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21/06/2025

🍾 English Wine Week launches today! 🥂🍷
From vineyard tours to sparkling wine flights, there are plenty of ways to celebrate English Wine Week with Ridgeview, right here in Ditchling.

• Wander with a FREE self‑guided audio tour
• Discover the craft behind the bottle on a classic tour and tasting
• Kick back with a sparkling wine flight on the terrace
• Feast on new paired tasting menus at The Rows & Vine

English Wine Week 21 – 29 June 2025. Mark the week with bubbles, fresh flavours and vineyard views!

Head over to Ridgeview Wine or ridgeview.co.uk to book your spot!

20/06/2025

🥂 English Wine Week at Artelium 🍷
21st–29th June - A week of tours, fine dining, curated tastings & partner dinners.

~ Complimentary Tastings | 26–29 June 12-5PM ~
Visit Artelium, meet the team and explore exceptional English Wine with a complimentary tasting of three of their signature wines. Book via Artelium.

~ Summer Supper Club | Sat 28th June ~
Enjoy a 5-course seasonal menu featuring the finest Sussex produce, expertly designed to complement a flight of Artelium wines.

~ Vineyard Tours | Fri–Sun ~
Explore the vines, take in the view, and discover the process from grape to bottle.

~ Wine Dinners ~
Enjoy Artelium pairings at:
No34, Lewes | 25th June
Dill, Lewes | 26th June

~ WINELANDS Tasting at Charleston, Lewes | Sat 28 June ~
Part of the drop in tasting with a dozen amazing English Wine producers

~ WINELANDS Guided Vineyard Tour | Sun 29 June ~
Tom Surgey author and presenter will be hosting a wine tasting tour of three exceptional vineyards: Artelium, Ridgeview and Everflyht.

To book tickets or learn more about these events, as well as additional events in London, head over to Artelium Wine Estate or artelium.com

19/06/2025

THIS SATURDAY Ditchling Open Gardens Trail: Explore Beautiful Gardens opening in aid of St Peter and St James Hospice

DITCHLING, EAST SUSSEX – Discover nine lovely private gardens in Ditchling on Saturday, June 21st, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Visit new locations opening for the first time, including one in Westmeston. Enjoy a range of sizes, designs and planting styles, many created with wildlife in mind! There will be refreshments, plus art, crafts, and plants to buy.

Tickets cost £6

Book here:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/ditchling-village-garden-trail-10-30-4-30pm/lewes/3388057

18/06/2025

Sussex Craft Week Exhibition -
PRECIOUS MATERIALS, PRECIOUS MOMENTS - THE LINK BETWEEN
Discover the art of jewellery re-design. This special exhibition celebrates the process of transforming heirloom jewellery into meaningful new designs, preserving both the memories and the materials. Accompanying the exhibition is a workshop tour that offers a unique behind-the-scenes glimpse into the creative process.

Pruden and Smith, The Crossroads, Ditchling, BN6 8UQ
14th - 21st June, Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm

17/06/2025

Save the dates! English Wine Week starts this Saturday. Watch this space for details of upcoming events at Ditchling's fabulous vineyards.

16/06/2025

Happy Sussex Day!

Community celebrations have been organised across East and West Sussex to celebrate the counties.

14/06/2025

Sussex Craft Week launches today!

ROSA Magazine gets crafty for its Summer 2025 edition, containing a special supplement which is your complete guide to Sussex Craft Week and the contemporary and heritage craft scene in Sussex.

Pruden and Smith in Ditchling have a limited number of copies for sale, alternatively you can order your copy at rosamagazine.co.uk/sussex-craft-week/magazine-sussex-craft-week/ where you can also download the digital guide.

13/06/2025

Sussex Craft Week Open Studio Event: Elaine Sheppard Bolt

Visitors are welcome to this working ceramics studio on picturesque Ditchling Common. Elaine’s ceramics, along with analogue photography + cyanotypes by Richard Lewis Bolt, jewellery by Amanda Doughty and traditional upholstery by Nicki Tarr, will be available to purchase.

21st – 22nd June 2025, 11am – 5pm
Pollards Farm Cottage, Ditchling Road, Ditchling Common, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 0SE
Free to visit

For more info, visit: elainesheppardbolt.com/events-exhibitions/open-studio-2025

rosamagazine.co.uk/sussex-craft-week

12/06/2025

Sussex Craft Week Open Studio Event: Laurence Moracchini

Based at the famous Turner Dumbrell Workshops, Laurence is a multi-disciplinary artist who breathes new life into reclaimed materials, particularly wood, by using eco-friendly finishes and creating her own natural dyes. See a range of works including woodworking, mixed media paintings, prints, enamelled metal and jewellery.

14-15 June and 20-22 June (the studio is closed from 16-19 June) 11am-5pm.
Studio & Gallery 17, Dumbrells Court Road, BN6 8GT.
Free to visit.



rosamagazine.co.uk/sussex-craft-week
laurence-moracchini.co.uk

24/05/2025

Join us in Ditchling this weekend on the Art in Ditchling Trail, for the final weekend of Artists Open Houses. This year Art in Ditchling have launched an exciting Prize Draw, offering 13 fantastic prizes. Visit any of the venues this bank holiday weekend to enter for free.

Each of the venues is offering a unique prize, generously donated by participating artists. Prizes include:
- A Guitar making book with text by Ian Chisholm (exhibiting at Venue 9: Blue Shed Studio), featuring photographs by Kris Pawlowski
- ‘Girl with red hair’, a 30x30cm painting by Sebastian Pedley (exhibiting at Venue 1: Sunnyside 19)
- ‘Rapeseed’, Mixed media on handmade paper, 27x22x2.5 cm, Framed with Tru Vue Museum Glass, by Jo Watters-Pawlowski (exhibiting at Venue 4: No. 37)
- Enamelled earstuds by Jinks McGrath (exhibiting at Venue 12: Streat Place Barn)
- Collage made from painted papers, framed in oak, by Bernadina Lloyd (exhibiting at Venue 7: STUDIO21)
- A Dhalia support, by Venue 10: TwoFree – Art at Chy Morvah
- A voucher from Skelton Workshops - Venue 13

Discover the rest of the prizes on the trail.

18/05/2025

Happy World Baking Day! In Ditchling we are spoilt for choice when it comes to delicious bakes. Whether it's mouth-watering Bakewell Tart from the The Nutmeg Tree or a heavenly slice of The Green Welly's Lemon & Elderflower cake, our two fantastic cafes always make sure we a fantastic selection of baked delights available for a morning treat, lunchtime snack, or afternoon tea! Pop in to see what's on offer today:

The Nutmeg Tree - 1930/1940s Themed Tea Rooms & Garden offering all day Breakfast, Lunch & Afternoon Tea.
4-8 West Street, Ditchling BN6 8TS

The Green Welly - Friendly cosy café with a delightful walled garden. All visitors, walkers, and cyclists always receive a very warm welcome, they are also very dog friendly!
1 High Street, Ditchling BN6 8SY

17/05/2025

Later this month at Artelium
TALK : WINE
29th May | 18.00 - 20.00
Join Master of Wine Justin Howard-Sneyd, and Artelium founder Julie Bretland for a conversation about regenerative viticulture followed by a tasting of 3 wines from Justin’s French wine estate Domain of the Bee.

Visit artelium.com/visit-us/artelium-events-what-on for more details about this and Artelium's other great events.