Harvest Festival Autumn Fair at Water Lane
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September
10-4.30pm
£5 entry per adult on the door, children 16 and under, go free
Water Lane, the Victorian walled garden just outside Hawkhurst, Kent will bring together craftspeople, makers, artists, textiles for a weekend of food, flowers and friends for the Water Lane Autumn Fair. Now in its third year, co-owners Nick Selby and Ian James have curated a wonderful mix of stallholders including Hawk & Dove (vintage clothing), Hunter Jones (lifestyle), Raffman & Huckster (lifestyle), Sally Hampson (blankets and throws) and Crafty Basketry, plus new stallholders including Olivier Morris (dressing gowns and slippers), Nicola Gillis (pottery), Old Hope (block prints), Twisted Horseshoe (knives), Wolf from the Door (pottery, textiles, wood), Mussi (knitwear), Centre Half (tie dye), Georgia de Pauley (silk scarves and vintage aquascutum) and Doe (leather ware). Entry is £5 per person on the door and children, 16 and under, go free.
“We’re thrilled to be introducing so many wonderful and talented makers and creatives to Water Lane.” says co-owner Nick Selby
Sellers’ stalls will be set up under the stretch awning, terrace and in the Pelargonium House, and food stalls from Water Lane’s Produce Market regulars, including LAM, Cold Blow Coffee, Blackwoods Cheese, Zak's Kombucha, Halstead Bakery, Basil's Fungi Farm and Colt Bagels will be on the upper terrace, plus natural wines from biodynamic Kent vineyard Ham Street.
Head Chef Jed Wrobel will be serving breakfast on the terrace, plus lunch, coffee and cake, and lunch reservations can be made for both days in the Carnation House restaurant. From Water Lane’s own cutting garden there will be bunches of freshly cut flowers for sale, including all the late summer favourites, dahlias and chrysanthemums, in colours of berry, plum, mustard and marmalade.
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About Water Lane
Water Lane is a walled garden on what was once the Tongswood Estate in Hawkhurst, in the High Weald of Kent. A long-term restoration project, led by custodians Nick Selby and Ian James, there is a restaurant, a large and productive garden growing vegetables, fruits, herbs and cut flowers, a small shop of useful and beautiful pieces for the home and garden, select garden plants for sale and event spaces for workshops and private celebrations.