CAST-Off Saturday 23 August

Learn how to make your own plantable paper with seeds embedded, create your own construction from wood, or polish serpentine into a shiny pendant. You can also have a go on our tiny printing press or make an enormous vegetable print!

Different activities are on offer at each CAST-Off session over the summer. Sessions will take place from 26 July to 23 August on Saturdays in the walled garden at National Trust Penrose – the what3words location for the walled garden is steepest.daydreams.boasted. There are also Lightbox sessions taking place at CAST on Tuesdays exploring techniques that underpin the processes of photography and moving image.

All the activities are free and offered on a drop-in basis, no booking required.

Donations to support this much-loved programme and enable it to keep running are always very welcome.

Participants of all ages are welcome. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

We won’t be put off by a bit of drizzle and hope you won’t either, but check our social media on the day in case of extreme weather or last-minute changes.

Parking:

We recommend parking at the free Fairground car park in Helston and making your way along the footpaths to the walled garden. This route is tarmac all the way, so well suited to pushchairs, scooters, and bikes. Please be aware the route is 2.4km / 1.5 miles, with an approximate walk time of 45 minutes.

For those who need to get a little closer by car, there is a small National Trust car park, approximately 1km / 0.6 miles from the Walled Garden along the official paths.

Bus:

It is a 10 minute bus journey from Helston to Penrose on the U4, which runs hourly between Falmouth and Penzance. We recommend stopping at Penrose Hill bus stop, from which it is approximately a 10 minute walk to the Walled Garden.

Saturday 23 August 2025
10am - 12pm and 2pm - 4pm

Free activities
All welcome

Off-site
The Walled Garden
National Trust Penrose

CAST-Off 2025 is part-funded by FEAST and Little Parc Owles Trust.