18/12/2025
Join us in the Parable Gardens this Sunday December 21st from 2pm for our free event as we gather to mark the Winter Solstice — the turning point of the year the shortest day and the longest night.
will be creating a piece of land art at the Shell House to mark the exact solstice point at 3.03 pm, the moment when the tilt of the earth is furthest away from the sun. After that moment, daylight and sunlight augments as we begin our passage towards the summer solstice.
At 2.30 pm we’ll gather on the hill around the solstice fire to take a moment to reflect on the year just past. Each person will be invited to write down something they’re ready to let go of from 2025 and place it into the fire — a simple act of release, letting go and closure. This is what our ancestors the Celts were doing thousands of years ago.
We’ll also take time to look ahead. In the 200 year old Shell House, we’ll write intentions for the year to come and place them into the shells — a quiet way of naming hopes, directions, or seeds for 2026. The Shell House is an ancient Wishing House. Again, we’ll honour the practices of our ancestors.
No experience is needed — just come as you are, dress for the weather, and take part at your own pace.
A chance to pause, reflect, and mark the turning of the year together 🌞
