Room options:
A proper twin room shared with one other guest, located on the first floor. The rooms at Eden Rise are simple and honest, many opening directly onto the courtyard garden or upper terrace, so the Devon countryside is never far. Underfloor heating throughout. Bathrooms are shared. Bathrooms are shared just steps away.
Total price: £750
Non-refundable deposit to secure your place: £350 (pay now)
Remaining balance due by 15th July: £400
Set within Eden Rise's characterful barn dorm space, You'll share the room with fellow retreat guests. The pods offer a sense of personal sanctuary within a shared room all inside a 200-year-old Devon barn. Located on the ground floor. Bathrooms are shared.
Total price: £650
Non-refundable deposit to secure your place: £350 (pay now)
Remaining balance due by 15th July: £300
Your own room and the kind of quiet that lets a retreat really land. This is the most intimate option at Eden Rise, giving you a private space to return to after sessions, meals, and time in nature. The room is on first floor at the bones of a 200-year-old converted barn. Bathrooms are shared just steps away.
Total price: £850
Non-refundable deposit to secure your place: £350 (pay now)
Remaining balance due by 15th July: £500
Your own small double bed tucked into a private pod within the dorm gives you a little more room to stretch out, and a touch more seclusion, while still being part of the gentle hum of communal life in the barn. Located on the ground floor. Bathrooms are shared.
Total price: £700
Non-refundable deposit to secure your place: £350 (pay now)
Remaining balance due by 15th July: £350
What Sets Our Retreat Apart
01 / Guided, not performative
This retreat is designed for people who want to reconnect with creativity, not just experienced artists. The painting element is guided rather than technical, so the focus is on confidence, expression, and being in nature rather than producing perfect work.
02 / Space to reconnect with yourself
Alongside painting, the retreat includes restorative practices that help you slow down, soften, and return to yourself. The aim is to support creativity by creating the conditions for presence, rest, and inner connection.
03 / Creativity rooted in nature
Rather than creating indoors or in a studio, the retreat is shaped by direct connection with the natural world. Time outside, observation, stillness, and sensory experience are part of the creative practice itself.
gentle but rich journey through creativity, presence, and nature.
Spaces
are limited
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5 days / 4 nights accommodation
Catering throughout the retreat
Guided creative practices centring around plein-air painting sessions
Reconnection to self and creative centre
Sound baths and restorative practices
Group discussions and facilitation of your practice
Sauna access
Canvas building materials
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Thursday
Arrival from 5pm
Creative introductions, vision boarding & getting to know each other
Dinner
Intention setting & sound bath
Friday
Morning movement practice
Breakfast
Canvas building & getting to know our materials
Lunch
Intuitive art-making with sound
Dinner
Evening sauna
Saturday
Breakfast
Meditation & sound within the landscape
Introduction into perspective in landscape
Lunch
Sketching group walk, Natural pigments hunt
Dinner
Evening astrology talk
Sunday
Sunrise sound bath
Breakfast
Full-day plein air painting with picnic
Group reflection & sharing before dinner
Dinner
Fire ceremony with s’mores
Monday
Integration sound bath
Breakfast
Showcase & closing tea ceremony
Departure by 12pm
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A non-refundable deposit of £350 is required to secure your place.
The remaining balance is due by the 15th of July
To book your place please follow this link for the booking form
At the end of the form, follow the link to select your pay the deposit
Your place is only confirmed once the deposit has been paid
For any questions please email either of us
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We understand that plans can change, and we aim to hold a balance between flexibility for participants and the practical commitments required to run the retreat.
A non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place on the retreat.
If you cancel more than 30 days before the retreat start date, any payments made beyond the deposit will be refunded.
If you cancel within 30 days of the retreat, we are unable to offer a refund, unless your space can be filled by another participant.
In the event that you are unable to attend, you are welcome to transfer your place to someone else, subject to our approval.
If the retreat is cancelled by the organisers for any reason, you will receive a full refund of all payments made.
We strongly recommend that participants take out travel insurance to cover any unforeseen circumstances.
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