March Customs: Braggot Sunday - Time for Honey Beer

Everyone in England knows this Sunday is our Mother's Day - a different date from that celebrated in the US. You might not know it's also Braggot Sunday, a traditional time to partake in one of the oldest alcoholic beverages: braggot. I learnt this snippet of folklore from Steve Roud's book The English Year, a month-by-month guide to customs and festivals.

Braggot is fermented honey and ale, which is apparently similar to mead or metheglin, but with a more beery taste. I'd love to give it a try. A bit of web searching showed that Colchester Brewery still produces it, sold as a type of honey beer. I've posted a picture of the label, which I found on the brewery website. You can find the link here. A bit of research also revealed that braggot is still often drunk in Wales.

Steve Roud mentioned that Braggot Sunday always falls on the same day as Mothering Sunday, in mid Lent. The drink is mentioned in Chaucer's The Miller's Tale: "Her mouth was swete as bragot or the meeth."

So, if you aren't visiting your mum this weekend, or you need a drink after you've got home, you could treat yourself to a glass of braggot if you can get hold of it. I think any honey beer, or mead, would do at a pinch.

You can find out more about seasonal customs and crafts in my book Rounding the Wheel of the Year.

Other previous related posts
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/01/january-folklore-distaff-day-when-women.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/02/customs-galentines-day-and-tarot.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/02/folklore-shrove-tuesday-pancake-day.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/01/pagan-eye-horse-brasses-in-south-london.html

Upcycling Crafts: Paper Flowers from Packing Paper

I made paper flowers from upcycled brown packing paper. It's a crafting idea you could make to give as a Mother's Day present, or for a loved one, or to put on your altar. 

A crafting reel I saw on Facebook prompted me to have a go at this. Here's the link, but I adapted the method shown a bit. You need:

• Brown paper
• Scissors
• Paint (optional but especially useful for leaves)
• A small paint brush
• Glue (I used quck-drying tacky glue)
• Thin sticks (I used stripped honeysuckle from my garden, but you could use bought sticks or wire)

Some of my flowers are unpainted, some are pink. If you want colourful flowers then first paint your brown paper and leave it to dry. 

Cut a wiggly spiral out of the paper. Loosely roll that around a stick or wire, gluing the bottom of the paper spiral in place as you go. I should warn you that the paper gets soggy with the glue, so you have to be both quick and careful. If you keep the spiral tight you will get bud-like flowers, but if you ease the top of the spiral strips out and pinch the bottom in, you will get fuller blooms.

Leave the flowers to dry then cut out leaf shapes from green-painted paper if you want them. Stick them onto the flowers.

Previous crafting posts
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/04/craft-slow-stitch-scraps-and-scents-egg.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/02/craft-recycled-wax-candle-for-magical.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/01/magical-craft-my-2026-wheel-of-year.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/09/craft-autumnal-wheel-of-origami-leaves.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/10/craft-box-of-charms-amulets-for.html

Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. I mainly include in-person things in or near London, because that's where I'm based, as well as online talks and workshops you can do anywhere, and some bigger events further afield.  

Now to 20 April; Welcome To Fairy Land - Luciana Nedelea Art Exhibition. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: Museum opening hours, free entry https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/events-exhibitions/

Now to 2 May  (but closed for Easter from 1-8 April); Conspiracies exhibition. Venue: Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. 11am to 6pm. Free entry. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/conspiracies

Now to end of May; Dark Secrets: The Esoteric Exhibition. Venue: The Vaults, Leake Street, SE1 7NN. Open Wednesdays to Sundays. Tickets from £21. https://darksecretsexhibition.com/london/

Now – 19 April; Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection Exhibition. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Free https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/thirst-in-search-of-freshwater

Now - Saturday 14 March; Stuart Inman art exhibition: The Return - To Bloomsbury/To Painting. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 11.30am - 6pm daily except Sundays.  Free entry https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Now - 27 March; Sean Jefferson 'Fairy Phenomena' art exhibition. Venue: David Messum Fine Art. St. James's, London. Free entry. https://www.messums.com/exhibitions/view/972

Now to 16 May; Broken, Burnt, Buried. Exhibition of Egyptians objects deliberately broken as part of ritual and religious practices. Venue: Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT. Free. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/

Every Tuesday to Sunday; College of Psychic Studies -  pop in to have a look around the lovely building.  Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-4pm. Free entry. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Most lunchtimes and some other times: Meditation - in-person or online. In-person venue: Inner Space, 36 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, London · WC2H 9AB. Time: 1pm (for lunchtime meditation). Free. https://www.meetup.com/inner-space-covent-garden/events/

