Risingholme Learning is a not-for-profit adult education school that teaches from a historic 1864 homestead in an English-style park on Cholmondeley Avenue, Opawa. It has offered adult and community courses for over 80 years. Courses are open to anyone aged 16 and over who is not at school, in areas including arts and crafts, pottery, wood, fabric arts, food and cooking, languages and writing, music, career and digital skills, and exercise, wellbeing and health. Some courses also run at Riccarton High School, Hornby High School and Linwood Avenue Union Church. Term 4 courses are open for enrolment now, and the 2027 programme opens for enrolment on 1 December 2026.
Reviewers describe the park as lovely and well kept, with a relaxing area to sit and a few things for young children. One said they had the grounds almost to themselves on a Saturday morning. Since the rebuild, another called it a beautiful place to walk around. A reviewer who hired the hall for a wedding and a classroom for a lunchtime birthday party found both rooms clean and well maintained, with friendly, helpful staff. Reviewers also mention the peaceful atmosphere, the tutors and the pottery classes. Rooms are listed at $35.00 per hour, $120 for a half day or $240 for a full day, as at 2026. Entrances are on Cholmondeley Avenue, Reeves Road and Hawford Road, and courses do not run on public holidays or the weekends attached to them.