Delivery & Returns

'Women's Retreats'

A profound experience... I felt sad to leave such a strong beautiful tribe of women but also felt a renewed sense of belonging and a huge pride in the art we created together."

"Thank you to Jackie and Ruth for such a fabulous weekend of nourishment from inside and out. I felt quite empowered coming by myself and camping. It was just what Ineeded and what a marvellous bunch of inspiring people! "

"Well organised from start to finish. Beautiful natural setting with a warm welcome. Skilled facilitators who have perfected their crafts. Delicious, wholesome food made and served with love. Arrived as a stranger left having made new friends."

Retreat Feedback
 
"I just wanted to give thanks for the wonderful weekend just spent together. I left feeling totally elevated by the beautiful group of women who had come together in that special place and am still seeing glowing faces and reliving powerful moments every day. Thank you both, for each holding a hand through the whole process with such compassion, lightness and fun. Your own creativity seems boundless in how each of you approach your craft, how you share and how you enable others, with so much flow and also such forethought and consideration. 
I appreciate it all from a very heartfelt place and have come home more easily than I anticipated and somehow inhabiting a softer mind and body. 
Thank you both. Until next time, with love"
 

"This past weekend was just so beautiful in so many ways - I loved the way you two work together so naturally, blending both your incredible skills, seamlessly - you’d obviously worked closely to create a gloriously holistic vibe which brought out the best in us all - met such lovely new folk who all felt like friends by the end of the weekend. 

I loved our creation - The Maid of the Meadow and such symbolism which will stay with us longer than the Maid! 

We love Camp Plas - lovely that Charlotte could join us, and Barney too - that sauna is such a great addition too - and your team - Julie, Adele and Sally produced such delicious wholesome food too! 

So I guess you can tell I loved the whole weekend and went away feeling very chilled and glowing with a happy contentment / thank you so much for all your thought and kindness, fun and skill "

"Thank you for your email and for what was, for Melanie and me, our first retreat. It was wonderful and we have booked for next year before news gets out!!

The friendliness and the relaxation it engendered were very special and what an interesting group of ladies! Everything seemed to fit together and we genuinely can't think of anything to improve the experience. 

I have racked my brains to try to remember where I picked up the flyer which advertised the retreat. It was in the cafe at The Old Market Hall but I had already heard great things about you both so it wasn't difficult to persuade Melanie that we should take the plunge. "

"The weekend was truly magical and I have just booked for next year.
The thing I loved most are those connections that you talked about ....  What I gained was a feeling of 'zen', which lasted for a few days on return, and moments that I can revisit to regain that calm.  There is nothing I would wish to be changed about the weekend.  And I heard about the retreat via Ruth's Instagram feed.

My personal note following the weekend:  Being in the company of such a wonderful group of surprising, interesting & interested, intelligent, independent, strong women.

Never felt so in the right place. Loved the fresh air, stunning location, the river to swim in, fabulous facilities, particularly the barn which brought us all together to create, move, chat, eat, sing, dance & celebrate being us, being women and being creative beings. That's a lot of beings. Every morsel of healthy food we were given was delicious and inspiring. Blessed with this weather too. We could not have asked for more from this weekend.

I got far more out of the weekend than I could have imagined.

Thank you to everyone involved in making the weekend such a wonderful experience and I am looking forward to joining you again next year."

Dear Ruth,
I came yesterday to the demonstration organised by Petersfield Potters. I am not a member but am part of Southern Ceramic Group. On looking you up online I found that your interests and expertise echoed my own albeit with a much bigger dose of the latter; ceramics, printmaking, poetry, patterns, murmurations, trees, landscape…. I could go on. I loved every moment of your biographic talk, given with humour and modesty. I learnt a new process (my result promises not to compete), and my mind took off in so many directions for developing my own work further, not by emulating your work but by stimulating my brain into a long list of ‘what if’s’? You are a natural educator, so generous is sharing your process so succinctly and I think the whole hall was riveted to the spot. A huge thank you.
With best wishes,
Francheska