Every lunchtime: Rainbow Spirit offers a shared vegetarian lunch from a flat in Soho, London, for all people LGBT+Allies. The foundation is British witchcraft. Each meal is followed by Ancestor Circle, passing the talking stick. Alcohol-free event. To attend join the Whatsapp chat group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LhDxaCzGsmE2YI6AReyw3W

or email: rainbowawakening1@gmail.com

Various dates; London Witches and Chilling History Bankside Walking Tour. Meet at Southwark View Point, Minerva Square, London, SE1 9DF. Times various. Tickets around £15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/enthral-experiences-58960674733

Wednesday 11 March (and other dates); Tea with a Medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm  Cost £60 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 11 March  (and other dates and times); Viktor Wynd Museum Guided Tour and a Devil's Botany Absinthe. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets from £12. Price includes a Cocktail with Devil’s Botany. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Wednesday 11 March (most Wednesdays); Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick,  London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £23.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Wednesday 11 March (every Wednesday); Feeling Sound. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £18.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 11 March; The 7 Hermetic Principles. Start of 8-session course run by Pixie P Carney, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £255. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 11 March; The Grammar of Tarot. Start of 3-session course run by Laetitia Barbier, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 11 March  (2nd Wed each month);  Power of Deity. Training group workshop by the Wytchery. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS, UK. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/the-wytchery/

Wednesday 11 March; The History of Witchcraft and Women: Magic, rituals and the patriarchy. Online talk via By Seed Talks. Online event. Time 7pm . Tickets from £11.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/seed-talks-36463428713

Wednesday 11 March; Faerie Lore and Creative Writing Workshop with Bernadette Russell  via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 11 March; Calm Within: Spring Special. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £55. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Wednesday 11 March  (2nd Wed each month);  Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, EN2 6PZ.  Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

From Thursday 12 March; Vikings: The Immersive Experience. Venue: Dock X, Unit 1 Canada Water, Surrey Quays Rd, London SE16 2XU.  Opening hours: daily from 9am. Adult tickets from £23 and children from £16. https://vikings-immersive.co.uk/london/?

Thursday 12 - 22 March; The History of Witchcraft. 7-module on demand online course. By Seed Talks. Online event. Time on demand. Tickets £59.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/seed-talks-36463428713

Thursday 12 March (most Thursdays); Shamanic Dance with Luisa Passalacqua. Venue near Wandsworth Town Station, London. Time: 11am. Tickets donations (or free) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/luisa-passalacqua-16972493584?

Thursday 12 March; The Green Man: Myth, Memory, and the Roots of Renewal. Online talk via Rest Less Events. Time: 11.30am. Tickets £3.99 per class. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/

Thursday 12 March (every Thursday); Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Thursday 12 March; The Korean Art of Living Well. Talk by author Dr Jenelle Kim via Watkins Bookshop. Online event. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 12 March; Magick Without Tears Moot. Event by Marco Visconti Fitzroy Tavern, 16 Charlotte St., London W1T 2LY. Time 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mwtpubmoot

Thursday 12 March;  Talk and Soirée on Althea Gyles, Decadent Occult Artist, with Dr Sally North Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 12 March;  How Spells Work. Talk by Cunning Folk at South East London Folklore Society. Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 8pm, Free but £5/£8 donations welcome.  Email cunningfolkmusic@gmail.com to book a space or visit  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Friday 13 March (usually every Friday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 13 March;  Friday 13th - Witches in the Woods - special Gathering with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at the entrance to Queen's Woods, Queen's wood Road, London N6 5UU, to be led into woods to the ritual spot. Bring a torch and wear suitable clothing and footwear. Time: 7pm. Tickets: free. More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or visit  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Friday 13 March; "Touched by the Presence". Author talk with Gary Lachman. Venue: Mayfair Library, 25 South Audley Street, London W1K 2PB. Time:  7.30 pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/30532755584?

