Come and escape those post-Christmas winter blues by coming along to our merry Wassail on Saturday 25th January from 2pm 'til 5pm.
We'll have mulled cider and apple juice, a roaring fire to toast your cockles, tea and cake, lantern making activities, a 3 part harmony choir singing Wassail songs, Morris dancing, story telling and a Wassail Ceremony led in true Somerset style by Les Davies, Westcountryman and author of West Countryman’s Diary in Mendip Times. We'll even be holding a welly wanging contest for your chance to win some great prizes.
For those of you that haven't yet visited the farm we will be running farm tours and will have an information stall about the farm and our lovely organic veg boxes!
Wondering what a Wassail is?
Wassail derives from an old English word meaning 'be you healthy'. A Wassail is a traditional ceremony that involves singing and drinking the health of trees in the hope that they might better thrive in the year to come.
Programme
- Tea, coffee, cake, mulled cider and apple juice will be served throughout the afternoon.
- Children's Wassail lantern making activities will be from 2pm-4pm.
- Information about the farm and our veg boxes will be available from 2pm-4pm
3-4pm More welly wanging, story telling, Folk choir and morris dancing
4pm Wassail ceremony
4.30pm Morris dancing
This event will be 100% run by volunteers and all proceeds from the day will help us buy plants for our Forest Garden which we're planting up in February.
We ask for a £3 donation per adult (children free) to help us cover the running costs of the day.
Click here to let us know if you are coming. This helps us to know how many to expect on the day.
What to bring with you
On the day please make sure you come with suitable footwear (wellies or walking boots) and wrap up warm. The ceremony will be happening as the sun goes down so please bring a torch or lantern with you.
During the ceremony we invite everyone to make as much noise as they can so please bring a pot or pan to bash and make a general racket with!
Minibus
Providing we get enough bookings, we will be hiring a Bristol Community Transport Minibus which will pick up at Bristol Hippodrome and Bristol Temple Meads station. To help us cover costs we ask for a £8 contribution per adult (children free). Please select the minibus option when registering.
