Seasonal Suffolk Retreat - An Autumn Pause

3rd - 6th October, 2025 in Assington, Suffolk with Registered Nutritionist Fiona Berry and expert wellbeing guests curated especially for your benefit.

As the leaves begin to turn and the air grows crisp, nature invites us to pause, reflect, and let go.

This four-night retreat is a restorative gathering designed to gently support your mind, body, and spirit during one of the most powerful transitional seasons. Hosted by Registered Nutritionist and Seasonal Wellbeing Expert, Fiona Berry, this immersive experience honours the abundant harvest season, offering you the space to nourish yourself deeply, reconnect with the rhythms of the earth, and intentionally prepare for the end of the calendar year, with clarity, calm and feeling your best.

Whether you're feeling the weight of a full year or simply craving a reset, this is your invitation to slow down, exhale, and return to yourself.

✨ You’ll Be Guided To:

🍁 Harvest & Reflect - Intention Setting

A group coaching session with Phaedra Tarbit invites you to celebrate your personal harvest, reflect on what you've grown this year, and recognise what’s ready to be released.

🌬️ Release & Regenerate

Gentle woodland walks, guided visualisations, and a restorative self-directed facial using organic Tropic products will help soothe your nervous system and restore your energy.

🌿 Nourish & Reconnect

Enjoy seasonal vegetarian meals crafted from local organic produce by Fiona Berry and organic grower Greg Harrison from Sunshine and Green. Participate in a creative cookery session with Naturopathic Chef, Stephanie, explore food provenance, and experience the power of slow, seasonal eating to support the elements of the year and nourish your gut and heart.

🎨 Co-create & Play

A hands-on tea-blending workshop and a painting session with Suffolk artist Sarah Rawlinson offer creative expression rooted in seasonal energies.

🌙 Rest & Reset

Leave with a wellbeing gift kit, Fiona’s recommended sleep rituals, and your personalised nutrition plan — including optional nutrient deficiency testing — to carry the retreat’s impact into winter.

🌾 What’s Included:

  • 4 nights luxury accommodation in Suffolk with stunning gardens and wild countryside

  • Pre- and post-retreat nutrition consultations with Fiona

  • Optional private nutrient testing to guide personalised support

  • Group coaching session with Phaedra Tarbit

  • Guided visualisation for seasonal alignment from hypnotherapist Charlotte Johns

  • Nourishing, plant-based meals cooked by Fiona using Greg Harrison’s seasonal organic produce

  • Organic farming talk from Greg

  • Creative cookery experience focused on food provenance from Chef Naturelle

  • Herbal tea-blending workshop to engage the senses and protect your immune system

  • Painting session with Sarah Rawlinson

  • Self-directed facials with organic skincare

  • Wine tasting and optional vineyard tour

  • Wellbeing retreat gift bag with book and self-care goodies

💸 Price:

From £900
Includes full retreat experience and all meals.

Secure your place today.

Payment plans available (split into three equal installments)

Read the reviews of previous guests via our booking platform: Fiona Berry Reviews on Bookretreats.com

Where will you rest your head?

  • Bright bedroom with a brass bed, white bedding, striped pillows, nightstand with a lamp, and an open door leading to a balcony with outdoor furniture.

    Large Double with en suite and balcony **SOLD**

    A king-sized bed with en-suite bathroom and a large private balcony. Stunning views out over the garden.

    Cost per person
    £1650 single occupancy or
    £1000 double occupancy.

    Payment Plan of three equal instalments available.

  • Large Garden View with exclusive use of Shower Room (not en suite)

    Large Garden View with exclusive use of Shower Room (not en suite)

    A large downstairs bedroom (access up 2 steps) overlooking the Herb Garden.

    Adjacent shower room and WC.

    Cost per person
    £1650 for single occupancy
    £1000 for double occupancy

    Payment plan of three equal instalments.

  • A cozy bedroom with a large white bed, floral pillow, bedside table with lamp, window with floral curtains, and a vase with flowers.

    Courtyard View

    Beautifully decorated light room.

    Shared use of large bathroom.

    Cost per person
    £1350 single occupancy or
    £900 double occupancy.

    Payment plan available of three equal instalments.

  • A cozy bedroom with a wooden bed, bird-printed bedding, two nightstands with lamps, framed maps on the wall, a mounted deer antler, and two white armchairs with blue cushions.

    Garden View

    Beautifully decorated room over looking the large formal gardens with use of shared bathroom.

    £1350 for single occupancy or

    £900 for double occupancy.

    Payment plan available for three equal instalments.

  • A cozy bedroom with two white beds, a white wooden nightstand in between, a table lamp, and floral decor, with a window showing green trees outside.

    Twin Singles

    Pretty bedroom with two single beds and use of shared bathroom.


    £1000 per person.

  • A modern bathroom with a freestanding bathtub, a vanity with a sink, and a round mirror on the wall, featuring pastel-colored walls and a window with flowers.

    Shared Bathroom

    Beautiful decorated, light and spacious bathroom with walk in shower, for the use of:

    Bedroom One, Two and Twin Singles.

Colorful row of historic half-timbered houses with vibrant pink, orange, and yellow facades, overgrown moss on the roofs, and a narrow street in front.

Discover Beautiful Suffolk

From charming historic villages such as Lavenham (pictured) and stunning coastline to rich farmland and tranquil river valleys, Suffolk has something for everyone. For scenic walks on your doorstep during your stay and countryside views, explore Dedham Vale and home to Constable’s famous landscapes, or discover riverside activities with the River Stour Trust. Suffolk’s breathtaking coastline is protected as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with hiking, birdwatching, and peaceful beach days aplenty.


