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This was Dandelion 2022!
Across the growing season, we have been encouraging people to Sow, Grow and Share and what a time we had doing it. Over 589,000 of you took part in our live events and activities programme all across Scotland.
Explore The Town is the Menu
What would your town - or street, school, or community look like on a plate? Read what our Unexpected Gardens came up with.
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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.
Unexpected Gardens
Floating farms, vegetable verges and carpark carrots – Dandelion’s Unexpected Gardens are sprouting all over Scotland.
Dandelion Festivals
Free weekend-long festivals in Glasgow and Inverness bookend the summer with live music, theatre, plant giveaways, workshops, talks, science and arts.
Cubes of Perpetual Light
Vertical farms and experiments on the move – discover our glowing growing Cubes as they travel across Scotland.
Schools Growing Initiative
468 schools, 114 Grow Cubes, tonnes of tatties – welcome to the biggest growing experiment Scotland’s ever seen.
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.
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
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