This is Dandelion

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

The Floating (Unexpected) Garden

From the 21st June our Floating (Unexpected) Garden will tour the Scottish canal network, traveling from Glasgow to Edinburgh before resting in residence at The Kelpies from July to September.

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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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Dandelion Festival Glasgow

Join us on 17–19 June in Glasgow’s gorgeous Kelvingrove Park for our first Dandelion Festival – a three-day spectacular of live music, performances, talks, workshops and food that’s open to everyone and completely free.

Planting: Of Earth and Sky

Unexpected Garden: Govan

Join us to plant a flower installation reading ‘Declare yourself welcome’ in the Unexpected Garden!

Growing

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Cubes on Tour: V&A Dundee

V&A Dundee

A stunning building in a beautiful waterfront location – Scotland’s design museum is the host for our first Cubes installation.

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Free for All: Falkirk

The Helix

We’re heading to the home of Falkirk’s iconic Kelpies to give away thousands more free plant plugs.

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Young people's Growing Club

Unexpected Garden: The Field

Young people aged 9–18 (P6 to S6) are invited to join us in The Field every Friday afternoon between 1 - 4 pm to learn about all aspects of horticulture – and gain a qualification at the same time! All sessions are free.

Growing

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Unexpected Gardens

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

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

Unexpected Gardens

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

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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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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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Harvest

In car parks and in playgrounds, on streets and in squares, this is a Harvest celebration unlike any other.

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22 June 2022

What a weekend we had at our first Dandelion Festival at Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow!

We welcomed over 44,000 people, gave away over 8000 plants, listened to inspiring talks and were awestruck by some amazing performances across our three stages!

16 June 2022

Episode 2 of Growing with Dandelion Released

In the second episode of the Dandelion podcast, Sunny Govan explores the Dandelion Festival and the connection between growing and music.

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This is Dandelion

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

The Floating (Unexpected) Garden

Something different is taking root