Crafts Alive Dates Announced for 2025

We are delighted to announce that the fourth Crafts Alive will take place from the 10th to the 14th of September 2025 at Rodmarton Manor.

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This five-day festival is a unique re-imagining of one of the country’s finest Arts and Crafts houses, Rodmarton Manor. Outstanding contemporary crafts by Guild members, guest makers and artists will be shown throughout the house. Often this work is site-specific.

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Crafts Alive 2025 will have a floral theme inspired by the discovery that in 1972 a flower festival was held to celebrate the first public opening of Rodmarton Manor since the Second World War.

Makers have been invited to take their inspiration from flowers in the house and garden. We can't wait to see what they make!

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You can read the story of our Crafts Alive festivals here

Rodmarton Manor was built following the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement using local materials and local craftspeople. Find out more about this beautiful house and gardens here