Standard: £14
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To bring our Blue Sky Festival weekend to a close, we’ll be joined by a panel of specialists for an uplifting evening that celebrates the power of putting down roots, in nature and in community. From nurturing seedlings to reimagining whole landscapes, the conversation will reflect on the deep wellbeing that comes from working with the natural world, as opposed to against it. There’ll be time for questions, tips and gardening advice too!
The Panel:
Orpheus Alexander (host)
Orpheus Alexander is a Salisbury-based Gardener and Designer with a passion for naturalistic, wildlife-friendly spaces. He is resident gardener for Woman & Home, where he shares practical, down-to-earth advice with a wide audience of gardening enthusiasts. Alongside his horticultural work, Orpheus works as a theatre Designer and brings a storyteller’s eye and a sense of creativity to all his work.
Kate Forrester
Kate is the Co-Founder and Head Grower at Four Acre Farm, an ecologically focused micro farm that grows chemical free veg using the No Dig method. Originally developed on misused farmland, the project has created new habitat and offers an extensive range of workshops and events for all ages. By offering first-hand educational experiences the farm celebrates good food, grown in good soil, spreading the message that caring for nature is hugely beneficial, vital in fact, for humankind.
Rich and Fiona Cassidy
Found Outdoors CIC is a rewilding project and outdoor venue set in 54 acres of woodland and fields in the heart of Wiltshire. It was founded by Rich and Fiona Cassidy in 2020 with the aim of connecting people and nature for the benefit of both. Fiona brings her experience as a curator and all round super-organiser to the project to complement Rich’s passion for sharing knowledge about the natural world. After a few years, and a huge learning curve, they started the Wiltshire Small Rewilders network in association with Rewilding Britain.
Peter Harper
Peter taught Horticultural Botany in the sixties, was a partner of a landscape firm in the seventies, was the Display Gardener at the Centre for Alternative Technology in the eighties, wrote The Natural Garden Book in the nineties, ran a community composting scheme in the noughties and now helps to look after the Pound Community Garden (which he designed!).