The Festival of Nature takes place at Talkin Tarn on Saturday 18 June and on Sunday 19 June. Entry is free.

Celebrating nature around the themes of water, woodland, climate, and meadow, there will be stands and drop-in activities throughout the day as well as scheduled events detailed below:

10:30  RSPB Walk to Geltsdale, meet at the welcome tent.
12:00  Festival opens
12:30  Family woodland activity session (1hr), meet at the OASES gazebo.
13:00  Pond dipping / Sensory Walk, meet at the Eden Rivers Trust gazebo.
13:35   Family woodland activity session (1hr), meet at the OASES gazebo.
14:00  Dragonfly walk, meet at the welcome tent near the cafe.
14:30  Pond dipping / Sensory walk, meet at the Eden Rivers Trust gazebo.
15:00  Water beetles in the tarn, meet at the welcome tent / Family woodland activity session (1hr), meet at the OASES gazebo.
22:00  Bat walk

Free shuttle bus from Brampton, picking up at William Howard School car park, where there is free parking available, and the cottage hospital before dropping off at Talkin Tarn car park, and returning via the same route. The first bus leaves William Howard at 12:10, returning to Brampton at 13:00. Buses hourly until 16:10 which leaves the tarn car park to return to Brampton at 17:00.

The organisations with stands at the festival and delivering activities include:
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
Eden Rivers Trust
Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Green PLACE
OASES
RSPB
Sustainable Brampton
Carlisle Youth Zone
Tullie House
North Pennines AONB Partnership

The Festival of Nature has been organised with Carlisle City Council, Eden Rivers Trust, and Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre. It is delivered as part of the Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme, which is led by the North Pennines AONB Partnership and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.