We are very excited to announce the launch of our second River Cottage Festival!
The 2008 festival has now sold out. If you would like to register your interest for cancellations, or for the 2009 festival, please register your details at the bottom of the page.
The event will build on the success of last year’s festival and our recently sold out Fair to combine the most successful elements of both.
We are throwing open the gates and inviting you to join us in celebrating everything River Cottage from the farm, hedgerows, garden and sea to the plate. As always our focus is local; so we have brought together some of our very best producers for you to meet and shop from in our Local Producers Market.
We will be offering an array of demonstrations from our fantastic River Cottage contributors such as our brilliant forager John Wright and preserving expert Pam Corbin. Plus there will be woodland skills demonstrations, which include basket making, wood whittling and much more. Pam, John and of course Hugh will be signing copies of their books during the day – Pam has written our second handbook ‘Preserves’ so grab your copy on the day.
There will be tours of the gardens, orchards, livestock and farm with the opportunity to meet our hard working garden and land team.
And as there will be lots of kids on the day we have organised face painting, and invited back the famous Tula Swirls Puppet Theatre after such a great response last year. All to the backdrop of live music from stomping local bands. Lunch will be available to buy straight from the River Cottage barbeques and bread ovens. As well as lashings of our River Cottage Stinger Beer and local cider…
Entrance for the day is just £15 per adult, and children under 12 (up to 2 per adult) are completely free. The number of tickets will be limited, so please book early! I'm really hoping to see you there.
Hugh will be attending this event
Location: This course is run from River Cottage HQ on the Dorset/Devon border. Full address details for RCHQ will be provided once you have booked.
Food: There will be lunch and refreshments available to buy throughout the day which is not included within the ticket price.
Wine/drink: We are a licensed venue. We have a wide selection of organic wines and our own Stinger Beer available to buy. We will be serving organic cordial and iced water from our own well.
Accommodation: If you need local accommodation, please click here for a list of hotels and bed & breakfasts, recommended to us by our guests (the accommodation list will be automatically emailed to you once you have booked). We dont have camping facilities ourselves, but for information on local campsites and self-catering accommodation, you can call the Lyme Regis Tourist Information Centre on 01297 442 138, Axminster Tourist Information Centre on 01297 34386, or Seaton Tourist Information Centre on 01297 21660, any of whom will be happy to help.
Time: 10.30am - 4.30pm.
Here are some pictures from this year's Spring into Summer Fair held in June.