Embark on one of Suffolk’s fantastic foodie trails, where you’ll find artisan farmer’s markets, fresh coastal fish, local breweries, and celebrated vineyards. Enjoy seasonal fruit picking, organic meats, and a wide selection of Suffolk-made specialties. You might like to visit Lavenham’s Sunday market, where you’ll find Greg from Sunshine and Green! Suffolk Market Events or stop by local gems like Assington Farm Shop or my personal favourite, just 15 minutes Dedham Vale Vineyard.

For more, visit Visit Suffolk.

Meet the Retreat Team

  • Fiona Berry, Director of Nutrition and Wellbeing Events, It's The Berries

    Fiona Berry, Registered Nutritionist and Founder, It's the Berries

    Registered Nutritionist, Corporate Wellbeing Expert, and founder of It's the Berries, a Suffolk-based wellness business offering bespoke retreats, nutrition guidance, and seasonal workshops. Her approach emphasises evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle changes, drawing on experience in corporate wellbeing to enhance the health and productivity of individuals and teams alike.

    Dedicated to delivering high-quality experiences, Fiona values client feedback and incorporates reviews to continuously improve her wellness offerings, ensuring each retreat and workshop reflects clients' needs. Her seasonal retreats—recognised in The Guardian's “Top 10 Health and Wellness Retreats in Europe”—are grounded in seasonal living, local food provenance, and holistic health practices. Through personalised nutrition and support, Fiona's aim is to inspire and elevate her clients health to embrace balance, resilience, and vitality in every season.

    @seasonalnutritionist
  • Phaedra Tarbit

    Phaedra Tarbit, Founder and Coach of Shake Up Talent

    Phaedra is the founder of Shake Up Talent, a coaching and talent management consultancy partnering with individuals and organisations to unlock people’s full potential.

    As a certified coach, Phaedra believes wholeheartedly in the transformational power of coaching and is passionate about enabling others to lead fulfilled lives by creating non-judgemental, safe spaces where clients overcome limiting beliefs, become more self-aware, explore new possibilities and achieve tangible success.

    Phaedra is all about relationships, loves connecting with people and gets a real buzz from helping others. Her holistic approach to coaching ensures clients create sustainable change by building resilience both physically and mentally.

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  • A woman with blonde, shoulder-length hair smiling at the camera, wearing a white top and a gold necklace with a pendant.

    Charlotte Johns, Managing Director Kingfisher HR

    Exceptional in creating psychologically safe workplaces, Charlotte offers hypnotherapy to support individual wellbeing and self-development, helping you unlock their true potential.

    Charlotte started her career working in the field of Employment law and Human Resources. Charlotte founded Kingfisher Consultants Ltd in 2013 to provide outsourced HR services, helping employers create psychologically safe and healthy workplaces with a focus on people, communication, and positive working relationships.

    In recent years, Charlotte has pursued her personal interest in individual wellbeing, attaining a Professional 3 Level qualification in Counselling skills and hypnotherapy. Charlotte uses these skills to offer individuals support with wellbeing and self- development.

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  • Sarah Rawlinson, Day Design

    Sarah Rawlinson, Suffolk Artist

    Day Design makes beautiful artworks and limited edition prints. Works are currently sold in local Suffolk Café, Folk, and at various local arts & crafts markets. 

    "I have worked within the field of Textiles for many years, as both a designer and teacher.  Textiles has always been a source of inspiration and pleasure to me.  Colour and pattern used with balance and harmony are underlying features in much of my work.  Bespoke artworks, hand painted in acrylic on board include local landscapes, the natural world, still life, flora & fauna and much more.

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  • Greg Harrison

    Greg Harrison, Founder of Organic Farm, Sunshine & Green

    It is about bridging that gap between the farmers’ fields and your kitchen.

    Fresh food will be harvested from the fields and delivered straight to your door from a farm as close to where you live as seasonally possible.

    The shorter the distance travelled, the tastier the food.

    Just some of the reasons we’ll be using Greg’s wonderful produce to cook the majority of meals during your stay and you’ll get to meet Greg during a short talk!

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  • Balance QiGong

    Kate Soanes, Qualified & Experienced Qigong Practitioner at Balance Qigong

    Qigong is an ancient holistic practice deriving from the Tao and backed by modern science that is relaxing, rejuvenating, healing and so easy to follow. 

    Kate will guide you through Qigong breathing and gentle flowing movement with intention, enabling us to gather and cultivate Qi (Chi) vital energy to restore balance, inner harmony, good health and vitality. 

    This practice will release stagnant energy, deepen your mind - body connection and connect you to source, to nature and the seasonal elements all around you, as we embrace and harness the powerful energy of the Spring Equinox

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Outdoor patio with a dining table and chairs under a pergola covered with purple wisteria, attached to a brick house with sliding glass doors.
Beautiful landscaped garden with stone steps leading to a raised area surrounded by neatly trimmed hedges and flowering trees, under a partly cloudy sky.

The Coach House,

Suffolk

Cozy living room with red striped sofas, a wooden coffee table with a vase of pink and white flowers, a window with picture frames, a mirror, a flat-screen TV, and decorative lamps on a white side table.
Kitchen with a white island, flower vase on top, red stove in corner, white cabinets with glass doors, window showing greenery, and a hanging white light fixture.
A dining room with a rectangular table covered with a white tablecloth, surrounded by nine cream-colored upholstered chairs. The table features a large floral centerpiece and decorative candles. The room has string lights hanging from the ceiling, a large mirror on one wall, a framed horse picture, a window with floral curtains, and a decorative bench under the window. The floor is made of light-colored tiles.