Botanics Storytelling Day
Family Events / Edinburgh Events
(Sat 22 Oct: 11am-4pm)
Join us for a day of family fun with storytellers popping up throughout the community garden in RBGE. The day will feature story walks and performances as well as the Botanics’ popular Halloween Trail!
Full programme of activity:
Story Wagon
11am – 4pm | Free, drop-in
Hear a story, have a story written for you, or write one of your own at Story Wagon! Find the Wagon nestled in the gardens, and join in one of their drop-in activities.
Autumn Tales with Mrs Mash
Gazebo Tent 1
11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm | 30min | Free
Enjoy autumn stories with Mrs Mash, the Storytelling Cook. With storyteller Marie Louise Cochrane.
Super Duper Story Generators!
Gazebo Tent 2
11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm & 3.30pm | 30min | Free
Join storyteller Beth Hamilton-Cardus from Good Yarns for an epically interactive story session that’s 100% powered by YOUR imagination.
Story Walks
Start from the Botanic Cottage
11.15am – 3pm | 30min | Free, drop-in
Let storytellers guide you to some magical corners of the Garden and enjoy listening to stories amongst trees. You are welcome to join a walk as you encounter it in the Garden. With storytellers Lily Asch, Anne Hunter and Colin Urwin.
This day will also feature Scotia Botanica: Workshop at 2pm, which is now sold out.
This event is free and unticketed, apart from the Scotia Botanica Workshop, which is now Sold Out.
