Wassail

Celebrate the Wassail at Got Greens Farm! 🗓 Date: Saturday, 25th January 2024 ⏰Time: 2 PM – 7 PM (Wassail Ceremony at 5 PM) 📍Location: Got Greens Farm, Orchard

Join us for an informal day celebrating the ancient tradition of Wassail in our newly planted orchard!

🌳 What is a Wassail? Wassailing is an age-old custom in which communities gather to bless their orchards, wishing for a bountiful harvest in the coming year. Traditionally, this involves singing, making joyful noise, and even pouring cider at the roots of fruit trees to "wake them up" after winter and drive away any bad spirits. It's a lively, community-focused event full of warmth, noise, and togetherness.

This year, we’ll be honouring this tradition to bless our newly planted orchard at Got Greens Farm. Your presence will help bring life, energy, and good fortune to our trees as they grow to nourish our community in the future.

🌱 What’s Happening?

• Free Veggie Chilli: Warm up with a delicious bowl of homemade vegetarian chilli.

  • 🥤 Refreshments will be available for sale throughout the event, so you can stay warm (or chilled!).

• Wassail Ceremony: Gather in the orchard at 5 PM for singing, general merriment, and the ceremonial blessing of the trees.

  • 🎶 Feel free to bring along an instrument to join in the noise and make the Wassail extra lively!

• Family Fun: Perfect for all ages – bring your family and friends!

🚗 Parking: Unlike our summer events, the farm grass will be muddy so parking is kindly provided by our friends at The Grange Hotel. Full details, including directions, will be shared after booking.

🎟 Tickets: We’re asking for a small contribution of £2 per ticket to help fund the event and get an accurate idea of numbers. We’re offering a pay-what-you-can tier, so whether you can pay a little less or a little more, we welcome your contribution.

Pre-booking is essential to secure your spot at this celebration of nature, community and tradition!

We've not hosted one of these events before so it will be exciting to share this Got Greens Farm first with you.