24/06/2026
Nature sang. She rocked. She raved. She (Boss) Morris-danced.
She laughed. She cried. She drank dandelion gin. She made lots of new friends.
And after weeks of rain, she finally brought out the Sun.
She also very considerately put the Summer Solstice on a weekend this year.
THANK YOU NATURE.
What happened at SOLSTICE was beyond anything we dared hope for.
As a first-time festival, there was an extraordinary amount of trust placed in us. Trust from artists, speakers, partners and everyone who travelled to Cornwall to join something that had never existed before.
Thank you to , Becky and everyone at and Relatable Post for believing in the vision from the very beginning. Thank you to every artist, musician, storyteller, filmmaker, ecologist, activist, farmer, herbalist and witch who said yes on Nature’s behalf.
The theme of this year’s festival was Nature: The Artist.
And everywhere we looked, she was creating.
There was something beautifully ancestral about the weekend. Different tribes gathering beneath the Solstice sun, united by a shared love of Nature, creativity and the living world.
Yet during a week of record-breaking temperatures, the gathering also felt like a reminder of why culture matters.
Because before systems change, culture changes. Before policy changes, imagination changes.
And before we create a different future, we have to be able to imagine one. And in the Garden there was no shortage of BIG, bold, creative visioning that just made so much sense.
The Garden of Tomorrow was created as a place where celebration and regeneration could sit side by side. Where joy and responsibility are not opposites. Where the big conversations happen alongside the big fun.
What happened at SOLSTICE doesn’t stay at SOLSTICE.The true impact of the festival will be measured by what grows next.
The deeper invitation of NATURE the Artist is to remember that creativity is not separate from Nature but an act of expressing herself through us.
What has moved us most since the festival ended has been hearing how many people left feeling re-energised, with active hope and full of ideas and new friendships and collaborations.
Tha
