UK PLUNGE BOOM EVENTS
2024
27th & 28th June
Ben & Mimi Faulks exhibit ‘Let’s Grow Educational Resources’ with a live show & stand, at the Nursery Managers Show at The NEC.
21st June
Mr. Bloom Community Garden Opening for Royal Russell School in Croydon.
15th June
The Vegetable Nannies at Figura Festival, Baden Switzerland
1st June
Mr. Bloom & His Band at SENDFEST in Norwich.
29th & 30th May
Let’s Grow Half-Term Fun with Mr. Bloom, The Pop-up Allotment and Planting Workshop at The Trafford Centre, Manchester
18th May
The Let’s Grow Magic Shed at The Boothtown FUNFEST in Halifax with Halifax Opportunities Trust.
4th May
The Let’s Grow Pop-up Allotment, in Monmouth.
9th-12 April
The Let’s Grow Pop-up Allotment & Planting Workshop at The Chimes Shopping Centre, Uxbridge.
6th & 7th April
Let’s Grow Pop-up Allotment at Easter Events in Aldershot & Farnborough.
2023
28th & 29th October
The Let’s Grow Magic Shed & Spooky Treasure Trail at Farnborough and Aldershot, Hampshire
7th October
The Pop-Up Allotment at Edible Grimsby.
30th September & 1st October
The Let’s Grow Magic Shed & Treasure Trail at Blenheim Palace Autumn Festival, Oxfordshire.
16th & 17th September
The Vegetable Nannies at Inside Out Dorset, in Wimborne and Poole.
2nd September
The Vegetable Nannies at The Full Shebang, Mansfield.
26th & 27th August
The Vegetable Nannies at ReAction Festival, Leicester.
8th July
The Vegetable Nannies at Thornton Heath Library in Croydon.
June 30th & July 1st
Ben & Mimi Faulks present Let’s Grow ‘our brand new early years educational resource’ at the Childcare & Education Expo at Bolton Stadium.
June 17th
Mr. Bloom Stage Show at SENDFEST, Norfolk.
30th May
The Vegetable Nannies at RHS Garden Salford for Sow Amazing!
14th May
The Pop-Up Allotment and The Vegetable Nannies at The Children’s Cancer Run, at Newcastle Racecourse.
6th May
The Pop-Up Allotment and The Vegetable Nannies at the Kings Coronation Celebrations in Ilford, London.
3rd & 4th March
Ben & Mimi Faulks present Let’s Grow ‘our brand new early years educational resource’ at the Childcare & Education Expo at London Olympia.
2022
1st & 2nd October
The Nannies at Blenheim Palace Autumn Festival, Oxfordshire.
3rd & 4th September
The Allotment at The Rotherham Show.
31st August
The Allotment & The Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop at The Outback, Halifax
26th, 27th, 28th August
The Allotment at Fiesta Italia, Manchester
10th August
The Vegetable Nannies & The Let’s Grow Shed & Treasure Hunt at The Outback Open Day, Halifax
9th & 10th July
The Vegetable Nannies, The Allotment & The Let’s Grow Shed & Treasure Hunt at Mouth of the Tyne Festival, Tynemouth
2nd July
The Allotment & The Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop at Tickhill Gala, Doncaster.
5th June
The Vegetable Nannies & The Allotment at The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration at Potter’s Field Park, 1pm-6pm
27th March
The Vegetable Nannies in Warrington, Golden Square.
25th March
The Vegetable Nannies in Nottingham
2021
20th & 21st December
The Vegetable Nannies celebrate Christmas with the “Let’s Grow Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Little Christmas Party” in Halifax Borough Market.
30th & 31st October
The Spooky Allotment in Aldershot & Farnborough
30th October
The Junior Vegetable Nanny ‘make & take’ workshop in Ilford.
27th & 28th October
The Allotment, The Vegetable Nannies and The Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop and more at
Plunge Boom’s Let’s Grow Comes to Halifax.
9th October
The Allotment & The Vegetable Nannies in Ilford
18th & 19th September
SMOKE at Out There Festival in Great Yarmouth
19th September
The Allotment & The Junior Vegetable Nanny ‘make & take’ Workshop in Preston at The Lancashire Encounter
3rd, 4th & 5th September
The Allotment at The Rotherham Show
29th August
The Vegetable Nannies at The Beach in Stoke
28th & 29th August
The Vegetable Nannies at the Birmingham Weekender
27th & 28th August
The Trolls Kitchen in Stoke at The Big Feast
20th August
The Vegetable Nannies & The Junior Vegetable Nanny ‘make & take’ Workshop, at Porto’s Peculiar Playground in Ellesmere Port.
31st July
The Trolls Kitchen in Aldershot
4th June
The Vegetable Nannies in Mansfield
2020
Saturday 12th September
The Vegetable Nannies at All in the Mind Festiva, Eastrop Park, Basingstoke.
Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd February
The Vegetable Nannies at Wakefield Food & Drink & Rhubarb Festival
2019
Saturday 28th September
The Allotment at Batley Festival
Sunday 15th September
The Allotment at Market Harborough, Leicestershire for Arts Fresco
Saturday 7th & 8th September
The Allotment & The Vegetable Nannies at The Rotherham Show
Saturday 31st August & Sunday 1st September
BOING at HULL FREEDOM FESTIVAL
Saturday 3rd August
BOING at Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF)
Wednesday 31st July
The Allotment at Duckinfield Community Event in partnership with The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 30th July
The Vegetable Nannies at Duckinfield Community Event in partnership with The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 27th July
The Vegetable Nannies at Corby Grow Festival
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st July
The Vegetable Nannies at The National Park City Festival at the National Theatre River Stage, London.
Saturday 13th July
The Vegetable Nannies at Western Super Mare
Saturday 13th July
SMOKE at The The Mouth of the Tyne Festival
Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th July
The Allotment & The Vegetable Nannies at The Mouth of the Tyne Festival
Sunday 7th July
The Trolls Kitchen at Picnic in the Park , Platt Fields, Manchester
Sunday 7th July
SMOKE at The Pontefract Liquorice Festival
Sunday 7th July
The Vegetable Nannies at WE Wonder Festival at Wentworth Woodhouse in Rotherham
Saturday 6th July
The Vegetable Nannies at Cippenham Festival, Slough
Saturday 6th July
The Vegetable Nannies at Shipley
Saturday 6th July
The Allotment Nannies & Mr Bloom Live at Manchester International Festival (MIF)
Saturday 15th June
The Allotment at Holmfirth Arts Festival
Saturday 8th June
The Vegetable Nannies at Ken Aston Square, Ilford, London
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th May
BOING debuts at Norwich & Norfolk Festival.
Thursday 2nd May
The Vegetable Nannies at Doncaster’s Tour de Yorkshire Event
Monday 4th & Tuesday 5th March
Outdoor Theatre Workshops for the Royal Exchange Theatre’s Young Company.
Monday 18th February - Friday 22nd February
The Allotment is doing a mini tour of Community Venues in Hull for Back to Ours, Creative People & Places.
St Michaels’s & All Angels Church, Hull, HU6 9BX (Monday 18th); North Bransholme Community Centre, Hull, HU7 5DD (Tuesday 19th); Sirius Academy West, Hull, HU4 7JB (Wednesday 20th); Hymers College, Hull, HU3 1LN (Thursday 21st); St Aiden’s Church, Hull, HU9 3HF (Friday 22nd).
2018
Saturday 10th November
The Vegetable Nannies, The Lord Mayor’s Show, London
Saturday 6th October
The Vegetable Nannies, Festival in Northwich, Cheshire
Saturday 22nd September
The Allotment at Festival Houghton Regis Hulabaloo
Saturday 1st September
The Allotment & The Vegetable Nannies at The Festival of Manchester
Sun 26th August
The Vegetable Nannies at Smithfield 150 Celebration for Smithfield Market & the Museum of London
Sat 25th August
The Allotment at Fun & Food Festival at Lower Precinct Shopping Centre, Coventry
Friday 24th & Sat 25th August
The Vegetable Nannies at City Street, Leicester
Saturday 11th August
The Allotment and The Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop, Citadel Arts Centre, St Helen's
Saturday 7th July
The Vegetable Nannies at Darnhill, Rochdale
Saturday 30th June
The Allotment & The Vegetable Nannies at Open Kitchen, London Bridge.
Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th June
The Allotment & The Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop at Hetton Carnival, Sunderland.
Friday 22nd June
The Allotment at The Great Exhibition of the North, Newcastle
Sat 16th June
The Allotment at Somerfest, Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Monday May 7th
The Vegetable Nannies at Splat! in Rochester.
Sunday 22nd April
The Vegetable Nannies at Party in Peel Park, Salford.
For Friends of Peel Park
Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th March
The Allotment at St John's Church, Rosemead Street Hull & North Point Shopping Centre, Bransholme, Hull.
For Back to Ours, Creative People & Places.
2017
Saturday 30th September and 1st October
Trolls Kitchen at Celebration of The Piece Hall, Halifax
Thursday 14th September
The Vegetable Nannies at The Lancashire Taster Tour, Blackpool
Saturday 9th September
The Allotment at 'Green on the Green', Harry Hall Fields, Heath Avenue, Salford.
Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September
The Vegetable Nannies at Alnwick Gardens, Northumberland
Tuesday 29th August
The Vegetable Nannies at The Lancashire Taster Tour, Burnley
Saturday 26th August
The Allotment at Ilford town, London
Friday 25th August
The Vegetable Nannies at The Lancashire Taster Tour, Preston
Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th August
The Vegetable Nannies at Piece Hall, Halifax
Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th July
The Allotment at Dagfest, Dagenham
Saturday 8th July
The Allotment & The Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop at The Mayor’s Newham Show, Central Park, High Street South, East Ham.
