Autumn Equinox at Water Lane with SSAW Collective
Water Lane x SSAW Collective
Autumn Equinox on 24th September
Autumn Equinox at Water Lane | SSAW COLLECTIVE
Saturday 24th September
10.30-4.30pm
£175 per person
On Saturday 24th September, SSAW Collective, a community of florists, growers and chefs who create experiences that celebrate seasonality, is hosting an event to celebrate the Autumn Equinox at Water Lane, Hawkhurst, in the High Weald of Kent.
The Autumn Equinox was traditionally marked to reflect on the past season and to pay thanks for a good harvest. It was a time when fruits, vegetables and meats were preserved to provide food for the cold months ahead. This event at Water Lane harks back to that spirit and looks at how the British flower growing season can be preserved by producing lasting creations.
The day will be spent in the beautiful walled garden at Water Lane, learning and creating with Autumn's warm colour palette and celebrating the change in the air, as the nights start to get longer, and days grow shorter.
Guests will participate in a natural dye-making, bundle-drying and eco-printing workshop led by Ros Humphries from The Natural Dyeworks, and a floral workshop with SSAW Collective, learning to combine dried and fresh flowers straight from garden to make an Autumnal table centre piece to take home and preserve into winter. There will be light refreshments in the morning, followed by a delicious feasting lunch created by Water Lane’s head chef Jed Wrobel.
Lunch will be served to share with a menu of seasonal and provenance led dishes with most of the ingredients home grown in the Water Lane kitchen garden. The menu includes Sweetcorn, butterbean and black basil flatbreads, Beetroot, soft boiled eggs and crispy sage, Squash, radicchio, Pevensey Blue and walnuts, Gardener’s Pie with green bean chutney, Leek, broccoli and wild mushroom gratin and for pudding, Roast plums and muscovado meringues, and Hinxden Dairy whipped cream.
Timings:
10.30-45 arrival
Workshops, followed by an autumnal sharing feast
Approximate finish time: 16.30
Event Address: Water Lane, Hawkhurst, Kent TN18 5DH
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