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Hurray for Apple Day! Pop into the Apple Tent to identify fruit with the East of England Apples and Orchards Project and buy heritage fruit to take home. Enter our Apple Day Outfit competition with a costumed or themed clothing, and be in with a chance to win! (Prizes awarded at 12noon - all welcome to enter) Treat yourself to arts, crafts and wholesome food, meet our partners and get stuck in with plenty of fun activities, and enjoy performances from local folk musicians and Glass House Dance's Folk That! Norfolk Smallholders Training Group will be operating their juice press throughout the day, and their members can bring fruit for pressing. Visitors can head to the Farm to watch steam threshing and working horses or hop on a tractor trailer ride, and explore the museum and displays including the 1899 Panhard car and 1922 Farmers Foundry engine in steam. The Mardler's rest café, giftshop, secondhand bookshop and woodland adventure playground are also open, as always.

Join archaeologist and museum worker, Monika H. Ingólfsdóttir in an introduction to the Norse settlement of Iceland in the Viking age. Learn about the many precious stones the island had to offer the newcomers and how the people used them throughout the ages in relation to magic, healing, and folklore. Hear about Monika's research into two very different excavation sites and the exciting stone artefacts found there. A Viking settlement farm and Iceland's last Catholic monastery. Supported by The Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers Landscape Partnership Scheme and National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Romeo and Succulent is back at Gressenhall for a little winter wonder. Create your own beautiful eco-friendly wreath this festive season at a relaxed workshop hosted by Romeo & Succulent at Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse. Using a selection of foliage carefully selected and cut fresh from the grounds, you will make your own Christmas wreath using natural materials and a selection of embellishments including dried fruits, berries, pine cones and ribbon. All tools & materials are provided. Please note that the museum, farm and café are closed during the winter period - access is to the workshop only.

Willow weaving expert Karen Bek is bringing her expertise to Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse with a festive decoration making workshop. This workshop will teach you how to use willow to create a range of festive decorations. All materials have been locally grown and are 100% renewable - all tools and materials supplied. Please be advised that rest of the site is closed to the public. As this workshop is being ticketed by an external partner, we are not able to offer our typical membership discounts.

Join curator, Oliver Bone to discover the story of the first 100 years of the Ancient House as a museum on the day before our 100th anniversary. Supported by Prince Frederick's Thetford Museum, a National Lottery Heritage Fund Project.