Enchanted Garden Festival 2012
Erica has been working with Killruddery Arts on this year’s Enchanted Garden Arts Festival for children and families. The festival takes place on Saturday 14th July and Sunday 15th July in the stunning Killruddery House and Gardens, Southern Cross Rd, Bray.
Enchanted Garden is an annual Arts Event for families and children; aged from 0 to 12 years old. The event offers children and families opportunities to experience new ways of engaging with artists and the Arts.
This year’s event is a two day celebration of wonderment and whimsy. There is definitely magic in air at Killruddery this summer with the animals and creatures coming out to play. Come and enjoy some of the artist led workshops as well as the performance art to delight all the family and puppetry fun running free around the gardens. Don’t miss out on the hilarious ‘creature Olympic Games’, marvel at the aerial stunts in the Kite flying display and take a walk through Jungle Soundscape. The weekend’s fun will finish up with a baby -disco and BBQ and much more.
For more information and to buy your secret passes to a magical world of creativity just log on to the Killruddery website. www.killruddery.com
The festival offers fantastic family value:
Weekend family ticket 50 euros- (1 adult and 3 children or 2 adults and 2 children for both days of the festival)
One day family ticket 35 euros – (1 adult and 3 children or 2 adults and 2 children)
One day individual ticket adult/child – 10 euros
Under 2’s go free.
10% discount for season ticket holders
To buy tickets on line – Log on to the website www.killruddery.com
Or pop into the ticket office at the entrance to Killruddery House and gardens
call 01 286 34 05
As always there will be food and drink available from the Killruddery Tea rooms as well as food stalls from our farmer market. You are also welcome to bring a picnic.
To avoid the queues we recommend that you book in advance.
Parents are welcome to join in the art workshops
Artists and performers
The new art at this year’s festival is brought to us by the fabulous Clancy Brothers and their team of makers. Monica Bleniek will create her usual magic with the butterfly art and dance workshop.
Killruddery Arts is charity and the Enchanted Garden is partly funded by the Arts Council.
Mount Juliet Members Party
Each summer Mount Juliet Estate hosts a lavish party for their members and this year Bespoke Events was asked manage the exclusive members event. Bespoke Events have planned a ‘boutique festival’ style event in the beautiful Walled Gardens on Mount Juliet Estate and guests and their families are invited to ‘The Enchanted Garden Party’ in the afternoon followed by a live performance by Meteor Irish Music Award winner Paddy Casey in the evening.
The Enchanted Garden Party will see Bespoke Events transform the Walled Gardens into a magical and fun space with tippees, brightly coloured Indian tents, stilt walkers, jugglers, drumming, Pimms and a BBQ, face-painters, fire breathers, a circus show and jazz along with delicious treats at a wonderful Mad Hatters Tea Party with a Queen of Hearts, looking glass cake, tweedle dumb & tweedle tea, Alices lemon curd, dormouse lemonade and the queens cream scones!
Mount Juliet have given Bespoke Events full autonomy over artistic direction so the team have been highly creative with every element of the event from the stunning invites to the eclectic entertainment. Pictures from this fabulous event to follow soon!
