Events

Tea in the Japanese Garden
Sunday 7th November 12:00 – 15:00
(Gardens and cafe are open from 10:00 – 16:00)

Our Japanese garden is really starting to look wonderful in its autumn finery as the colours change on the acers or Japanese momiji maple trees. Sunday 7th November is the final day our gardens will be open to the public in 2021. (Thereafter they will only be accessible to annual garden members and Dojima Sake Members from Tuesday to Saturday.)

As an added enticement, we are joined from 12 noon to 3 pm by a special guest who will be serving Japanese tea and higashi confectionery. Peter Sōrin Cavaciuti is a professional artist and lecturer, who lives and works in Cambridge. He studied Chinese and Japanese painting under the leading artists in the field. Peter continues to research and study Japanese culture and aesthetics, especially Chado (The Way of Tea) and Zen. Peter will be in the Japanese garden serving tea and a piece of higashi confectionery specially made to accompany the tea ceremony.

We are also planning to serve delicious hot kamonegi udon noodles with duck and leeks on  Sunday 7th November (also on Sunday31st October).

For the first time this season, we are opening the garden behind the Georgian house for the last 2 weeks. Your chance to get a rare glimpse of the gardens and restored old river bridge in their splendid autumn colours.

Admission Costs

Advance Booking
£12 – entry to gardens, tea and wagashi.
Udon Noodles (optional): £8

To book in advance click here.

On the Day
£14 – entry to gardens, tea and wagashi.
£22 – entry to gardens, tea, wagashi and udon noodles.

Garden only on the day £10 (including the house garden)
Tea £4.50
Udon £8

As always our world famous cakes and drinks will be available in the garden terrace cafe.

We do hope you can join us for a special blend of Japanese tea and autumn colours.

Inaugural Annual Dojima Sake Festival
Saturday 2nd October
14:00 – 22:00

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The Harvest Moon and Sake Event

on Monday 20th September 2021

Fully Booked

The evening is to enjoy the Harvest Moon with sake and the seasonal food cooked Japanese style.

The evening programme will run as follows:-

7:00 pm – Event hall bar opens serving a variety of beers and wines.
7:30 pm – Tasting of two of our sakes and talk on sake culture from our brewer.
8:00 pm – Japanese meal using the freshly harvested vegetables from the kitchen garden and seasonal ingredients is served.  Traditional Japanese sweet dumplings normally enjoyed on the Harvest Moon evening will be served, too. 
9:30 pm – Guests are invited to gather in the Japanese garden to wait for the moon to rise!
10:30 pm – Last orders at the event hall bar.

Throughout the evening guests are free to congregate anywhere they please in our candlelit kitchen garden or magical Japanese garden.

£40 per person (non-members)
£30 per person (members)

Numbers are strictly limited to 36 and they will go fast so don’t hesitate to sign up here as quickly as possible!

Menu for the evening

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We look forward to seeing you under the stars and the moon!

Note: Free parking is available at the brewery. Please bring a blanket or warm clothes in case it is a bit chilly.

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End of Summer holiday BBQ !

on Sunday 29th August 2021
from 12:00 – 16:00

in the Kitchen Garden at Fordham Abbey

 Make the most of the last weekend of Summer holiday by joining us in our fabulous kitchen garden on Sunday 29th August from 12:00 to 16:00 for a delicious BBQ!

You can just turn up on the day or if you would like to book to avoid disappointment, please do so from the link below;

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Full Moon Sake Soirée
Saturday 21st August from 19:00 till late

SOLD OUT

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After the great success of our first full moon viewing and sake evening in the Japanese garden,　we’ve decided to hold another event on Saturday evening, 21st August from 19:00 pm till late for 40 guests.     

We are changing the format of the evening slightly to allow our guests to interact more and enjoy the ambience in our stunning event hall, kitchen garden terrace and Japanese garden.

The evening programme will run as follows:-

7:00 pm – Event hall bar opens serving a variety of beers and wines.
7:30 pm – Tasting of two of our sakes and talk on sake culture from our brewer.
8:00 pm – Japanese food is served to enjoy in the event hall or kitchen garden terrace.
9:30 pm – Guests are invited to gather in the Japanese garden to enjoy a warm cup of our amazake, made with koji rice produced by our brewers. Amazake has been a popular health drink in Japan for centuries. Sip and enjoy this unique and rejuvenating drink while waiting for the moon to rise!
10:30 pm – last orders at the event hall bar.

Throughout the evening guests are free to congregate anywhere they please in our candlelit kitchen garden or magical Japanese garden.

£40 per person (non-members)
£30 per person (members)

Numbers are strictly limited to 40 and they will go fast so don’t hesitate to sign up here as quickly as possible!

We are holding this sake soirée to celebrate August’s full Moon which was traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon because the giant sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this part of summer. Tsukimi (月見) as it is called, is the ancient Japanese tradition of moon viewing and has a long history going back some 1000 years.

We look forward to seeing you under the stars and the moon!

Note: Free parking is available at the brewery. Please bring a blanket or warm clothes in case it is a bit chilly.

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Summer Jazz Party
in the Walled Kitchen Garden