Friday 13 March (and other dates); Hex and the City Walking Tour with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Cowcross St, Farrringdon, London EC1M 6BY. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £25.  https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/

Saturday `14 March; Three Talks at the Folklore Mini Summit by Seed Talks. Hybrid event. In-person venue: Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY. Starts 9.30am. Tickets  £20 - £66. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-in-london-1252979

Saturday 14 March; Explore the Subtle Energies of Colour with Hanelle Levine. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 14 March; Tarot Diploma: Develop as a Professional Tarot Reader. Start of 6-session course run by Avril Price, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £1,450. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 14 March; Past Lives and  Astrology: The Moon Nodes. Start of 3-session course run by Carmen Turner-Schott, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 15 March; Goddess Sekhmet Healing Ceremony with Pixie P Carney. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 15 March (and other dates and times); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 11am. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday  15 March;  Attending to Mother Earth. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 11am. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 15 March;  Meet the Plant Spirits and Flower Devas with Nicholas Pearson, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 15 March;  Isis Blessing of the Fleet Ritual with Mani of London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Venue: Beddington park, Wallington. Time: 2pm.  More info: https://mani.org.uk/ Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Sunday 15 March; Dawn of the Oak Pagan moot. Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 3pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/ or  https://allevents.in/london/dawn-of-the-oak-london-pagan-and-heathen-meeting-15th-february-2026-tickets/80001854227648

Sunday 15 March; Shamanic Medicine Objects for Healing with Linda Star Wolf, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 15 March; Scapulimancy and Second Sight in Scottish Gaelic. Talk by Andrew Wiseman on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 16 March; Divination show and tell. Venue: Rons Coffee House, Holdrons Arcade 135a, Rye Lane London SE15 4ST. Time: 6pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/bibis-circle-56277271483

Monday 16 March; Undertakers and Death: A Merry Dance? Talk with with Dr Dan O’Brien . Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  from £16.14. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Monday 16 March; A Gentle Introduction to Jyotish. Talk by Adam Smith, plus chart discussions. Hybrid talks via the Astrological Lodge of London. In-person venue: Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Starts 6.30pm. Tickets £9/£6. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 16 March; Undertakers and Death: A Merry Dance? Talk with Dr Dan O’Brien. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  from £16.14. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Monday 16 March; Theosophy. Online discussion group via Rudolf Steiner House. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Monday 16 March;A Global History of Dream-Ghosts. Talk by Lena Heide Brennand on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Tuesday 17 March; Scrying Skills. Start of 2-part Workshop with Julian Vayne via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Monday 16 March (tbc but usually every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/druidry

Tuesday 17 March (and other dates); Candlelit Gong Bath by Claire The Soul Nurturer. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £20.21. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Wednesday 18 March; Astrological  Sound Bath with Nicole Bettencourt Coelho. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £30 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Wednesday 18 March; 7 Essential Trees for Magic. Class with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 18 March (tbc but usually 3rd Wednesday each month); The More Mead Moot. Venue: The Hope pub, Carshalton, Surrey. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/

Wednesday 18 March (every full and new moon); Moon Space online event via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 18 March; Discover Your Flower Spirit Guide. Start of 2-session course run by Rachel S Roberts, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 18 March; Renew Your Energy at Spring Equinox., Workshop with Alla Svirinskaya. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 7pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 18 March; Tarot Magic. Start of 2-session course run by Julian Vayne, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 18 March; UFOs, Telepathic Cats and a fake Tibetan Guru Talk by Zoom with Ray Russell on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 7.30pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 19 March;  Author talk 'Blake in Mayfair,' by Steve Micallef. Venue: Mayfair Library, 25 South Audley Street, London W1K 2PB. Time: 6pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-talk-blake-in-mayfair-by-steve-micallef-at-mayfair-library-tickets-1984566423596?

Thursday 19 March; Quantum Intuition & the Akashic Field. Start of 2-session course run by Kim Chestneye, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 19 March; Poetry Evening. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Thursday 19 March;  New Moon Serenity Sound Bath. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Thursday 19 March;  Witch Choir with Nicole Bettencourt Coelho Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 19 March;  Jung's Red Book Class with Stuart Lee and Rebecca Neale via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Thursday 19 March; PF London Spring Equinox Open Ritual via Pagan Federation London. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7.15pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members (cash only). https://www.facebook.com/PaganFederationLondon

Thursday 19 March; Sister Sharing Circle by Claire The Soul Nurturer. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £14.79. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Friday 20 March (usually every Friday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 20 March  (usually 1st and 3rd Friday each month); Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?

Friday 20 March; Members Night: Celebrating 100 Years. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 6pm. Tickets free, but members only. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 20 March;  Heartspaces - Ostara Pagan Ceremony. Venue: Essex Hall, Essex Street, London. Time: 6.30pm. Free. WC2R 3HY. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/121061473538?

Friday 20 March; Ostara Pagan Ceremony Online via Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Friday 20 March; Way of the Witch monthly online circle with Samantha K. and Jacqui C. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/sammi-k-shamanic-practitioner-psychic-medium/events/

Saturday 21 March;  Great Goddess Gathering - Celebrating Spring Equinox, Full Day Retreat. Venue: Laughing Waters, Las Palmas, Shepperton TW17 9HU. Time: 10am. Tickets  £119.66 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/120672748377?

