Orchard Wassailing
Come along to Lauriston Farm Community Orchard for songs led by Penny Stone, and merry noise-making with bells and drums, to celebrate their beloved orchard trees and wish them a good year ahead!
About Orchard Wassailing
This is a fun and heart-warming event organised by our brilliant Community Orchard volunteers. Suitable for all ages, free and no booking required.
Music + Craft Table + Tree Activities + Mulled Apple Juice (zero alcohol)
Dressing up encouraged and welcome, but not compulsory! You will be invited to write out a message and tie it to a tree, and also to give the tree some woodchip mulch. We’ll close with mulled apple juice (zero-alcohol) in the farmyard, but you might want to bring hot drinks or food to keep you warm throughout. Please also bring your own noise makers and shakers if you’ve got them.
By reviving and reinventing these traditions, we renew our connection with the land and with each other, and make the living world more vivid in our minds and hearts. If you’ve never Wassailed before, come along and give it a try. And if you’re an old hand, join us with your stories. No tickets or booking required. Come All Ye!
If you haven’t been to Lauriston Farm before…
The main farmyard entrance is behind Toby Carvery car park, EH4 5EX.
This will be an outdoor event in our farmyard and Community Orchard. Please dress for windy north Edinburgh.
We will be on rough, sloping grassy ground, which can be wet and muddy. There will be some slow-paced travel around the orchard (and possibly some birling – optional). The ground is potentially navigable by all-terrain/off-road wheelchairs or mobility scooters, but probably not standard wheelchairs. If you use a stick or walker, and you feel okay on uneven ground, the whole area should be accessible. There are no stairs to the farmyard, orchard or toilet.
You will be able to use the toilet in the Community Allotment & Garden area during the event (a spacious, level access, single cubicle, gender-neutral, composting toilet).
You can contact the farm team if you have any accessibility questions or requests.
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