Please note:

The Go Wild Festival ran at Kew and Wakehurst place for the summer of 2003. As such many of the festival features can no longer be seen in the gardens, but this website has been kept to give visitors access to wealth of information developed to support the festival.

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	Great Adventures Ideas for the Garden Harnessing Nature Art from Nature Wakehurst Wonders Francis Rose Reserve Charcoal Burners Weaving Biodiversity into our lives A Bird's Eye View Loder Valley Wild Wood Exhibition Talks, Walks & Workshops
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	360° panorama of charcoal burners encampment

Charcoal Burner's Encampment

On throughout the festival, at Wakehurst Place

Charcoal burning demonstration on 9/10/11 August

At Wakehurst Place up to 3 tonnes of BAR-B-KEW charcoal is made each year in a portable steel kiln. This summer, under the watchful eye of expert woodcollier, Alan Waters, staff at Wakehurst Place will demonstrate how charcoal was made in the traditional earth burn way. There is more to this ancient practice than you might imagine. Too little air during burning will result in low quality charcoal. Too much air and all your efforts turn to ash. The process, from wood to charcoal, will take three days and three nights

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