One night stay (based on 2 guests sharing) inclusive of the following:
Available on the following dates:
Saturday 30th August or Sunday 31st August 2025
(with the workshop on the 31st from 10am - 3.30pm)
Alys Fowler has been writingabout the natural world and gardening for over twenty years. She is widelypublished in the Guardian, The Observer, Financial Times, Gardens Illustratedand The National Geographic and has written seven books, including The Edible Gardenand Eat What You Grow. Her nature writing memoir, Hidden Nature was shortlistedfor the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing. She is currently a Royal LiteraryFund Fellow at Aberystwyth University and is writing a book about peatlands.
Nant Y Bedd is located around half an hours drive away from The Angel and is a productive organic vegetable and fruit garden, a haven for wildlife and a tranquil space to relax.
The day begins at 10am with tea & cake and in this workshop you will take a deep look at the wider worldto help find your voice in writing, whether that's for a personal project, anewsletter, blog or book draft.
Nature and garden writing has a long and wonderful tradition of helping us tofind our place in the world. You will look at how to craft your style so thatyou can write authentically about the natural world and find ways to give voiceto the more-than-human. Explore:
- techniques for close observation and how to get these onto the page.
- how to form good writerly habits and how to get over the fear of the blank page.
- radical ways of noticing: choosing what to write about and how to research this.
- how to create layers of narrative in your work.
- metaphor, tone, rhythm and style.
- Eco-philosophical ideas and the societal and environmental context of writing ebout the more- than-human in today's world.
Level of expertise required? The workshop will beequally suitable for novice or expert.
Bring with you A sense of curiosity (and a notebook).
A packed lunch will be provided for you to take to the gardens and enjoy.
*Please note: £160.00 non-refundable deposit is taken at the time of booking for this break.