The Harvest Festival takes place on Saturday 10th October from 10 till 4 at St Christopher’s Church on Hampstead Road in BS4. The event will be showcasing brilliant local artists and makers inspired by harvest and the seasons, as well as local flower farms, community growers and food projects sharing details of their work and how you can get involved and help.
Bring your fruit and veg gluts to share and jams to swap, taste local ciders from Dick Willows Farm and learn how to ID apples with Woodcroft Community Orchard, watch maker demos and chat about crafts. Join in printing a lovely community banner for Incredible Edible to use on their site with Rosanna Morris.
Celebrate autumn in all its glory and raise money for a brilliant local food growing project. All proceeds from this event will be donated to the Sara Venn Project and Incredible Edible Bristol. Entry is FREE.
There are lots of workshops happening throughout the day. More details and links to pre-book are below:
10am – short welcome by Noah Venn of the Sara Venn Project and Edible Bristol to share the brilliant work they are doing which this event is in support of
11am – Foraging walk with Ruby of Artist Forager around the Arnos Park area. Walk lasts approx 45 minutes. Sign up first thing or drop in. £5 donation
12pm – Q&A talk and book signing with Lia Leendertz, author of the bestselling annual Seasonal Almanac guides. You can buy a signed copy of the 2027 Almanac from Lia on the day and 10% of book sales will go to the Sara Venn Project
1pm – Pewter casting workshop for kids with Issi Bulloch. Cost: £25 and maximum of 8 places. Pre-book your place on Issi’s website: https://www.issibulloch.com/workshops
Throughout the day:
Make a willow bird feeder with Jane from Bristol Baskets. Drop in session, £5 donation to go to Edible Bristol.
Community banner printing with Rosanna Morris. Drop in. FREE
Make a felt acorn decoration with Moss Twig. Drop in. £3 donation to go to Edible Bristol
Other craft demos include beeswax candle rolling, wool spinning, paper cutting, embroidery and more.
There will be tea, coffee and cakes for sale in the hall, served by the church. All cake sale proceeds will also be donated to the Sara Venn Project and Edible Bristol.
Dick Willows Farm will be selling soup, cheese toasties and other seasonal savoury food alongside their delicious cider – cold or mulled.