Green Fayre at the Workhouse

There are still a small number of spaces for people to run Workshops over the weekend so if you have a particular craft or skill that you would like to share with the lovely folk that’ll be attending then please send a short proposal to info@green-fayre.org

We’re open to all sorts of suggestions but it needs to be low impact and well organised.

We look forward to hearing from you.

cultural blackspot

Follow this link to see the art work of Brian Jones, who is designing the first Dolydd Banknote for us, to help launch the Workhouse’s own LETS currency at the Green Fayre. One Dolydd will get you into a crafts workshop and with every weekend camping ticket you get 5 free Dolydd’s to start you off.

They are on We Got Tickets, which is the same vendor we use for the Workhouse festival. You can book your weekend camping tickets here, a very limited number of camper van tickets are coming on line by 1st August.

Saturday evening at the Green Fayre

Fireshow at the Green Fayre!

We are very pleased to announce we are hosting a visit from F.L.A.M.E. who will be offering some circus skills workshops during the day on Saturday and doing a spectacular fire and light show to music on Saturday evening.

http://www.flamefireshows.com/

FLAME fireshow

Yes you read that right! make your own money at the Workhouse green-fayre.. we are launching our own LETS currency the Dolydd and will be launching it at the Weekend.. more to come

Very excited to hear from the CAT biology department, they are very intersted in comeing to the fayre and showing some off the woodlands crafts projects they are doing, profiling some of their courses and a whole lot more. More to come on this story.. we are also planning to run some DIY AT workshops.. having some fun with generators and turbines and solar panels… more to come,..

Workhouse buildings

Here is an arial shot of the Workhouse at Llanfyllin  during the 2008 Workhouse festival. It was taken by Ron Kyte and kindly donated to the Workhsouse project so long as we credit his work. It gives a good view of the complex of buildings there and the spaces where much of the Green-fayre will be taking place. We have however done a lot more work on the buildings and gardens since this shot was taken

Making herbal potions workshop

Here is a herb workshop from the May permaculture course at the Workhouse, one of the many workshops on offer over the Green Crafts weekend. A chance to discover some of the local wild herbs and learn how to use them to make creams ad salves for common ailments.

HI there, hope this is a useful way to share info about the event, we are busy adding new things all the time. Latest we have a specialist folk records stall coming from Dolgellau, the one annd only Smiler…

We have been appraoched by BBC Wales who are interested in filming at the Workhouse, culminating at the Green Fayre.. there is increasing interest in Green Lifestyles etc.. so we thought it would add something interesting to the event to allow them to film here. The only objective rreally being to raise awareness and interest in the Workhouse and the values it embodies, of community, creativity and sustainability. They are not out to catch us out or make us look stereotypical or whatever.. but have a genuine ethusiasm for what is going on here. It feels important for us here at the Workhouse to develop awareness of the project and what we are doing here.. so it feels like an important opportunnity for us.