Carr House Meadows, Keith Parkin
Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts: 25-29 June 2025
Hey there Glastonbury!
We are so excited to be invited to attend Glastonbury Festival AGAIN this year! We love meeting everyone on our LovePEAT! stall.
Here's some info about the stall and find out more about The Wildlife Trusts, peatlands and how we are working with communities!
You will find The Wildlife Trusts at Green Futures.
What can you do here?
Learn about peatlands, have fun with our peat games, join in with some free activities and try on our outfits and share your photos online #Glastonbury #LovePEAT @WildlifeTrusts.
Chat, Chat, Chat! Tell us about the amazing atuff that is happening for nature in your community. Share what you love - and hate - about your local nature, and why a healthy environment matters to you.
Take a tattoo transfer of a common lizard or white face darter dragonfly - just 2 of the incredible creatures that rely on peatlands - for your skin or ask for one as a gift for your mates. There are printed options also for fabric like bags or t-shirts using vegetable dye.
Try on our poncho! Our special Emperor Moth wings are also available to wear or try on for photos - we want to see you on Insta! Tag us in using #Glastonbury #LovePEAT @WildlifeTrusts
Take a 'seat on peat'! Our comfy logs and giant sundew beanbags were designed for you to sink into and chill out
Be part of the Glasto 'Wildlife WOW!' Bonanza! Tell everyone about the wildlife you've seen so far at Glastonbury Festival!
We'd love to stay in touch! Sign up to hear more from The Wildlife Trusts
Why peat? About our stall
We are focusing on peatlands because there are vulnerable peatland habitats very close to Worthy Farm. The Somerset Levels are beautiful but extracting - digging up - peat to use in compost is a major issue here. Somerset Wildlife Trust is working hard to make sure the digging up of peat is stopped now.
We can't wait for the Government's promised ban on peat-based composts to come in. We want everyone to know where they can buy peat-free products and peat-free compost. Sadly, a lot of the peat that is used in the UK comes from abroad – Europe and Ireland – affecting nature elsewhere.
We have deliberately created a welcoming space at the Festival that awakens the senses, while cooling and calming us down. Just like nature itself! Our 'peatland' is also vibrant and fascinating and a bit squelchy, with planters of real sphagnum mosses that can be touched and smelled, which have been kindly donated by Beadamoss. Our walls allow air flow but keep everyone cool - check out the images of stunning fenland, upland and lowland peatlands, including the incredible fenland habitat under the Glastonbury Tor itself.
Some of the very special peaty things we would usually like to share - like the smell, the incredible sounds, and that sense of dampness - won’t be available inside (just at the festival ☺️). But you can experience a peatland tour and soundscape through QR codes.
Meet the Peat Poncho
Two very special, handmade, peat 'ponchos' were commissioned by The Wildlife Trusts for our Precious Peatlands campaign. These were designed and carefully crafted by Hollywood costume designer Emma Brackenbury, who has also worked on major productions like Artemis Fowl and Fantastic Beasts. Emma had some extra volunteer hours donated by members of the wonderful craftivist community ‘Fabric of Protest’ which is based in Manchester.
These unique ponchos each took 45 days to make. They both started with layered rescue sheep's wool, with layers of handmade felt, paint, and beautiful embroidery invoking the peatland habitat plus some specially crafted creatures and flora to represent those usually only found on our waterlogged wonderlands.