Saturday 21 March – 16 May; Witch/Craft. Art and Photography exhibition by Anne Jackson’s and Sara Hannant. Venue: St Barbe Museum, New Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9BH. Open Monday – Saturday 10am-4pm. Adult tickets £6. https://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/witch-craft/?

Saturday 21 March; Wild Witchcraft Conference 2026. Venue: Merchistoun Hall, 106 Portsmouth Road, Horndean, PO8 9LJ  Time: 10.30am – 5pm. Tickets £25. https://witchfest.net/events/sponsored/wild-witchcraft-conference/

Saturday 21 March; Reading Tea Leaves and Coffee Grounds. Workshop with Kylie Holmes. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 11am. Tickets £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 21 March; Dowsing for Energetic Health. Workshop with Vicky Sweetlove. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 11am. Tickets £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 21 March; Hearing Spirit: Clairaudience. Workshop with Hernan Cotroneo, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 11am. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

​Saturday 21 March; Spring Equinox at Coldrum Stones with Kent Gorsed. Venue: Coldrum Long Barrow, West Maling, Kent. Time: noon. Free. https://www.facebook.com/kentgorsedd/

​Saturday 21 March;  Sisters Gathering to Celebrate the Spring Equinox.  Event organised by Aho. Venue: Berkeley farm, a few miles outside London. Time noon-6pm Tickets: free. https://www.aho.community/

​Saturday 21 March; Sacred Sweat Lodge for Spring Equinox. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain Kent. Run by Lynn Gosney. Time: noon Tickets £30, email lynn.gosney@hotmail.com for info and to book. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain/

Saturday 21 March (date and details tbc); Spring Equinox Free and open Gorsed of Caer Abiri ritual at Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire. Meet at the Red Lion pub from noon for druidic ceremony at 1.30pm. Offering of bread, mead, or Bardic performance always welcomed. Free event, just turn up. https://www.facebook.com/groups/49080749624/

Saturday 21 March; Protection Magic Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: noon - 2pm . Tickets £20. https://www.wiccamooninherservice.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Saturday 21 March; Spring Equinox / Ostara celebration with Gail Hart. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon, EN11 8NS. Time 1pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-equinox-ostara-celebration-with-gail-hart-tickets-1980826731075?

Saturday 21 March; Spring Equinox Picnic with South East London Pagans. Venue: Greenwich Park, South London. Time: 1pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Saturday 21 March; Spring Equinox Ritual Gathering with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at the entrance to Queen's Woods, Queen's wood Road, London N6 5UU, to be led to the ritual spot. Bring a torch and wear suitable clothing and footwear. Time: 2pm. Tickets: up to £8.30 . More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Saturday 21 March;  HART Shoreditch – Spring Equinox Ceremony, via Curio Collection. Venue: Hilton, 61 - 67 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3HU. Time: 4 pm. Tickets £40. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/121074557489?

Saturday 21 March; Learn to Draw Spirit Portraits. Start of 2-session class with June-Elleni Laine, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 4.30pm. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 21 March; Soul Sanctuary: Spring Equinox. Venue: Belvoir Road, London SE22 0QY. Time: 5pm. Tickets From £16.96. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/83306631773?

Saturday 21 March; Spring Equinox Shamanic Ceremony with Beáta Alföldi, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 21 March; Spring Vernal Equinox Yin Yoga, Ceremonial Tea and Sound Ceremony 

By Little Pause Retreats. Venue: Light Centre Monument, London. Time: 7:30 pm. Tickets: £38.62. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/79056316383?

Saturday 21 March; Invasion of the Saucer Men. Online talk via the Folklore Library and Archive. Time: 8pm. Tickets:  £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-library-archive-68703440013?

Sunday 22 March; Meet the Spirit of the Rose with Anji Main. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Times 11am. Tickets £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 22 March; Shamanic Group with Les Fuller. All welcome Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 11am-3pm. Tickets: £10. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Sunday 22 March; The Darker Aspects of a Tarot Reading. Workshop with Avril Price, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 11am. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 22 March; Mythic London Walking Tour with with Caroline Wise, organised through  Treadwells. Meet outside St Mary le Strand Church, Strand, London, WC2R (nearest tube: Temple). Time: 11.50am. Tickets: £35. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Sunday 22 March; CrossBones Day of Dance 2026. Venue: Crossbones Graveyard, Union St, London SE1 1TA. Time: 1-5pm. Free but donations to charity BOST are welcome. 

