EVENT ON THE FARM: Harvest Festival

free entry, fun for the whole family

Saturday 28th September

11AM – 4PM

📍 5 Acre Farm, Backwell

After the glorious abundance of Summer here at the farm, we invite you to celebrate its crescendo with one of our highlights of the seasonal calendar; harvest festival.

Set to coincide with late September’s Autumn Equinox – marking the end of Summer, the start of Autumn, and the Harvest Moon. A celebration of the Summer passed, but also a call to gather with our community and look forward to the year ahead.

Here is your invitation to join us at the farm, we can’t wait to see you there! Read on to find out more about what to expect from this years festival…

Five Acre Farm Harvest

WHAT CAN I EXPECT?

• Farm tour with Jon our head grower
• Press your own apple juice
• Bee talk with our resident bee keeper
• Pick your own flowers
• Welly wanging
• Seasonal art and craft activities for children
• Games and activity stalls
• Vegetable prizes to be won!

PLUS – LOCAL MAKERS, PRODUCERS + INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES! Read on for more info on all the above…

MARKS BREAD Artisanal bakery producing beautiful pastries, sourdough bread and seasonal lunches from Bedminster’s bustling North St.

PICK YOUR OWN FLOWERS Led by the seasons, we grow flowers here at 5 Acre Farm as sustainably as possible, focusing on soil health and biodiversity. Soak in the calming and mindful experience of picking your own flowers. With the chance to enter a competition for the most beautfiful bunch! Head to our flowers page to find out more about our pick your own flowers.

QUIGONG – DEMO + TASTER Join in on a simple and accessible demo session of the ancient oriental art of QiGong movement and exercise- integrating mindfulness meditation; stretch and extension; dynamic conditioning and the beautiful QiGong and Healing Tao Tai Chi forms.

WIN PRIZES!

Take part in our exciting games to win prizes from our competitions below:

• Guess weight of pumpkin
• ‘Hot Potato’
• Human fruit (and veg) machine
• Welly wanging

FREE ACTIVITIES

There’s so much to keep you and the whole family entertained, including our free activities such as;

• Decorating a plant pot
• Create chalk art on our graffiti wall
• Make your very own leaf necklace
• Play and create in our mud kitchen
• Have fun playing our nature noughts and crosses