
Weekends (+ bank holidays),
Sat. 4th April - Sun. 27th Sept.
11am - 5pm
What more beautiful place could there be to wander or just relax amidst nature? Pensychnant will be open every weekend with wildlife art by Philip Snow, Barbara Winrow, and many others, and Karen’s acclaimed cake stall, serving tea/coffee and locally home-made FairTrade cakes in the sunshine on the lawn (or indoors by the fire). Treat yourself!
Redstarts and Pied Flycatchers are (hopefully) expected and there will be an abundance of wildlife and natural beauty to enjoy.
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Weekends (+bank holidays)
4th April - 17th May, 11am-5pm
‘Reconnect’- An Exhibition by Lydia Fernandez-Arias
Weekends (+bank holidays)
4th April - 17th May, 11am-5pm
‘At The Still Point’- An Exhibition by Elfin Bow & Tracy Ann Green
Weekends (+bank holidays)
4th April - 10th May, 11am-5pm
‘Wild Eryri’- Paintings by Rob Cordingley
Early Thorn
​Monday 6th April 7.30pm
MOTH GROUP
Still very weather dependent but the Clouded Drab and Quakers should now be being gradually replaced by the Carpets and others.
Informal meeting of North Wales Moth Group but all welcome to come along to chat about all things wildlife.
Donations appreciated
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​Wednesday 8th April
6pm-9pm
SILVER SMITHING WORKSHOP -
SEA GLASS PENDANT
Learn how to make your own sea glass pendant using sterling silver to create a bezel setting for your chosen piece of glass. All materials provided. No experience needed.
Tea & cake included. £65.
Book at emporiumconwy.co.uk
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​Friday 10th April 7.30pm
'KAZAKHSTAN - BIRDING THE SILK ROAD'
by STEVE CULLEY
Kazakhstan is a sparsely populated land of deserts and mountains; home to over 500 species of bird including Steppe Eagles, making it a world-class birding destination.
A Cambrian Ornithological Society meeting.
All welcome. £1
​Saturday 11th April 2pm-4pm
BIRD WATCHING FOR CHILDREN
with KAYA PARSONS-DAVIES
Join Kaya, former RSPB Education Officer, for a fun nature-discovery walk to spot some birds using binoculars. We will explore what birds need to survive, followed by bird themed activities to further our learning.
This day is targeted at 5 – 8 year olds.
All children must be supervised by a responsible adult. Booking advised.
Free but donations appreciated.
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​Sunday 12th April 10am-11am
MOTH MORNING with JULIAN
We will empty the moth trap, identifying and recording as we go. This is an excellent opportunity to see and appreciate moths up close, always enjoyed by children and adults alike.
Finished in time for elevenses at Karen’s tea & cake stall!
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Thursday 16th April 2pm
'BIODIVERSITY AT PENSYCHNANT' by JULIAN
Cofnod (North Wales Environmental Information Service) tells us that Pensychnant started 2025 with 29,916 records of 1,719 species. During the year, experts and amateurs were active recording more plants and animals and fungi. Julian will talk about some of them; some common; some rare; some surprising; some challenging to identify.
The 2025 programme of biodiversity events at Pensychnant was supported by Carneddau Landscape Partnership and Heritage Lottery Fund. Thanks Carneddau.​​​
Weekend 18th & 19th April - All day
DRY-STONE WALLING WEEKEND
A professional training course by Drystone Walling Association (Wales). Learn the whole job, from dismantling and foundations, to coping stones, under the expert guidance of a master-craftsman waller. £100
Contact Paul Smyth 01766 513213 for details or book at www.craftcourses.com
​Saturday 18th April 7.30pm
'AT THE STILL POINT' - AN INDOOR CONCERT
by ELFIN BOW, ANAM CARA & TYCERA
Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Elfin Bow, will be joined by songwriter and vocalist, Tycera, and musician Anam Cara, for an intimate, uplifting and magical evening. The original songs are all written by Elfin Bow, the great great granddaughter of Abraham Henthorn Stott, and follow the theme of their exhibition, At the Still Point, and forthcoming book, The Power of Centredness.
This will be special.
Tickets £15 - BOOK HERE
Wine or tea & cake will be available at the interval.
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​Tuesday 21st April 8.15pm
BAT WATCHING
with DANI ROBERTSON
Pensychnant has a maternity roost of 100+ Lesser Horseshoe Bats in its Boiler House – maybe ½% of the Welsh population. With Dani, Eryri’s Dark Skies Officer, we will watch the bats emerge, listen to their weird echolocation, and then wander around Pensychnant to find other species.
