Wild Fermentation Day
Sat 18 Oct
|Wild Weald Woodland
This hands-on experience covers the most fundamental of the Weald's ancient fermentations, including: apple pressing and cidermaking, mead blending and fermentation, fermented pickles, vinegar making and woodland drinks. All accompanied by a woodland lunch.
Time & Location
18 Oct 2025, 10:00 – 17:00
Wild Weald Woodland, Wild Weald, Cinderford Ln, Hellingly, Hailsham BN27 4HL, UK
About the event
This day draws on the bounty of our ancient woodland as well as the surrounding countryside.
Activities start by a gathering of apples from our Malus Sylvestris trees. These are Britain's original apple, from which its inhabitants made cider for 2800 years before the Roman's brought their fancy new varieties. After gathering, we press them separately to our other woodland apples, so we can experience a taste of the past, both as juice and cider fermented by Francis in 2022. After the pressing, comes the blending and bottling, to allow everyone to go home with a little fermenting memento of the day.
Between gathering, crushing, pressing, fermenting and bottling our juice, come other exciting activities within the world of wild microbes. We'll visit our wild honeybees, residents of an old oak, and there blend up some local honeys for fermenting into mead. We'll also taste a few.
We'll also learn…
Tickets
Wild Fermentation Day
Sale ends
18 Oct, 12:00
This ticket is for Wild Weald Wild Fermentation Day. The day includes a two course buffet lunch and refreshments.
£45.00
+£1.13 ticket service fee
Total
£0.00