Gather & Grow Festival

Returning to the gardens this summer over 18-20 July with an inspiring programme of events, workshops and talks on the theme of 'connections'.

Tickets and Information

Members

Entry to the gardens and our drop in workshops is included in your membership, some events will require pre-booking and others have an additional cost associated with them.

See timetable below for details.

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Non-members

You will need a member to purchase a guest pass on your behalf or book a session that includes day admission.

See timetable below for details.

Disconnect, Reconnect & Celebrate Connections

With a new theme of ‘connections’, we are bringing together a stellar line-up of speakers and chefs to ignite important conversations around tech, nature and community. We are excited to challenge norms, build on existing connections and make new ones.

The three-day event will be packed with wellness sessions, workshop tasters (for adults and children), live music, BBQs, foodie pop-ups and an inspiring series of talks which you'll find in the programme below. Each day ends with a ticketed feast and panel discussion.

Feast Under Canvas

Friday 18th at 6pm

‘Disconnect’ & Dinner with Jesse Jenkins

Join Professor David Nutt, Sarah Wood OBE, Lorraine Candy and Dr Martha Deiros Collado, chaired by Hannah Macinnes for a timely focus on the petition to ban smartphones in schools, followed by a garden feast from LA foodie Jesse Jenkins.

Book for Members £80

Book for Non-Members £90

Saturday 19th at 6pm

‘Reconnect’ & Dinner with Chantelle Nicholson

Hear from Bruce Parry in conversation with Daisy Ginsberg, Gaz Oakley and Marian Boswall, chaired by Hannah Macinnes on the importance of reconnecting with our natural roots, followed by a hyper seasonal supper from chef Chantelle Nicholson and her Apricity head chef Eve Seemann.

Book for Members £80

Book for Non-Members £90

Sunday 20th at 1pm

‘Celebrating Connections’ & Lunch with Ana Ortiz

Share in the joys that connections can bring us through stories of lived experiences with Rupert Sheldrake PhD, Melissa Hemsley, Alice Vincent and Head of Programmes at The Newt, Arthur Cole, chaired by Hannah Macinnes, fuelled by a lunchtime fire feast from chef Ana Ortiz.

Book for Members £80

Book for Non-Members £90

Newtlings Fun

Newtlings will have a dedicated family area with reading corner, music circle, garden games and nature play alongside a packed programme across the weekend. Little ones can get stuck into creative crafting, step into the fascinating world of mini beasts at Creepy Crawly Corner, and be the first to test out a new ‘Newtlings Explorers’ short - Bug Detectives running on Sunday 20 July!

Gamekeeper Jim will be hosting meet & greets across the weekend with his majestic birds of prey and Head of Creative, Atsushi will take to the decks for our multigenerational Gather & Grow disco on Saturday and Sunday

On Saturday 19 July, we’re running a Tallulah Swirls Shadow Puppets workshop. Newtlings and their grown-ups can book onto an immersive introduction into puppet making in this two-hour experience with our expert.

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Workshop Tasters & Talks

Adults can book onto free daytime talks, enjoy a vegetable walk and talk through the Kitchen Gardens with our Head of Productive Growing, David, and try myriad rural and horticultural workshops 'tasters' from bee skep making to willow weaving with our experts, who will share a little of what you can expect in our popular Seasonal Workshops

Explore the timetable below and book in.