Coming to Daylesford for the weekend? ​Looking for something different to do?
​Check out our Calendar below or contact us to book your own customised event.

Highlights and Upcoming  Events

Sunday 6th August

Where do writers get their ideas?

We explore how a writer finds a story. Author Victoria Lane talks with authors including New York Times bestseller Adam Wallace about where ideas come from & how we write for our toughest critics - the under 10s. With writer/illustrator Renee Treml and author Alison Lloyd.

​When: Sunday 6th August
12.15 -1.00pm
Cost per person: $15

Go to Words in Winter for more information

Saturday 5th and
​Sunday 6th August

Kissing the Blarney

The Story House and Garden welcomes much loved Melbourne based story-teller Niki Na Meadhra to Daylesford with her show Kissing the Blarney
It is is a weave of tales about Niki’s origins; Irish immigrants ancestors who settled in and around Daylesford and Yandoit. These stories are entwined with the legends and myths collected on her 2015 storytelling tour of Ireland. Niki pays homage to the Celtic Warrior Woman with snippets from her show Fair and Furious. Check out our Blog for more information

When: Saturday 5th August
3.00 - 4.30pm Show and afternoon tea
7.00 - 8.30pm Show with bubbles & snacks

Sunday 6th August
10.30am - Noon Show with morning tea
Cost per person: $25
Book here.

Sunday 6th August
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A Spell of Poetry

Fresh from reading her poetry in London, Allis Hamilton will perform and read her poems, some perhaps with music. Allis is a host of Castlemaine's poetry readings: PoetiCas.  Here is a chance to hear her perform her own work.  She is an internationally published writer of words that create a sense of wonder, myth and magic. At times funny, at times thought provoking.  Check out our Blog for more information

When: Sunday 6th August
1.30 -2.30pm Show with afternoon tea
Cost per person: $20
Book here.

Regular storytelling sessions include:

Gayle, Amina & Anne E in Scotland, Wild women

Women who run with the wolves

“If you have yet to be called an incorrigible, defiant woman, don’t worry, there is still time.”
                               Clarissa Pinkola Estes

​Enjoy stories of women from myth, folk and fairytale as told by award winning storyteller Anne E Stewart. Stay to discuss over tea, coffee and cake.

Cassandra's Hens weekend

Hen's Weekend

The above photo sees Cassandra on her Hen's weekend in Daylesford. Bookended by her mother and aunt, Anne E and Jane, Cass was taken through quizzes, games and rituals to understand that she is the ringmaster of her families destiny
Bookings at least two weeks in advance is essential.

Telling the story of Lola Montez

Bawdy Tales after Dark

 Have you heard of the legendary Lola Montez, Queen of the Show Girls or the Loathly Lady a courtesan of King Arthur's Court? After dark at the Story House and Garden,  you'll hear these stories and more from award winning storyteller Anne E Stewart
Presented Saturday nights from 8.30 to 10pm
​Limited seating Bookings advised