Join us for community, activities, circle and ritual!
​For families and adults 

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​Our ancestors on these islands would have marked the changes in the season. The old agricultural calendar, often called the 'Celtic calendar'  or 'Celtic festivals' was partly used to help people keep track of the year, to be in tune with what needs doing on and in the land. In these modern times we can feel very disconnected from the seasons, and be out of touch with what the rest of nature is doing.

​By coming together and marking the seasons and the festivals, we help our bodies to know what is going on in the world and re-establish the connection. It can also be great fun, meeting others, making things and finding ways to mark the changes and learn about what is going on around us.

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Beltane May 2025 ​ - Sunday May 4th   10.30 am-13.00pm 
​For families and adults. Limited places. 

We will gather around the campfire and in the roundhouse. Beltane (or Beltain) is the start of the most active part of the growing season in our part of the world. It's a time to mark the fertility of the land, and in the countryside the Hawthorne and Elder are usually in flower, and many other spring flowers are fully blossoming. Celebrations are focused on the weaving together of energies, like with Maypole dancing where different colours are woven as the dance takes place. New growth and life comes from a 'marriage' of different forces or elements, like pollen arriving on the stamens of flowers so that seeds or berries can grow. 

Bel-tane also means 'a goodly fire', and was a time when people purified themselves or stock through smoke or fire, or jumped the fire to signify a union. 

- Make garlands using flowers and willow
- Practice fire-starting and learning how to take care of our own "goodly fire"
 - Help cook and taste Elder flower fritters
- explore the woods and look for animal tracks and signs, learn flowers and tree names
- Create a Beltane ritual 

There will be hot and cold drinks (filter coffee, choice of teas), cake and freshly cooked elder flower fritters - as long as we can cook them together! Please let us know dietary needs when booking. 

Tickets:
​- £36 for a family of up to two adults and two children. £5 for an additional child
- £18 for an adult (extra adult or adults coming without a family)