Events
SUMMER PROGRAMME 2026
Pensychnant's Summer Programme for 2026 is available now with some excellent events to celebrate our wildlife.
Please download it, save it, print it.
See them listed below along with online contacts for further information and booking.
We will hope to see you.
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.
Summer Season 2026
Weekends (+ bank holidays)
Saturday 4th April
- Sunday 27th September
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, (see below) 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!
PENSYCHNANT’S OPEN ART EXHIBITION 2026
Weekends (+bank holidays)
4th July - 27th September
11am -5pm
Pensychnant's 'Open' is about more than the art itself; it is all about nature. It is about communicating our love of nature, and communicating the threats and need for conservation, and acknowledging that if we don't appreciate what we've got, it will be lost.
There were five judges for the exhibition, and they couldn't agree. However, the judges choice of winner was Stephen Naylor's Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station. The cooling towers are huge and most people would consider them ugly. Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station consumed 5.5 million tonnes of coal every year - 65% of the output of Nottinghamshire's coal mines (1981 figures). It belched 8-10 million tonnes of CO2 pa. (in 2009). These are the unintended consequences of our decadent lifestyle, wanting copious electricity on demand. Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station was the last coal fired power station in UK. It closed in 2024. What follows?
No big prizes! The winner will be given the opportunity for a one-man show next spring. They will also be give a voucher, kindly donated by Rosemary & Co who make a huge range of some of the finest artists brushes available.
Highly Commended were: Andrew Tyzack's 'Badger'; Georgia Webb's 'Swallows in Formation'; 'Morning Mist' by Susie Liddle; Keeley Robinson's foxes, 'Rescue Me'; and Maddy Templeton's, '2300 species - The Oak of Hope'
You won't agree with our choices. Come to see the exhibition and there is the opportunity to vote for the People's Choice. The People's Choice will also receive a voucher from Rosemary & Co. Thanks Rosemary!
To enhance your viewing of the exhibition we now have printed copies of a catalogue for you to use.
We have also made this available to download here. Just click on the pic below.
Wednesday 15th July 6-9pm
SEWING BEE
UPCYCLING CLOTHING
with ZERO WASTE CHALLENGE
with Sarah Gallagher
Every year 300,000 tonnes of clothing in the U.K. end up in landfill or are incinerated - more per person than any other European country. Join Sarah’s Zero-Waste Upcycled Fashion Project where we take on the challenges of upcycling tired items into new, unique sustainable fashion.
5 practical sessions, July-August culminating in a fashion parade at Pensychnant's Green Fair on Saturday August 22nd
Free but donations appreciated.
Refreshments available.
Limited spaces so booking essential with Angharadloves@gmail.com
Weekend 18th & 19th July
ASHWORTH'S RUSTIC WEEKEND
Weaver’s Wave
It is 145-years since the first Asworth’s Rustic moth was discovered at Sychnant, and 170-years since the first Weaver’s Wave. Sychnant soon became the renowned site for these two rare endemics, found in North Wales’ mountains and nowhere else in the World. We will set the traps on the Mountain at dusk on Saturday.
Contact me if you want to set your own trap julian.pensychnant@btinternet.com
And we will have everything back at the house for a show-and-tell session at 11am on Sunday with good photo opportunities.
Tea & cake available.
Free but donations appreciated.
Saturday 25th July
2pm-4pm
MINI BEAST SAFARI for CHILDREN
with Kaya Brennan
Join Kaya, former RSPB Education Officer, for a fun, and educational nature-discovery walk in Pensychnant’s woods.
This day is targeted at 5 – 8 year olds.
All children must be supervised by a responsible adult.
Free but donations appreciated.
Booking essential at
julian.pensychnant@btinternet.com
Sunday 26th July
11am-5pm
MEET THE ARTISTS
Pensychnant’s ‘Open’ art exhibition is as much about nature and conservation as it is about art. This day will be a chance to see the art and meet some of the artists, discuss their inspiration and techniques, and be inspired.
Tea & cake available as always.
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!