Awenek is your chance to get hands-on with Cornwall’s heritage and we hope you enjoy exploring the huge array of activities and demonstrations on offer throughout the gardens.
The festival is taking place this Sunday, 8th September, from 10am – 5pm.
There are also a number of timed demonstrations, re-enactments and performances taking place which you will find by clicking the ‘Timetable’ button here.
Flora’s Green
Cornwall Heritage Trust
Discover more about Awenek’s organisers, the small, independent charity protecting Cornwall’s heritage for everyone
Kowethas an Yeth
Fun activities using the Cornish language
Royal Cornwall Museum
Explore the dazzling array of minerals on show in the museum’s brand-new gallery
Wheal Martyn Clay Works
Get hands-on with clay and learn more about the UK’s only china clay mining museum
Kresen Kernow
Find out about the home of 1.5 million documents covering 850 years of Cornwall’s history
Cornwall & West Devon Mining World Heritage Site
Discover the 20,000 hectares of the CMWHS Site
Geevor Tin Mine
Take a closer look at rock samples, photos, tools, and clothes from Cornwall’s mining past
Cornwall National Landscape
Find out about our nationally protected landscape which makes up almost a third of Cornwall
Cornwall Portable Antiquities Scheme
Take a closer look at some incredible historic artefacts
Truro College – FdA History, Heritage and Culture & FdSc/BSc Archaeology
Learn more about how heritage could be your future
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record
Explore the wealth of archaeological information on offer through their digital mapping system
Woodland Walk
Cornwall Rural Education & Skills Trust (CREST)
See the ancient endangered craft of Cornish hedging and stone carving
The Grotto
Multivax
Meet Ramblefast, the Cornish Rambler and Jasper the Dragon
Home Farm
Explore ‘An Virva’, Cornwall Heritage Trust’s brand-new Heritage Hub
Dive into the incredible world of Cornwall’s unique and distinct heritage
Celtic Art with Cornwall Heritage Trust
Make your mark on our Celtic art installation
Coodes Solicitors
Have a go at heritage colouring with the sponsors of Awenek
Cornwall Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers
Explore the traditional skills of hand weaving and spinning with one of the oldest Guilds in the UK
Heidi Mabbott Studio – Stone Letter Cutting
See this traditional letter carving method in action
The Black Company Medieval Re-enactment Group
The Black Company portrays a group of mercenary soldiers during the War of the Roses period
Timed re-enactments at 11am & 2pm
Reserve Yards
The Artificers Collective
See traditional crafts in action with printmaker Lou Tonkin; blacksmith Lisa Wisdom; woodturner Jamie Lovekin; and basketmaker Lin Lovekin
Melon Yard
Beeswax Candle Rolling, Medieval Herbology & Heritage Slate Trail
Get hands-on with heritage with the team from Cornwall Heritage Trust
Wild & Woad
Discover the power of plant-based dyes
Hide Park Corner
Meet the Cornwall Heritage Trust Ranger team
Have a go at Iron Age cooking and discover how the team cares for over 200 acres of Cornish landscapes
Park an Lann
Morvleydh: The Cornish Early Medieval Warband
Experience life in the 9th Century when Viking Longships sailed the coast and Cornish warriors clashed with the forces of Saxon Wessex
Timed re-enactments
10.30am Weapons Display
11.30am Archery Demonstration
1pm Children’s Viking Battle
3pm Weapons Display
AncientCraft
Delve back over 3000 years with prehistoric craft demonstrations including bronze casting
Ancient Days and Ways
Discover Bronze and Iron Age replicas
Steward’s Lawn
Cornish Wrestling
See Cornish Wrestling and learn from the experts
Play Meadow
Canoe Cornwall
Have a go at archery and axe-throwing
Cher’s Funky Faces
Get your face adorned with Cornish designs
And look out for…
Mazed Tales
Come and hear a folktale tale or two from Bill Chubb, droll teller and umbrella man, as Mazed wanders Heligan with his story cart
Story Republic
Glamourous, colourful, tale-telling troubadours
Photo credits: 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 – 12. Keith Larby / Cornwall Heritage Trust volunteer 3. CREST 4. Multivax 6. The Artificers Collective
