Here are the details of the day:
- Come along to the Garden and gather some May (Hawthorn Blossom) to take home and bless your home.
- Learn about the wonderful medicinal qualities of the Hawthorn and how it can keep your heart healthy.
- Help Debbie our resident herbalist start to make a fresh Hawthorn tincture.
- Come early and help make May wreaths and try your voice in the traditional British round song 'Summer is a-comin in'.
- Bring the Children along as we are hoping to crown a May King and Queen and get them walk around the Garden’s beds to bless the crops for a good harvest.
- Then help make and eat a fresh Nettle soup in a cauldron on the fire pit. If you like, bring some small, simple dish with you to add to a communal feast.
May Day (Beltane eve) has always been a very important Festival in Britain.
People would go out into the woods to gather the May blossom (Hawthorn) and decorate their homes with it – and then go and have a wild knees-up around the May Pole that was traditionally constructed from Hawthorn.
Hawthorn is believed to ward off evil spirits and was considered sacred to the faerie folk – so when we go cutting the May, be polite!
Do you have an address or directions for the Peace Garden?
ReplyDeleteYes there is a link to a zoomable map at the top of the post.
ReplyDeleteIt is located behind Hainault tube station and accessed via Hazelbrouck Gardens off New North Road.