What’s On – Events Calendar

Folk music afternoon with Celtic Spirit

Dates: Saturday 20 June
Time: 12.15-2.00pm
Location: Abbot House garden
Join Stuart and Steve from Celtic Spirit for an afternoon of soothing folk guitar and mandolin in the garden at Abbot House. Enjoy the unique, historic surroundings, admire the wonderful plants in bloom over lunch or a coffee from Prost.

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE MAKING with Gwen from Heavenly Goodies

Dates: Sunday 14th June 10.00am-12.30pm
Location: The Workshop at Abbot House
  • Learn how to make handmade chocolate truffles
  • Taste various types of chocolate and learn lots of interesting facts
  • Learn how to temper chocolate along with top tips on how to avoid the dreaded bloom
  • Dip and decorate truffles in your own unique style
This will be an informal practical class with lots of opportunities to ask questions and learn about chocolate. You will box up your decorated truffles at the end of the class to takeaway and enjoy with your loved ones (if you choose to share!)
If you would like to join the class, please drop Gwen a PM, specifying the date and time you would like to attend. Gift vouchers are also available as gifts for chocoholic family and friends!

Happy Cat Yoga Club with Catriona Kirk

Dates: Saturday 20 June, Saturday 11 July, Saturday 25 July

Time: 10:15am

Location: The Flight Room at Abbot House

Happy Cat Yoga club.  A space to flow and grow. An inclusive community vibe, Yoga Club is about bringing people together through yoga, music and good vibes. You don’t need to be an experienced yogi to join our club. Celebrate your body and movement and connect to those around you. Yoga club is for everyone.

A relaxed, welcoming monthly origami meet-up in Dunfermline for anyone who loves folding, creating, and connecting.

What is Yoga Club? 

​An hour of fun creative flowing yoga, with a focus on linking our movement to our breath and the music. You’ll feel empowered to move with confidence, connect to your body and your mind and enjoy the power of shared support from the group. 

We’ll always finish with some grounding relaxation to seal in and celebrate our practise together. ​

One of the most important parts of the club is the communal aspect. You’re not just another person on a mat, this club is yours. Each Yoga Club finishes with the chance to share a drink and snack, socialise, catch up or get to know someone new. Tea, Coffee, chat, community. Fill up your cup. 

Dunfermline Origami Club

with Jess from The Ricketty Desk

A relaxed, welcoming monthly origami meet-up in Dunfermline for anyone who loves folding, creating, and connecting.

The Dunfermline Origami Club is a once-a-month creative space for origami enthusiasts of all levels. Whether you’ve folded with me before or you’re just beginning your paper journey, you’re warmly invited to join me for a morning of creativity, calm, and community.

Dates: Thursday 25 June, Thursday 30 July,

Time: 10.00am-11.30am

Location: The Workshop at Abbot House

• What to Expect

A warm, friendly group of fellow paper-lovers

A guided theme or focus each month

The chance to learn at your own pace

Space to share ideas, techniques, and inspiration

A cosy, pressure-free session designed for mindfulness and creativity

This is not a structured workshop, it’s a relaxed Club where we fold together, learn from each other, and enjoy the gentle art of origami in good company.

Art in the City with Vanessa Gibson

Dates: Sunday 21 June, Sunday 28 June, Sunday 5 July, Sunday 12 July, Sunday 19 July, Sunday 26 July, Sunday 9 August, Sunday 16 August

Time: 10.30am-12.30pm

Location: The Workshop at Abbot House

Join Fife based artist Vanessa Gibson for a free 8-week art journey. Each week will explore different techniques and themes:
1. Simple sketchbook making– Observational drawing and mark-making using
plants, seeds, and garden structures. Mixed media.
2. Texture and Touch – experimental rubbings, collage, and relief inspired by bark,
leaves, and surfaces
3. Colour in Nature – Exploring natural colour palettes through watercolour pencil
and water soluble media and
4. Botanical Illustration – Study of plant forms using pencil and ink
5. Landscape and Place – Composing views of the garden through sketching and
mixed media
6. Print and Pattern – viewfinders, press printing, mono-printing
7. Wax batik – nature-based drawing on fabric and paper
8. Reflection and Celebration – Finalising artworks and optional informal display

Part of the Dunfermline: A City Built on Heritage project and supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Grounding and Opening Spirals: Axial Matrix, Hips, Feet and Earth Flow with Alice Rainbow Yoga

Dates: Sunday 23 August

Time: 10.00am-1.00pm

Location: The Flight Room at Abbot House

A small-group workshop exploring spiral organisation through the body, with the axial matrix, hips and feet offering the main doorway into Earth Flow.

Rooted in my study of the 5 Filaments Spiral Syllabus of Karen Kirkness and Célina Hwang, this workshop is an invitation to move, sense, notice, connect and integrate through grounding, support, yielding, responsiveness and whole-body spiral relationship.

This is subtle, embodied, awareness-led work that invites us to explore how grounding and opening live together in the body. Through guided movement and felt experience, we’ll approach the body not as separate parts, but as a connected whole.

Expect a gentle yet deep practice with space for curiosity, exploration, rest, and integration. Less about “getting it right”, more about listening, discovering, and allowing movement to unfold in a more connected way.

No prior experience is needed — only curiosity and a body to arrive with. Maximum 10 participants. Tea and a wee snack included.