Mark’s DJ journey evolved alongside the UK underground dance music scene, emerging from the early hard house and hard trance sounds of the ‘90s before finding his home in breakbeat. He became a regular behind the decks at some of the era’s most iconic clubs, including Turnmills, Bagleys, Fabric, Ministry of Sound and Space Ibiza.…
We’re delighted to introduce a day full of art-inspired creative play on Sunday with the new Art Playground. Expect paint swings, printing slides, pastel play and the return of our wonderfully messy splatter catapults – Splatterpults if you will! It’s all about experimenting, creating and embracing the joy of making. Expect to get messy.
The Hive is our kaleidoscopic kids area – a Hive of playful adventures, creative workshops and hands-on fun for all ages, young and old. Find us next to the Dragonfly Pub. Explore everything on offer at The Hive.
A bespoke class combining Forest bathing, mindful movement and meditation by the trees with some Nature poetry.
Keep Well Events is a company facilitating workshops focusing on holistic wellbeing and self sufficiency, explaining how the latter influences the overall mental wellbeing and contributes to sustainability. For this GVS workshop the emphasis is on food and its preservation, namely fermentation: the health benefits of this ancient food preservation process, its history, the microbiology…
Ashdown Forest is a mosaic of biodiversity and beauty, but its survival is not entirely an accident of nature — it is the result of a long history of human impact and coexistence. This talk explores the different management used to protect this internationally important landscape, and some of the myths of conservation, showing how…
Come take a walk with an expert guide to see and hear some of the wildlife that call Ashdown Forest home. Suitable for all ages, a relaxed walk into some of the nearby woods and meadows looking for butterflies, dragonflies, birds and more.
At this crucial time in human-ecological history we see around us misuse of the imagination. Films, television, conversation and private rumination; we are surrounded by depictions of terror and apocalypse. And yet we do not have to fall before the facts. There are a number of ways we can meet them. We are not suggesting…
