The Programme 2026
This year's Festival brought together a thrilling cast of writers, artists and makers for a fleeting midsummer weekend. Here are some of the highlights from the 2026 Festival.
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Tristan Gooley – The Hidden Seasons: A Calendar of Nature’s Clues and Signs
Day June 20, 2026
Time 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Location Woodland Tent
Sam Hume – Dangerous Animals Survival Guide
Day June 20, 2026
Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location Garden Tent
Graeme Corbett – Life in Bloom: Grow, Gather & Arrange Seasonal Flowers
Day June 20, 2026
Time 11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Location The Barn
Dominic Gregory – Lifeboat at the end of the World: A Volunteer’s Story
Day June 20, 2026
Time 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Location Woodland Tent
Hannah Gold – The Lone Husky
Day June 20, 2026
Time 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location Woodland Tent
Sarah Hall – Creative Writing Workshop
Day June 20, 2026
Time 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location The Makers Tent
Children’s Creative Writing Workshop: The StoryBox Co.
Day June 20, 2026
Time 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location Garden Tent
Monica Feria-Tinta – A Barrister for the Earth: Ten Cases of Hope for Our Future
Day June 20, 2026
Time 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Location Woodland Tent
Fred Pearce – Despite it All: A Handbook for Climate Hopefuls
Day June 20, 2026
Time 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Location Woodland Tent
Adam Weymouth – Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe
Day June 21, 2026
Time 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Location Woodland Tent
Ken Wilson-Max – The Big Green: Everyone Can Make a Difference
Day June 21, 2026
Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location Garden Tent
Daisy Fancourt – Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health
Day June 21, 2026
Time 11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Location Woodland Tent
James Fox – Craftland: A Journey through Britain’s Lost Arts and Vanishing Trades
Day June 21, 2026
Time 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Location Woodland Tent
Cal Flyn – The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness
Day June 21, 2026
Time 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location Woodland Tent
Sarah Salway – The Hands of a Gardener: Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden
Speaker Sarah Salway
Day June 21, 2026
Time 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Location Garden Tent
That’s A Good Dog: Drawing a Book with David Mackintosh
Day June 21, 2026
Time 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location Garden Tent
Michael Bond – Animate: How Animals Shape the Human Mind
Day June 21, 2026
Time 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Location Woodland Tent
Arthur Snell – Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive it
Day June 21, 2026
Time 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Location Woodland Tent
Foraging: Discover Nature’s Larder
Day June 21, 2026
Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location Wildflower Field
