Dunoon's First Rhubarb Festival
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- Jun 4
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Updated: 3 days ago
Join Dunoon’s first ever Rhubarb Festival on Saturday 26 July, hosted by Dunoon Goes POP in our Drinks Garden on Hillfoot Street.
Newbies and aficionados, our rhubarb festival is for anyone who loves growing, cooking with or tasting rhubarb!
What to expect
Our free festival will include:
Rhubarb produce competitions. There will be best in show prizes awarded for the biggest stalk of rhubarb and the best chutney, jam, puddings and drinks.
Rhubarb games, including Splat the Slug!
Dunoon Goes POP rhubarb soft drinks sales
Special rhubarb films and activities
Cooking with rhubarb demonstration with Coorie Cooks
Making rhubarb drinks workshop with Dunoon Goes POP
How to grow healthy rhubarb
Where and when
Sat, 26 July, 11am to 5pm
In the Dunoon Goes POP Drinks Garden
Behind the POP shop
28 Hillfoot Street,
Dunoon, PA23 7DS.
Why a rhubarb festival?
Rhubarb is the key ingredient in our signature Dunoon Goes POP Rhubob pop syrup, inspired by local legend Robert ‘Bob’ Bryden, architect of Dunoon Burgh Hall.
Not only does rhubarb make delicious soft drinks, but you can also make scrumptious puddings and tasty preserves. It’s incredibly versatile to cook with and easy to grow.
"When talking to people around Dunoon about rhubarb through our Dunoon Goes POP projects, we learned that we are not alone – you, the people of Dunoon and Cowal, also grow, cook with and have a love of the red-stalked garden favourite!" says Hannah Clinch, co-founder of Dunoon Goes POP.
"This led us to start a Rhubarb Revolution for Dunoon. To make our town known for growing rhubarb, we need to bring together the growers, makers and eaters to celebrate the tasty crop, and a Rhubarb Festival felt like the best way to do that."
Get involved, join the rhubarb fun and let’s make Dunoon known for its rhubarb!
Why support Dunoon Goes POP?
Our social enterprise benefits the local community by
engaging people with Dunoon’s soft drinks heritage,
supporting local rhubarb growing,
boosting local biodiversity through our garden and gardening projects,
sharing skills and experiences around drinks making,
sharing stories about where our ingredients come from,
raising the profile of Dunoon, its heritage and its culture today.
By attending our events, buying our products, sharing our story and getting involved in growing rhubarb, you are helping us in our community-focused mission.
