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22 September 2022

The Big Dandelion Harvest Weekend

Between the 9 and 11 September, it was time to share what we've all grown: vegetables, stories, community and music. Together with partner organisations, unexpected gardens, communities and schools from all around Scotland we've marked the end of the growing season with the big Harvest Weekend. Here's what happened:
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22 September 2022

Final episode of Growing with Dandelion released

In the final episode of the Dandelion podcast, Sunny Govan delves into growing in schools, creative ethnology, growing and mental health, and the impact of Dandelion.
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Something different is taking root

Dandelion is a creative celebration of growing, music and community – rooted in Scotland but with an international outlook, and with sustainability at its heart. Dandelion follows the arc of the growing season, from April to September 2022 – culminating with hundreds of Harvest events across Scotland.

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This is Dandelion

A year for whoever, however & whenever because, this year, absolutely anything goes grows.

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Harvest

Join us for the oldest new festival in Scotland.  On 9 – 11 September, wherever you are, whatever your growing experience, you’re invited to be part of Dandelion Harvest.

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Unexpected Gardens

Floating farms, vegetable verges and carpark carrots – Dandelion’s Unexpected Gardens are sprouting all over Scotland.

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Dandelion Festivals

Free weekend-long festivals in Glasgow and Inverness bookend the summer with live music, theatre, plant giveaways, workshops, talks, science and arts.

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Cubes of Perpetual Light

Vertical farms and experiments on the move – discover our glowing growing Cubes as they travel across Scotland.

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Schools Growing Initiative

468 schools, 114 Grow Cubes, tonnes of tatties – welcome to the biggest growing experiment Scotland’s ever seen.

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Heisgeir - Film

Our story begins with our launch film in April 2022 – not in the city, a town or even a farm, but on a tiny island in the very far north-west of Scotland.

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Free for Alls

Absolutely everyone can give growing a go this year – free plants will be bestowed by our towering Flower Singer on a tour of Scotland

Highlights

Five people in a garden are smiling at the camera. There is a wildflower patch behind them and a wheelbarrow holding produce from the garden in the foreground. The people are smiling and holding different objects: a rake, a pitchfork, weeder, guitar and a super-8 film camera.

Harvest

Join us for the oldest new festival in Scotland.  On 9 – 11 September, wherever you are, whatever your growing experience, you’re invited to be part of Dandelion Harvest.
Graphic Image with text reading 'Dandelion Festivals'

Dandelion Festivals

Free weekend-long festivals in Glasgow and Inverness bookend the summer with live music, theatre, plant giveaways, workshops, talks, science and arts.

A group of people outdoors in front of a brick building sitting and standing holding gardening tools

Unexpected Gardens

Floating farms, vegetable verges and carpark carrots – Dandelion’s Unexpected Gardens are sprouting all over Scotland.

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