Limited places.
Booking essential: email jpt.pensychnant@btinternet.com
Free but donations appreciated. Bring a torch.
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​Wednesday 22nd April 1pm-4pm
WILLOW WEAVING WORKSHOP - BIRD FEEDER
with CRAFTY AS HEL
You will make a bird feeder for your garden. Suitable for beginners or those wishing to enhance their basketry skills. All tools and materials provided plus tea/coffee and cake. £40.
To pay go to crafty-as-hel-ynys-mon
Any queries please email craftyashelynysmon@gmail.com or phone Helen on 07886 609740
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​Wednesday 22nd April 6pm-9pm
SILVER SMITHING WORKSHOP - STUD EARRINGS
Learn how to make your own beautifully individual set of 4 mismatched sterling silver stud earrings that you can wear with pride forever. All materials provided. No experience needed. Tea & cake included. £69. Book at emporiumconwy
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​Saturday 25th April
11am-5pm
SPRING FAIR
Pensychnant will be hosting a Spring Craft-Fair with various local makers and artists: haberdashery and silver jewellery, leatherwork, beaded jewellery, crochet, cyanolumen art, natural toiletries, needle-felted crafts, nature-themed face painting and much more. As always there will be plenty of things you never knew you wanted on Pensychnant’s renowned White Elephant stall, and Fairtrade tea and cake on the lawn in the sunshine.
We hope to see you.
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Photo by John Harding​
​Sunday 26th April 10am
PIED FLYCATCHER WALK
A short wander in Pensychnant’s woods to see the Spring migrants and resident birds.
By now nesting should be well underway: Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, Cuckoo, Linnet, Chough, maybe Great Bustard,…..
Tea & cake available afterwards.
Donations appreciated.
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​Friday 1st May 7.30pm
‘THE FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY OF BIRDS’
by ANDY HARRAP
A different sort of talk for COS – about some of the fascinating folklore which surrounds our birdlife.
Cambrian Ornithological Society meeting. All welcome. £1​
Sunday 3rd May 10am
BLUEBELL AND PRIMROSE WALK
A short walk to see Spring springing. Most years, we walk to see the spectacular bank of primroses at Oakwood in full bloom. And every year we pass by the Goldilocks Buttercup with little thought. This individual buttercup may be endemic to Sychnant, occurring no where else in the world! Julian will try to explain.
About 2½ miles on local footpaths. (Just one short but steep downhill for those of us with achy knees).
Booking advised - email jpt.pensychnant@btinternet.com
Donations appreciated.
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Monday 4th May 7.30pm
MOTH GROUP
Getting a bit more summery by now, with more moths of greater diversity.
Informal meeting of North Wales Moth Group.
All welcome. Donations appreciated
LAST DAY OF THE
WILDLIFE ART EXHIBITION
Sunday 28th September 11am – 5pm
The ‘Open’ has been a fantastic exhibition of art on the theme of Nature, Environment and Conservation. This will be your last chance to see it before the artworks return to their homes.
It will also be the last chance for Tea & Cake in the sunshine on the lawn!
Sunday 10th May 10am
BIRD SONG WALK with CAROLE WALKER
Carole has watched and enjoyed birds all her life, but the most part of bird watching is listening. Carole will teach us the songs of some of our familiar garden and woodland birds on a short walk around Pensychnant.
Free. Donations appreciated.
Tea & cake available afterwards.
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Wednesday 13th May 6pm - 9pm
SILVER SMITHING WORKSHOP - SILVER PENDANT
Make your own beautiful sterling silver pendant on a silver chain. Using a variety of techniques you will make a fabulously tactile pendant which will manifest what’s important to you; using stamps we will imprint those all important words onto your pendant.. All materials provided. No experience needed.
Tea & cake included. £69.
Book at emporiumconwy
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Thursday 14th May 1pm - 4pm
WILLOW WEAVING WORKSHOP – SWEET PEA BASKET with CRAFTY AS HEL
You will make a sweet pea basket for your garden. Suitable for beginners or those wishing to enhance their basketry skills. All tools and materials provided plus tea/coffee and cake. £50.
Pay at crafty-as-hel-ynys-mon
Any queries please email craftyashelynysmon@gmail.com or phone Helen on 07886 609740
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