Debbie Flint from the shopping channel QVC joined us at Penninghame for our April Ultimate Health Experience. “At Penninghame in Scotland, I learned how to cook delicious macrobiotic food every afternoon, had some fabulous therapies every lunchtime, did lots of … Continue reading →

Penninghame is delighted to announce that we are offering a fresh pasta class in the Cooking School in conjunction with Douglas Lisi. Douglas is a local “celebrity” chef who owns the Italian restaurant, L’Aperitif, in Stranraer with his family.  Douglas … Continue reading →

We are delighted to have made it into the Telegraph’s  top ten of health and fitness retreats. Here is the link to the online article.  Telegraph Article In November last year Jason Morris, who writes for the Sunday Telegraph’s magazine … Continue reading →

Marie has been busy this week! Thursday Marie was at St Medan Golf Club, Monreith giving a cooking demonstration and talk for the ladies of the club for their fundraising evening.  The club had also invited Ann Barclay and “Jamie … Continue reading →

Message from marlene To all of you who are interested in creating good health for yourselves and your families, please check out my new website at www.marlenewatsontara.com My mission is to share the knowledge and experience I have gained in … Continue reading →

Marie Butler has teamed up with Claire Marr to give a free health and beauty talk on Monday 23rd April at Claire’s Hairdressing Salon in Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway.  Marie will talk about food, nutrition and the effects on … Continue reading →

Penninghame House  again hosts this year’s Scottish One World Festival of Health & Wellbeing. “The Scottish One World event is an intimate gathering, offering the opportunity for healing, inner transformation, and a clearer awareness of who you are in mind, … Continue reading →

Penninghame House is pleased to host the South Food & Drink Forum Event – Connect, Collaborate and Communicate on Weds 18th April. Brought to you by the Food & Drink Forum South Speakers include: James Withers, Chief Executive, Scotland Food … Continue reading →

Penninghame House has been invited to join in on the Flavour Taster weekend which is running over the bank holiday weekend 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th May with our Fish Night cooking class being held on the 4th May.  There … Continue reading →

  Penninghame is enjoying have Chef Monica Jimenez and Alicia Bisier working with Jack Lambeth, Penninghame’s resident chef. Monica is chef at the Macrobiotic restaurant, Natural ‘Mente in Berlin and joins us here with Alicia who also works at Natural  … Continue reading →

The two week macrobiotic coaching programme is underway being led by experts Bill Tara and Marlene Watson-Tara.  The course is 14 intensive days and some evenings o0f study. The class will learn how to be an effective promoter of natural … Continue reading →

Penninghame House welcomes Polly and Dotty. Thanks to Carol-Ann Brown for lending her piggy pets. The girls are busy helping Ludwig and his permaculture team weed the walled garden!  They are doing a brilliant job and after escaping twice on … Continue reading →

Penninghame House Cooking School joins forces with Ferry Fish to encourage more people to choose fish. Local fishmonger Wyllie McCulloch will be joining the Penninghame Team for their ‘Fish Night’ cooking classes in the new cooking school at Penninghame House. … Continue reading →

The girl guides and locals at Kirkinner enjoyed Marie’s cookery demonstration in which she showed the audience how to make the following tasty but healthy dishes.  Marie is available for cooking demonstrations or talks to share her wealth of experience … Continue reading →

Great write up from the Metro about Amy’s visit to Penninghame November last year. http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/887337-macrobiotic-diet-is-a-grain-of-truth-for-simple-food Another write up from Ronnie who was also with us last year.

We have two places left on our special January Ultimate Health Experience Detox week.  The programme starts on the 20th January and runs until the 26th.  Penninghame is also offering a special price starting at £895 for the January programme … Continue reading →

Psoriasis Sufferer, Philippa, talks about her experience at Penninghame. This Case Study by Philippa Brook shows how following a healthy plant based diet can have dramatic effect on the body, both internally and externally. Philippa demonstrated a massive improvement in … Continue reading →

Detoxification – What does it mean? By Marlene Watson-Tara This is a topic that can have enormous impact on your health.  Detoxification is the term we describe for the process of your body eliminating things that it was not designed … Continue reading →