Hope Cottage Botanical Arts

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Fantastic new workshop just released!!!

Due to brilliant funding from The National Lottery this workshop is highly discounted and just for those living in the wonderful ‘Brecks’

Run on behalf of Brecks LP for the Brecks outdoor festival at the Engine house, Brandon country park.

Friday 21st August 2026

A full days workshop of creativity using plants and flowers growing wild in the Breckland landscape , then cast into plaster to take home.

Link in comments to book -this is heavily discounted and expected to book super fast.

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Terrible news today. We are deeply saddened to report that the icon of Sherwood Forest and beloved part of many if not most of our childhoods. The Major Oak is dead.

Conservationists worked to protect the tree, which attracted millions of visitors over its life, but in recent years the natural giant was in decline. It was plain to see.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) - the conservation charity which manages the nature reserve part of the historic forest - said the tree's first spring with no leaves this year, scientific experts believed the Major Oak had died.
While it was difficult to determine the exact cause of the oak's demise, the RSPB said a combination of issues - including years of "well-intentioned structural intervention and huge amounts of human activity" around the tree - were thought to be "major contributors".

Dropping off tonight for the brilliant St Mary's Art Exhibition Debenham on from Friday. A wonderful collection of very talented artists.