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Wild by Design - free festival of nature and creativity
Event details
About the event
Join Norfolk Wildlife Trust, artists, designers, conservationists and more for Wild by Design on Saturday 21 November, 10am-4pm - a free, drop-in festival celebrating nature, creativity and big ideas!
Throughout the day, there'll be a maker's market, interactive stalls, creative activities and exhibitions, along with bookable walks and talks. Explore how creativity can help us build a wild future, while shopping sustainably made, locally produced gifts and food.
Throughout the day you can:
- Meet artists, makers and conservationists at 60+ interactive stalls
- Grab brilliant Christmas gifts at our maker's market
- Shop sustainably made, locally produced food and gifts
- Take part in family-friendly creative activities
- Learn ways you can help wildlife
- Explore an art exhibition curated by Norwich University of the Arts
- Watch (or join) a live collaborative artwork created by artist Alice Lee
- Play wildlife-inspired video games designed by students
- Take part in ticketed guided walks and talks
Book Wild by Design walks and talks here
Food includes:
- Rambling Roots - vegan and plant-based street food inspired by global flavours
- Namaste Village - Vegetarian and vegan Indian street food
- Swirl - hand rolled cinnamon buns
Organisations include:
- Norfolk Wildlife Trust
- Butterfly Conservation
- Hawk and Owl Trust
- Norwich University of the Arts
- Little Winged Friends
- Action for Swifts
- Whitlingham Country Park
- Norwich Friends of the Earth
- University of East Anglia
- Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust
- Museum of the Broads
- Master Composters
- Papilion Project
- Walk Wheel Cycle Trust
- Our Power
- Norfolk and Waveney Mind
Stalls include:
- Handmade Norfolk Soaps
- Band of Starlings
- Tree Swift Goods
- Outspoken Cycles
- Lisa Angel
- Cocoa Collective
- The North Norfolk Vinegar Company
- Saltwrights
- Parsley and Paisley
- Alfie Bowen Photography
- Grace's Garden Crochet
- Kate Aspen
- Wilds Ceramics
- Weaver Bird Art
- Em Elizabeth
- Emmulations
- Seen Studio
- Glow Worm Glass
- Georgia Holland Illustration
- Sue Welfare
- John Hurst
- Josh Jaggard
- Ellen Harling
- Tulips and Heather
- Julia Triay
- Debbie Knight
- Lee's Lighthouse
- Belle Vue Attic
- Re-do Norfolk
- Something Sculpted
This event is part of our centenary celebrations, looking back at a century of conservation while imagining the wild future ahead.
Booking
Price
Free drop-in event – no booking required for the main activities.(Some walks and talks require booking and a small ticket fee.)
Additional booking information
AccessibilityWe want our events, and nature itself, to be accessible to everyone. If you have specific needs or requirements, please get in touch by emailing events@norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk so we can support you wherever possible.
Suitable for
Families, AdultsAdditional information
Refund policy
Tickets for bookable walks and talks are non-refundable unless the event or activity is cancelled by Norfolk Wildlife Trust. In the event that Norfolk Wildlife Trust has to cancel an event or activity due to low numbers or other circumstances beyond our control, we will inform you at the earliest opportunity and will offer a full refund. Please check our website norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk for event updates.