Saturday 1st July
The Vegetable Nannies at St Leonards Festival, Hastings
Saturday 1st July
The Allotment at Beechwood Big Picnic, Halifax
Friday 30th June
The Vegetable Nannies at 'Imagine Watford', Watford
Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June
The Vegetable Nannies at 'Imagine Luton', Luton
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June
The Allotment at 'Feast 2017', Aylesbury
Saturday 17th June
The Vegetable Nannies at The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Monday 1st May
The Allotment at 'Splat!' in Rochester town centre
Saturday 29th April
The Allotment at the 'UK City of Culture bid submission event' in Hanley town centre in Stoke on Trent.
Monday 17th April
The Vegetable Nannies at the annual Egg Rolling in Avenham & Miller Parks, Preston
2016
Saturday 24th September
Smoke at Derby Feste
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th September
Smoke at Out There Festival in Great Yarmouth
Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th September
The Allotment & The Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop at Hull Freedom Fest.
The Vegetable Nannies in Peterborough
Sunday 4th September
Smoke at DNWeekenD in Doncaster
Sunday 28th & Monday 29th August
Smoke at Devizes
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th August
The Allotment at The Big Feast in Stoke on Trent
Friday 26th August
The Allotment in Barking
Saturday 20th & 21st August
The Microscopic Animal Enthusiasts at 'Myths & Mini Beasts' Event at Nene Park in Peterborough.
Thursday August 18th
The Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop in Peterborough
Sunday 31st July
The Vegetable Nannies in Basingstoke
Saturday 30th July
The Allotment & The Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop in Stoke on Trent
Saturday 16th July
The Allotment at The Place Theatre in London
Sunday 10th July
Smoke at Bradford Festival
Saturday 2nd July
Smoke in Scarborough as part of The Yorkshire Festival, in association with Without Walls
Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd July
The Vegetable Nannies at SO Festival in Skegness
Friday 1st July
Smoke in Leeds City Centre
Thursday 30th June & Friday 1st July
The Trolls Kitchen & The Trainee Troll Chef Workshop at Greenwich International Festival in London.
Monday 27th June
The Allotment & Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop at Greenwich International Festival in London.
Saturday 25th June
The Allotment & Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop at ‘Countryside Comes To Town’ in Blackburn.
Sunday 19th June
The Allotment at the Open Gardens Event in Canary Wharf, London
Saturday 18th June
Smoke at Barnaby Festival in Macclesfield
The Vegetable Nannies at Dagfest in Dagenham
Friday 17th June
The Vegetable Nannies at Basingstoke Festival
Sat 4th June
Smoke at 'Paint the Town Red' in Workington in Cumbria
Friday 3rd June
The Allotment & Veg Nanny Workshop at The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester
Friday 30th April, Sunday 1st May & Mondy 2nd May
The Vegetable Nannies at Festival of Fools in Belfast
Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th April
The Allotment & The Veg Nanny Workshop at Bishop Auckland Food Festival
Saturday 26th March
The Allotment & The Junior Vegetable Nanny Workshop at Heptonstall Family Day
2015
Saturday 24th October
The Vegetable Nannies at Take Off Festival in Durham
Saturday 10th October
The Allotment at Tunbridge Wells Puppetry Festival
Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th September
The Allotment and The Vegetable Nanny Workshop at The Festival of Thrift, as part of The Alternative Village Fete
The Vegetable Nannies at the Birmingham Weekender
Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September
he Vegetable Nannies at Out There Festival in Great Yarmouth
Sunday 30th and Monday 31st August
The Trolls Kitchen at Devizes Festival
Saturday 29th August
The Allotment and 'Rockabilly' themed Fancy Dress Parlour at Worthing Beach House Festival
Saturday 15th August
The Vegetable Nannies and The Vegetable Nanny Workshop at Eat the Park in Kidderminster
Saturday 1st August
Smoke at SIRF Stockton
Friday 31st July
Smoke at SIRF Stockton
Sunday 19th July
The Vegetable Nannies in Fleetwood
Sunday 5th July
The Vegetable Nannies at Hebden Bridge Arts Festival
Saturday 4th July
The Fancy Dress Parlour at Swinton Grove Park Funday
Saturday 4th July
The Vegetable Nannies in Halifax Town Centre
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th July
Smoke at Hat Fair in Winchester
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June
The Trolls Kitchen as part of ‘Feast’ at Waddesdon Manor in Aylesbury
Saturday 20th June
Creative Event Production and 'Insect Themed' Fancy Dress Parlour at ‘Countryside Comes To Town’ in Blackburn Town Centre
Sunday 14th June
The Vegetable Nannies at Bradford Festival
Saturday 23rd May
The Vegetable Nannies at Oldham Festival
Saturday 23rd May
Outreach Project Performance at Oldham Theatre Workshop
Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May
Smoke at Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Various dates in April and May
Outreach Project at Oldham Theatre Workshop
Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th April
The Vegetable Nannies at Bishop Auckland Food Festival
Sunday 14th – Tuesday 19th February
The Vegetable Nannies at Showzam in Blackpool