Creative Sleepover : KITCHEN ALCHEMY

Time & Location

06 Feb 2026, 16:00 – 08 Feb 2026, 18:00

In the beautiful buildings and land of Three Pools Permaculture Farm Abergavenny.

Llanvetherine, Llanvetherine, Abergavenny NP7 8NL, UK

About the event

We invite you for a weekend of getting hands-on with food processing techniques that will convert basic ingredients into delicious daily meals, fabulous feasts and cheeky snacks.

In the kitchen we embrace the challenge to create food which doesn't cost the earth, ecologically or economically, while being delicious and nutritious. We share practical time and money saving tips and cooking processes beyond heat, such as fermenting, bread making, soaking, milking, sprouting and using pressure. 

Come play, get messy, get curious, and walk away with skills and confidence to make your kitchen more alive, nourishing, fun and easy to manage. Through conversation, practical tips, kitchen demonstrations and creative exploration.

MEET THE CHEF/ COOKS

Whether you want to improve your packed lunch or deliver a feast for 400 people the Kitchen Alchemy experience will provide a mix of skills and insights to enrich your cooking. Here is a glimpse at the team

Kiarash  - “What does it mean to permaculture your kitchen? I will be guiding us to cook  a meal with what is ‘available’ this is both the raw ingredients, tools, time and our own passion, skills and heritage. I have a rich Iranian heritage which  constantly inspires my flavours. Our deeply resourceful zero-waste kitchen will be part of the inspiration for our fun, nourishing and flavoursome dishes.” 

Kiarash runs Waking Leaf cooking for retreats, many festivals including Medicine Festival.

Hannah - “I treat the kitchen as a creative playground—preserving, fermenting, foraging. I’m guided by seasons, hands-on processes, and the quiet joy of feeding others. My passion grows from seasonal rhythms, and a love of reinventing leftovers and “dead-end goods.” I will share ways to preserve vegetables to make them shelf stable, packed with many microbes and the flexibility to pick and mix flavours. ”

Hannah is part of the cooking team at Three Pools and loves to process the seasonal fruits, forage, nuts and offal from the land as they appear. 

David- “I love the simplicity of bread. It can be such a great part of a meal a snack, but not all bread is equal. From flat to fluffy, quick rise to 4-day sourdough we will explore different forms of bread and the the different ingredients that can be sourced and used to change how it nourishes our bodies and the fields the ingredients are grown in. ”

David is about remaining embodied and connected while cooking.

“Open your pantry, find your dry old beans, let's bring them to life. We will taste and play with soaking, sprouting, milking  and blending pulses and grains to create affordable and nourishing meals. ”

Amy has been guiding community kitchens for 10 years. From a child-lead restaurant, to an off-grid feast for 250 people. She is responsive, resourceful, flexible in the kitchen, joyfully involving others in cooking up a big feast. 

CREATIVE SLEEPOVERS

A series of cosy gatherings hosted by us, Amy Cooper and Hannah Kempe, resident artists, crafters, cooks and farmers of Three Pools Farm. We bonded over our lively creative practices and our love of hosting people to share, be inspired and learn together.

We invite you to join and…

• Have your creativity nurtured
• Be part of a caring weekend community
• Share materials, tools, skills and inspiration.
• Relax into the present
• Celebrate our collective creations

A sleepover?

Bring your pyjamas, eye mask, earplugs, whatever you need, you are invited to a sleepover! We think there is something special about sleeping in a room with other people, each of us cosy in our own beds, sleeping as a pack, a collective. The farm has two purpose built sleepover spaces, a Giant Bunk House, with triple high adult sized bunk beds and a beautiful calm attic room.

If everything about this weekend appeals except the sleepover, please get in touch, we can send you some other accommodation options and you can buy a Day Ticket.

Day tickets

If you are local and would like to stay in your own bed, or if you are planning an airbnb offsite, you are welcome on our day ticket, which includes all meals and the activities from 8am - 10pm.

What is provided

• Tools and ingredients for the activities
• A daily rhythm of activities to participate in and contribute to
• There are barn, studio and outdoor spaces to get creative in
• Delicious, nourishing meals
• Warm spaces to sleep and rest
• Beautiful regenerative farmland to roam & explore
• Wild swimming pond & sauna sessions
• Night time fires in the open barn - instruments and voices welcome
• A tour of the farm

Useful things to bring for creating at Kitchen Alchemy:

• 4 x clean glass jars for taking things home in.
• Warm clothes, blanket, hot water bottle.
• Water bottle / thermos / keep cup
• Weatherproof or a change of clothes for wandering the farm without worrying about weather
• Footwear to wander the farm
• Footwear for crafting indoors
• Towel for shower and sauna
• Swimwear for pond swimming and sauna.

Arrivals & Departures

• Arrivals between 4-6pm on Friday, we will have a sauna awaiting early arrivals.
• Dinner will be served 6.30-7.30.
• We value arriving by 7.30 so that you can settle yourself. Let us know if this won't be possible.
• Departures between 4-6pm on Sunday, if you must leave before 4pm on Sunday please let us know.

Location & getting here

• In the foothills of the Black Mountains of Wales, near the bustling market town of Abergavenny, Three Pools Farm well connected by train or car.
• Lift sharing: We will provide a communication channel to help coordinate sharing travel before the event.
• You can read more about life at Three Pools Permaculture Farm

Any questions? Email amy@threepools.co.uk