Thicket Festival 2023
Treasuring our Terrific Thicket7 October 2023
SATURDAY 7 October at Summerhill hotel. Thicket talks from 10:00 to 16:00 Stalls and information.
SATURDAY evening 19:00. Lantern Parade: Bring your own lanterns or just join us with ours.





Shed a tear for the last drops of our wetlands
2 February 2023 | Pippa Huchzermeyer and Nicky Huchzermeyer
Thicket Festival 2022


The festive mood was highlighted by a large group of people participating in the lantern parade through Bathurst on Saturday evening; beautiful lanterns made by the inhabitants lighted the main street displaying animals and plants of the thicket. Sunday's guided walk through the thicket on Bathurst Commonage with Monty Roodt, emeritus professor of Sociology at Rhodes University, was informative and fun. The festival was concluded by activities at the regular Sunday farmers' market: Elizabeth Milne shared information on the medicinal value of many of the thicket plants for the home pharmacy, while Sandy Richter of the local nursery displayed and discussed thicket plants for the garden.
Read more about the thicket festival in Grocott's Mail: Celebrating life in the thick of it
