Events
Respect Festival
11-12 July 2026
On Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July 10am-5pm, the Leechwell Garden is hosting the Respect Festival. The year’s event is called Hidden Gems. We will be hunting for the hidden gems of flora and fauna that the garden offers. There will be stories from all over the world as well as tales from Totnesians.
Agbo Play will be back with tales from Benin, Niall will tell Scottish stories, Tony Gee will be telling a tale from the Middle East , Kevin Payne, the Exeter Bard will weave his word magic and Andigwa Dance will run an African Dance workshop. And there’s more!!!
It’s free, there will be refreshments and an international pot luck feast on the Sunday. This event is sponsored by Eastgate Bookshop and is part of the 2026 Totnes Fringe Festival
Easter Egg Hunt
Held on Easter Monday 6 April, lots of parents and children came to the garden to hunt for Easter eggs! The garden looked wonderful in the early spring sunshine. Click on an image below to see the image slideshow.
Holding Activities in the Garden
If you are interested in using the garden to host a communal activity, please contact us.
Note that all activities in the garden are subject to some basic rules:
- public access to the garden must still be possible – the garden cannot be closed for private events
- although you may ask for charitable donations, you cannot charge for access
- the garden is meant to be relatively peaceful, so no loud, amplified music for example.
