Saturday 31 October, 3-7pm

Mark the shifting season at our community festival of Samhain…

Samhain is a liminal time of year. As the season changes and light becomes dark, the boundaries between worlds begin to fray.

This year, come and explore hedges, edges and borders – in our garden, our community and our minds.

Delve into liminal ecology, the care needed to keep a hedge from becoming a forest, the border-crossing figures of mythology, and the migration stories of our human and more-than-human neighbours.

Join us to:

• Imagine otherworldly creatures in a family-friendly workshop led by artist Aniara Omann
• Join a lantern procession created by our Alternative (Art) School students with puppet designer Gretchen Maynard-Hahn
• Explore liminal ecologies in the edges of our garden with ecologist Keith Skene
• Peer over the hedge, and hear about seasonal land work and the migrants who do the work, with artist José García Oliva
• Try locally-foraged hedgerow jams and cordials with folk historian Willow Mullins
• Learn how to create, maintain and care for your local hedges with Gosia Stanton
• Share a feast of flavours from the Greek Taverna, made with local produce by Marwick’s Vegan Kitchen