This family day out on 19 June – on Monstay Farm in the beautiful Mortimer Forest (pictured) on the Herefordshire/Shropshire border – is a celebration of forestry crafts, products and wildlife. The Festival of the Forest will offer demonstrations – including how to build a timber house in a day – plus activities from wooden bowl carving to pot throwing with clay from the forest, and stalls selling plants and local food and drink.
Adult £5, under-12s free
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Watch a traditional hut being built in a day out of natural materials at the Festival of the Forest with the help of Ludlow Men’s Shed Group.
Save the Date! Sunday 19th June 2022. For the public attending the event, children under 12 are free, and adults £5 per head.
It is £25 for a plot to set up your stall (please bring a table, chair and overhead covering).
The Festival of the Forest is a wonderful day out for all the family. It is a celebration of woodland arts and crafts, there will be live displays – including the building of a traditional hut from natural materials in a day – and plenty of food and drinks.
You can visit the retail stands, watch demonstrations, speak to environmental organisations, buy plants for your garden, and the day with your family in the beautiful Mortimer Forest.
Come to see the National Trust, Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, Forestry England, and us, the Friends of Mortimer Forest. Watch a green woodworking display, learn how to carve a wooden bowl, see how a long-bow is made, find out how to make an coracle.
If you are interested in reserving a space at the woodland fair, please fill in the contact form below, or visit the events tab for more information.
Festival of the Forest accommodation:
If you are travelling far to come to the Festival of the Forest next Sunday there is camping and glamping available to book at Monstay Farm where the event is taking place. It is highly rated and recommended.
The nearest town is Ludlow, Shropshire.
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Festival of the Forest Sunday June 19th 2022
Monstay Farm Burrington Ludlow SY8 2HE
The Friends of Mortimer Forest the new woodland charity spanning South Shropshire and North Herefordshire will be holding an inaugural celebration of this unique landscape on June 19th 2022, at Monstay Farm Pipe Aston.
The festival will include traditional woodland craft demonstrations, arena events trade stands and vintage tractor and forestry equipment
The woodland crafts will include green woodworking, gate making and charcoal burning. An exciting project undertaken during the day by The Shropshire Skills Trust will be to construct a small charcoal burners hut and have smoke rising from the chimney by late afternoon.
Dan Richards and Alex Laurie (photographed) are seen preparing their tractors and timber for the event.
Tickets on sale on the door: adults £5, children under 12 are free.
For exhibitors and traders wishing to take part please contact you can buy a stand at the festival (£25) please email Colin Richards on richards.colin@aol.com or Tel: 07891432991