Saturday 21st June 2025

Day Ticket

Crafted for life: creativity, connections and finding purpose in nature

Join us for a celebration of creativity, storytelling, and the natural world, featuring a vibrant lineup of artists, authors, musicians, and filmmakers.

Our special guests for the day will include:

· Emma Bridgewater CBE – A special talk from
the renowned potter, artist, entrepreneur and
designer.
· Authors Reuben & Manni Coe – Hear from the
inspiring duo behind heartfelt stories of resilience
and connection, and best-selling authors of
Brother do you love me.
· Live Music – Performances by acclaimed
musicians Hayden Thorpe and Clara Mann.
· Film Screening & Q&A – Watch award winning
film, A Year in a Field, followed by an intimate
Q&A with director Christopher Morris.
· Wildflower Walk – Explore the landscape with
ecologist Dan Ryan and discover the hidden life
of native blooms.
· Sculpture Walk – Take a guided tour of outdoor
artworks (such as the Mud Maid and
Giant’s Head) with artists Sue & Pete Hill,
and gain insight into their creative process.

What’s on site

  • We encourage you to arrive early, dwell later, and enjoy the gardens. As you enter the site, you’ll find yourself in a woodland clearing, greeted by our enchanting Dial of Destination, a whimsical guide to help you explore the day’s experiences and immersive moments.

    Whether you’re drawn to the rich history of Heligan, captivated by horticulture, intrigued by the poetry of Simon Armitage, or simply here to enjoy a magical day out with your family, there’s a path for everyone. And sometimes, the most meaningful journey is the one where you lose yourself a little. In June, the gardens are in full bloom, offering quiet corners, hidden trails, and the kind of beauty that makes you feel, somehow, at home.

    Beyond the stage, the festival continues to unfold across the landscape. Walkways meander through meadows alive with colour and pollinators. Pop-up musicians surprise and delight around quiet corners. Wellbeing spaces offer pause, reflection, and a chance to reconnect.

  • Family fun awaits in the vibrant Play Meadow, where little adventurers and grown-up explorers alike can enjoy archery, axe throwing, face painting, bubbles galore, and more.

  • When it's time to refuel, the Heligan Home Kitchen is open all day, serving delicious home-cooked dishes and soul-nourishing refreshments in a setting that feels like... well, home.

Saturday 21st June 2025

Evening Ticket

A Passion for Poetry: An evening with Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate, and Pascale Petit

Join us for an evening of literary heaven as we’re joined by award winning poets Simon Armitage and Pascale Petit.

May 2025 sees the release of Simon’s latest publication, Dwell, inspired by The Lost Gardens of Heligan.

The reawakened landscape with its woods, meadows and ‘jungle’ offers a bustling, fertile realm for all sorts of creatures to inhabit. Armitage uses elements of riddle and folklore to animate a series of dwellings: the ‘twig-and-leaf crow’s-nest squat’ of a squirrel’s drey, a beaver lodge’s ‘spillikin stave church’ and a hive’s ‘reactor core’. Distinctions between human and animal, natural and cultivated, are blurred, emphasising commonality and creating a vibrant account of ‘non-stop stop-motion life’.

Dwell warns of the fragility of these spaces and their dwellers, exposed to relentless and sadly familiar environmental threats. Just as a garden provides refuge for wildlife, so do these intricate poems offer lasting homes to those who dwell within their lines.

Our evening with Simon will be complemented by a reading from French-British poet Pascale Petit.


Gardens open from 6pm
Home Stage Starts at 7pm

  • Cocktails & Canapes - Enjoy 4 x paired canapes/small plates with garden cocktails, in the beautiful Sundial Garden, the original meeting place of the Tremayne family. £40pp