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Feb032024
Weylands Wassail, Frome
Join us for a traditional wassail on the field by the river in Weylands.
Things to do include making a musical wassail stick, warming up with some mulled cider/apple juice and helping choose Frome’s new town crier.
1.30 Morris dancing & wassail stick making
2.00 Town Crier competition
2.30 Wassail
3.00 Music from Frome Street Bandits
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Jan202024
An evening to celebrate and learn more about traditional Wassail
Wassail, Wassail!
Join us to celebrate and learn more about traditional Wassail.
This will be At the Chapel in Bruton on 20th January 2024, starting at 5pm.
Tickets are £10 and include a drink on arrival and nibbles.
50% of the ticket prices will be donated to the Pitcombe Rock Falconry.
Wassail dress optional, bringing pots and pans to bang encouraged!
Hail the apple tree! Hail good health! Wassail! Wassail!
Please use this link to buy tickets.
Aug162023
Art in the Orchard
We will be hosting Gayle Hadaway of ARTinthe who is an experienced artist and teacher. She will be offering the chance to draw within the environment of the orchard using a range of mediums. These are dependent on the course you book onto.
This will also include a 2-course feast in the orchard and tastings of our ciders and apple juice.
Dates for this will be
- 16th August from 10.30 to 4
- 23rd August from 10.30 to 2.30
- 26th August from 10.30 to 2.30
- 2nd September from 10.30 to 2.30
Jul152023
Under The Apple Trees
Sauce Street Food Deli invites you to an informal family friendly day in Dowding's organic orchards.
In the evening you are invited to a Feast for the senses in the orchard
Jun112023
Open Orchard Weekend
OPEN ORCHARD WEEKEND.
Please join us on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th June.
There are 14 acres of organic orchards to wander amongst, with all of the new trees now developing apples. Joining us will be three new businesses, Catelier will be showcasing their Cisdre apple scented candles. Viper Gin will be making our collaborative English Orchard cocktails. Events Horizon will be offering an apple and Godminster cheese themed menu.
The Pitcombe Rock Falconry will be bringing an array of birds of prey and talking about their rescue and rehabilitation projects, as well as how our organic orchards rely on owls and other birds of pray for pest control.
Our toilet has wheelchair access, please contact us in advance if you would like to arrange to park next to our production unit and reserve a picnic table close to the building.
Any queries, please ring 01749 812652 or email info@dowdings.co.uk