Spring Celebration of Earth Day at Bosavern Community Farm!
Sunday 19th April 2026 12-4pm
Bosavern Community farm, St Just, TR19 7RD
Come and join us!
Expect an action-packed afternoon for all the family with stalls, locally made crafts, produce, workshops, talks and tours, conservation charities, free family crafts, as well as the usual delicious food, music, dancing and games.
Our volunteers will serve a selection of simple, freshly cooked, vegetarian dishes (not to mention the cakes) and the finest of company!
DOGS: Well behaved dogs are welcome but it is a busy event with lots of children, some confined spaces and we do have chickens on site. All dogs are to be kept on a lead at all times please.
STALLS
- Bosavern Community Farm Shop stocked high with fresh farm produce
- Wild flower seeds and seedlings, quality, peat-free compost, veg seeds and municipal garden waste compost from Splattenridden, sold by the bag or barrow! Enquire in farm shop.
- Seed swap
- Vegetarian lunch, tea & cakes
- Hand-carved spoons and bowls
- French preserves from ‘Sophie’s Touch’
- Tin Coast Cheeses
- Karadow Fungi
- Hedgerow baskets
- Rag Rugs from Mandy Moon
- Penzance Organic Growers interactive stall
- Cornwall Wildlife Trust
- Pottery
ACTIVITIES/workshops
- Family crafts- make a miniature garden
- Cornish Hedge Taster workshop
- Sign making workshop
- Bike repair
- Repair café, including tool sharpening
- Seed swap
- Slab and coil pots making
- Basket weaving
- Tool-sharpening
- Treadle lathe
- Field games to end the day!
Talks and Tours
- Back Garden Permaculture talk with Hetty Ninnis
- Gardeners Question Time- ask the panel to advise on your garden conundrums
- Tree planting with Bosavern Tree Group
- Farm Tour with Hugh our very own Head Grower
- Seed sowing and song with Folk Tree Choir
RAFFLE PRIZES
- A Bosavern Veg Box inc. eggs
- More details of prizes to follow
SCHEDULE
12:00-3.30 Music and food and stalls- Jack, St Just Ukes, Folk Tree Choir, Circle Dancing etc
12:15 onwards – Cornish Hedging Workshop with Bosavern Hedging
12- 3 – Miniature World creation with Kate Beckly and Ruby Cornell
1-1.45- Gardeners Question Time with our panel of experts.
1.45- 2.30 Back Garden Permaculture with Hetty Ninnis
2.30 – Farm Tour – with Head Grower Hugh Taylor & Tree Group Lead Terry Sutcliffe
2.15- 3.30- Sign Writing workshop with Polly Spencer
3:30 – Raffle draw
3:45 -Field Games
4pm -Finish & a communal clean-up!
Refreshments, stalls, demos & family crafts will run throughout the event from 12-3:30pm
WEATHER TRAVEL & PARKING
We encourage everyone to arrive by boot, bus or bike where possible. There is a large free car park adjacent to the bus station in St. Just. There will be a rag trail to follow starting from the Square in St Just, to guide you up Fore St, along Carrallack Terrace and the footpath to farm (10 mins). There is also parking in the field if the ground is not too wet, please keep an eye out on our social media for any last minute info.
*Stalls, activities and timings may be subject to change
(reserve date 26th Apr).