Wassailing at Forest Harvest
Easy to book just £2.50 each or pay what you like
Join Kim and the Forest Harvest community for a joyful and heart warming evening celebrating the ancient custom of Wassail — a midwinter blessing of the trees to awaken their spirit and welcome abundance for the year ahead.
https://www.orarosetemple.com/event-details/celebrate-the-wassail-at-forest-harvest
Wassailing is an old folk tradition of honouring the orchard — singing to the trees, making merry noise to drive away mischief, and pouring spiced cider or juice at the roots to call in a rich harvest. Our celebration brings this tradition into a mindful, heart-centred space, weaving together community, ceremony, and nature magic.
At Forest Harvest we are inviting folk to join us in the old Winter tradition of WASSAILING, meeting at Woodmill Farm car park (Paul Shum Butchers/Green Door Bakery) at 4.30pm on Sunday 11th January 2026.
We planted a small orchard to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and in this “mast” year of bumper crops the yield was good. Not resting on our laurels, the trees need to be blessed and woken from their slumber. Toast and cider will be offered to the apple trees and the wildlife that lives amongst them. We will start our procession from Woodmill Farm car park; bring your own kitchen pans and spoons to riotously bash them and make a noise so the trees can hear us! You might also like to bring a torch/headtorch - pathways will be lit by led candles.
Cider and toast are provided for the offering to the trees, and mulled apple juice and local cider will be enjoyed together afterwards. Families and children are very welcome.
🍯 What’s Happening
✨ Parking At Chum Butchers from 4.30pm please park then walk up the road to Forest Harvest Carpark, to start the procession as a group
🔥 Procession & Wassail Ceremony – 4.45 PM Procession from the Entrance to the Druid's Grove, accessed by a wooden gate in Forest Harvest Car Park follow the procession led by the Forest Harvest Team
🎶 Singing & Merriment Bring a drum, rattle, or simply your voice to join in the joyful noise that wakes the orchard and fills the air with good cheer.
🍎 Free Cider, Apple Juice and Toast to wake up the Apple Trees with songs
Tickets: We’re asking for a small contribution of £2.50 per ticket to help fund the event and get an accurate idea of numbers.
Any profits will go to Forest Harvest Charity for the upkeep of the Community Garden
https://www.orarosetemple.com/event-details/celebrate-the-wassail-at-forest-harvest
Parking is in Woodmill Farm car park (Paul Shum Butchers/Green Door Bakery) Carpark what3words: rescuer.buzzards.modules
The site will be dark and lit by candle lights to show the pathways
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!
This is a first for Forest Harvest so we hope you enjoy the celebration
We have limited disabled parking slots please prebook a slot and arrive 15 mins early to park before the main party arrive.
https://www.orarosetemple.com/event-details/celebrate-the-wassail-at-forest-harvest
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