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As part of Festival of Nature, set sail on an adventure to our Floating Ballast Seed Garden.

Join Cassandra Wye, our international storyteller, on an adventure to the Floating Ballast Seed Garden and discover the secret stories that are hidden there… who will dare to join her! Fun for all the family.

Working with Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves, designer Gitta Gschwendtner and the University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Arnolfini has utilised a disused grain barge to create a Ballast Seed Garden on Bristol’s Floating Harbour.

Part of BIG Green Week 2013 opening on 15 & 16 June with the Festival of Nature, celebrating its 10th anniversary as Europe’s biggest natural history festival.

Learn more about the project here. Share your photos with us or tell us what you think @arnolfiniarts #ballastseed.

Please note: boat tours leaving from Amphitheatre Ferry stop, Harbourside.

Booking in advance advised.

Please collect tickets from the Festival of Nature: Seeds of Change tent, Amphitheatre Square, on the day of the tour.