Wales Festival of Seaweed
16th - 19th May 2024
St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
The first festival of Seaweed in Wales
Wales has an abundant and largely untapped natural resource all around our
coastline with immense potential to improve so many aspects of our day to day
lives. Some call it the superstar of the oceans and others the gold dust of the sea.
Wales Festival of Seaweed is a brand new opportunity for industry experts,
conservationists, politicians, investors, educators, fishers, farmers, foodies and
the wider community to come together to debate and discover the financial and
environmental benefits that seaweed has to offer our communities and country
as a whole. Learn all about and discuss this amazing marine algae, in a very
special corner of Wales where the purity of our waters and power of seaweed is
already being harnessed by a range of local businesses.
What's On
Discussion & Talks
Arts & Crafts
Coastal Walks
Seashore Courses
Live entertainment
Plus lots lots more
Visit the fist commercial community owned Seaweed and Shellfish farm in Wales
Enjoy culinary tastings and demonstrations
Foraging
Where?
St Davids Pembrokeshire
Join us in St Davids, Pembrokeshire from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th May 2024 as we celebrate and explore this environmental bounty from the sea.
More details
The Festival of seaweed is a collaboration between Câr Y Môr & The Really Wild Emporium
Visit Wales' first commercial community owned seaweed and shellfish farm and discover how to replicate and be a part of their regenerative model.
Discuss the economic potential of fishers, foragers, seaweed and shellfish farmers, all working together to start reversing the decline of Welsh coastal communities.
Discover the many opportunities for uses of seaweed: as a sustainable
commercial crop, as a fertiliser in agriculture, as a natural ingredient in cosmetics, foods and pharmaceuticals.
Taste this culinary delight and hear about its numerous health benefits while sipping drinks infused and inspired by seaweed.
Explore the coastline of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, foraging and learning about our abundance of native seaweed species.
Grasp seaweed’s many talents including its critical role in combating the climate crisis, its artistic beauty and its protective shield for marine biodiversity and our coastlines.
Uncover the lost knowledge of our ancestors and how seaweed has been a part of our Welsh heritage for centuries.
Join creative workshops, boat trips, walks and talks, cooking demonstrations, tasting opportunities, industry seminars, and so much more.
More information on the schedule of events coming soon
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