Nature & Nurture Festival - A Youth Takeover Day

Join us for a free festival of workshops, talks and DJ sets responding to the themes of wellbeing, ecology and the environment; where we will be imagining new futures

25 August 2024
Sunday
11am – 6pm
People doing yoga

Generic Stands

  • Free RHS Plant Advice
  • Plant Heritage
  • The Green Hub Project for Teens
  • Weybridge Bees

 Travel

Increased capacity of the Woking Wisley bus to the Garden - with free entry to bus with ticket for event

Talks in the Hilltop Learning Studios

YPHA Panel Talk*: 11am – 12noon

A discussion with members of the Young People in Horticulture Association about youth opinions around the themes of wellbeing and horticulture.

Sid Hill*: 12noon – 1pm
The Microbiome Garden: Linking Health, Diet and Our Gardens
Join us for an enlightening talk on the vital links between the health of the land and our own microbiomes.

Monique Parker*: 3pm – 4pm
Connecting with Nature Through Food
Monique talks about seasonal eating, growing your own food, foraging and food waste.

Green Hub Project for Teens*​: 4pm – 5pm
How can nature be beneficial for our health and how can we bring nature into our daily lives?
Grow your mindset as The Green Hub Project grow their garden and charity - join us to see how their message can inspire you!

Workshops – Hilltop Learning Studios / Clore Learning Centre

Fungi futures*: 11am – 12:30pm, 1:30pm – 3pm
Join Fungi Future's Maymana Arefin who will be leading a botantical watercolour session. Materials will  be provided.

Yoga*: 2pm – 3pm 

*Limited spaces, please book your slot.

Terrarium workshop*: 12noon – 2pm, 3pm – 4pm 
Take part in a Terrarium-making workshop with artist and sculpture Ellie Hayward. Bring along your own recycled glass container to fill it with your own miniature green world.

*Book now

DJ Sets - Live Plant Music

  • Flo NTS Radio: 11am – 12noon
  • Chickie: 12noon – 1pm
  • Brian d’Souza​: 5pm – 6pm

Plan your visit to RHS Wisley

*Tickets for this workshop are available to purchase via EventBrite.

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The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.