Welcome to

Asterion & Co.

Heritage-Inspired Learning™
in the Somerset Countryside

Our courses

Join us for hands-on days of gardening, art, cookery and craft, with a delicious seated lunch at the heart of the day.

Small groups learn from expert collaborators in a spirit of camaraderie.

Our courses are rooted in craftsmanship, centered around a sit-down lunch of our own kitchen garden produce.

As your day with us draws to a close, you’ll leave with a sense of accomplishment and renewal.

What our guests say…

  • A great day of learning and growing in confidence, supported by the tutor and the wonderful company. Special thanks to our host for such a warm welcome.

    Bridget

  • I learnt so much on the course — thank you. I really admire what you’ve created with Asterion & Co. at The Old Vicarage, and I’m excited to see how it evolves as you bring in collaborators from different disciplines. I’ll definitely be back for more courses.

    Rhian-Mari

  • A wonderful experience — we learnt so much from the tutor and left feeling truly inspired. Thank you for the warm welcome, the delicious lunch and afternoon tea, and for creating such a generous, enjoyable day in your beautiful home and garden.

    Dinah & Trevor

Updates from
The Asterion Journal

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Join Us Each Month for Our Free Book Circle or Poetry Circle
Join Us Each Month for Our Free Book Circle or Poetry Circle
The Evergreens of Christmas: A Heritage of Greenery and Symbolism
The Evergreens of Christmas: A Heritage of Greenery and Symbolism
Neil Crump — Founder, Asterion & Co.
Neil Crump — Founder, Asterion & Co.

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A glorious dawn at The Old Vicarage here in the Mendip Hills of Leigh-on-Mendip — one of those skies you simply can’t ignore. I ended up sprinting back into the house to grab my phone before it vanished. A true shepherd’s warning to
A moment of accomplishment from our Botanical Christmas Card Workshop with tutor @kate_charlton_cards — one of our guests unboxing her finished cards and seeing them for the first time. Her daughters were just off camera, beaming with pride. Na
🎄🌲 Now the tree is up it really feels like Christmas 🌲 🎄
🎀🎄it’s Christmas… for let’s put a (LED) bow on it 🎄🎀 #christmasdecsgoing up
🎨 A wonderful day at The Old Vicarage for our Christmas Botanicals Card Painting Masterclass with @kate_charlton_cards. Our first photo shows the proud line-up: Peter, Kate (holding Gladys’s piece, as she had to slip away a little early), Em
A huge thank you — and warmest congratulations — to @kate_charlton_cards, who led the most charming Christmas Botanicals Card Painting Masterclass on 27 November. It was her first time teaching with Asterion & Co., and she guided the
Step into the festive spirit with this one-day masterclass in natural wreath making, set within the warm and characterful interiors of The Old Vicarage, Leigh-on-Mendip — a reimagined 16th-century farmhouse in the Mendip Hills near Frome &mdash
Join us for a one-day workshop (either 8th or 9th December) centered around a sit-down three-course lunch and create a Christmas wreath. It's a messy activity (the vacuum is at the ready for the aftermath), but it's such a joy to create this symbol u
We often think of our Christmas traditions as Victorian inventions. And while many were certainly shaped by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the instinct to bring evergreens into our homes in the depths of winter reaches much further back — al