Roots and Shoots FlourishFest 2026

Join us at Roots and Shoots' for our flower-filled annual community event FlourishFest, a brilliant spring day out where we open our gates for all on Sunday May 17th 2026. Visit our UNESCO award-winning gardens and enjoy flower-power-inspired nature and creative activities, workshops and talks on wildlife gardening, alongside stalls featuring delicious food and garden paraphernalia.

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Back due to popular demand, May Pole dancing is returning, alongside beautiful flower-crown making with seasonal flowers with our brilliant florists. To support our pollinating insects, we're running talks and activities around wildlife gardening, including a talk from gardener and bug-fanatic Benny Hawksbee, and a creative wearable butterfly-wing activity.

Essential to all our community days is live music played throughout the gardens - and we're so pleased to announce that we have some real treasures joining us this year - Kadialy Kouyate, the incredible Kora player and singer-songwriter, and the magical folk trio The Beadling - who are all sure to make the day a real treat. Find them under the oak tree alongside our storytellers, and other special spots across the site.

Also in our gardens, we'll be running a mix of wildlife activities and sessions including looking at aquatic life in our pond with pond dipping, identifying and drawing moths caught in our gardens, and discovering a brand new part of the garden - the Paradise Garden - which we need help planting!