https://crossbones.org.uk/

Sunday 22 March (on the closest Sunday to the festival); Druidic Ritual to celebrate Imbolc on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, at 12.30pm to prepare the site for the ritual at 1pm. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. https://www.facebook.com/LooseAssociationOfDruidsOfPrimroseHill

Sunday 22 March (tbc but usually on the closest Sunday to the festival); Anderida Gorsedd Imbolc open ritual. Venue: Long Man of Wilmington, Wilmington, near Eastbourne, East Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm, walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards, the Giants Rest pub. https://www.facebook.com/groups/227609495203/

Sunday 22 March; Storytelling Sunday: Spooky by London Dreamtime. Venue: Love Shack 299 Cambridge Heath Road #Arch 298 London E2 9HA. Time: 2pm. Tickets  £6.66 https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 22 March;  Temple of the Silver Star will be hosting a Vernal Equinox Ritual of Tiphareth. Venue in Central London. Time: 2.30pm. For tickets and details email  anahata@ottss.org or visit www.totss.org

Sunday 22 March; Wheel of the Year: Spring Equinox/Ostara Pagan Ceremony. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 22 March;  Spring Equinox women’s circle. Venue: move studio London, Dane Place, London E3 5EJ. Time: 7pm. Tickets £31.05. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-equinox-womens-circle-tickets-1981478040158?

Sunday 22 March; The History of Witchcraft and Women with Prof Diane Purkiss. Zoom event via By Seed Talks. Time 9pm. Tickets $19 - $35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/seed-talks-36463428713

For activities after these dates please visit my events page. 

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of these events except my own talks and workshops. Contact organisers directly if you have questions or to check ticket availability. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you're running an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com Also please note I earn commission for some links.

Green London: Flowers on the Street Where I Live

I've been blogging regularly about London's green spaces in an effort to dispel a prevalent myth in the pagan community that it's just all concrete. Even in the City, which is of course heavily built up, there are still places where nature thrives, while Greater London has huge areas of woods, commons, parks and beautiful gardens.

Today I'm sharing a collage of photos I took of flowers and blossom on the streets within 5-minutes walk of my home in south-east London. Many were growing wild on verges, some outside buildings, but it shows that you don't need to go to the countryside to see nature thrive. I also saw bees and other insects buzzing around and landing on the blooms.

You don't need to know the names of plants in order to enjoy their beauty, but I'll indentify what I think are in the pictures:

• Forsythia
• Magnolia
• Speedwell
• Viburnum
• Comfrey
• Dandelion
• Red dead nettle

The photos on this post were all taken by me. Please do not use them without my permission.

Previous Green London Posts
badwitch.co.uk/2026/02/green-london-urban-park-and-ancient.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/03/green-london-londons-first-botanical.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/03/green-london-japanese-gardens-in.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/09/green-london-riverview-walk-river-pool.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/10/green-london-ancient-woodlands-around.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/04/green-london-rookery-streatham-common.html

Pagan Eye: Me at Beckenham Library Book Fayre

Here's a photo of me with my stall all set up ready for Beckenham Library Book Fayre, which was on Saturday 7 March. It was the first time my local library had hosted this event, but it went really well with lots if people turning up to chat to the 17 local authors represented. There were also two panels of talks. I  was on one giving some tips for writing your first book. 

More About my Books

I'm Lucya Starza and as well as writing A Bad Witch's Blog I'm the author of books in the Pagan Portals series on Candle Magic, Guided Visualisations, Poppets and Magical Dolls, Scrying, and Rounding the Wheel of the Year. My Gothic novel Erosion is also published by Moon Books.

You can still borrow my books from Beckenham Library, 22, Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4 PE. If you want to buy copies, you can do so at Treadwell's Bookshop, via Amazon, at the College of Psychic Studies in London and at other bookshops. You can find more about me at my author page at publisher Moon Books, and on my Amazon author page. (Please note I earn commission from advertisers for some links.)

Pagan Eye Posts
On each of my Pagan Eye posts, I show a photo that I find interesting, with a few words about it. If you want to send me a photo for a Pagan Eye post, please email it to badwitch1234@gmail.com Let me know what the photo shows and whether you want your name mentioned or not. For copyright reasons, the photo must be one you have taken yourself and you must confirm that you are submitting it for A Bad Witch's Blog.

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https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/01/pagan-eye-my-books-for-national-shelfie.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/04/pagan-eye-new-occult-books-at-my-local.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2024/12/pagan-eye-me-yule-tree-mummy-at.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2024/05/pagan-eye-books-in-good-company-at.html