5th September - Cardigan Castle / Castell Aberteifi, SA43 1JA

Kate will be opening Craft Festival at 10am on Friday September 5th. Then at 3.30pm Kate will be in conversation with Sarah James MBE, Craft Festival director and host of The Capital of Craft podcast. Kate will be signing copies of her book after the talk.

Craft Festival is a Non-Profit making organisation that started in Bovey Tracey in 2004. Since then, Craft Festival has become a collection of highly selective, multi award winning craft fairs in Bovey Tracey, Cheltenham and Cardigan Castle. Their aim is to present the finest makers with events and activities, creating communities that highlight the joy of making. Craft Festival Wales takes place from the 5th - 7th September 2025 at Cardigan Castle, Wales.

20th September - 12:30 pm - Main Tent at Skern, Skern Lodge, Appledore Devon EX39 1NG

Kate returns to Appledore to celebrate the farm-to-table journey and the people who make it possible in her latest love letter to home cooking, Home Made. Along with over 60 sustainable recipes from her own kitchen table, Kate offers inspiring stories from individuals who play a role in bringing food to the table. From fishermen and cheesemakers, farmers and chocolatiers, distillers and salters, to the people who make the tools we need to cook and serve in a sustainable way such as basket-weavers and potters. Home Made is perfect for anyone who cherishes good, sustainable food and wants to connect with what they are eating, celebrate local producers, and create delicious meals in the comfort of their own kitchen.

21st September - 10:30 am - The Library, Abergavenny Food Festival

Caroline Eden is the travel writer’s travel writer. It is partly her beautiful and evocative style that leads Fuchsia Dunlop to describe her as ‘one of the most brilliant travel writers of her generation.’ But it is also her penchant for visiting the less fashionable places; the Baltics, the steppe lands of Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Caucasus. She reaches the parts other food-writers don’t reach. Green Mountains is a collection of recipes gleaned from recent travels on foot in the hills and valleys of Georgia and Armenia. Caroline talks to inveterate traveller Kate Humble, presenter of C5’s Escape to the Farm

21st September - 2:00 pm - The Octopus Books Dome at the Castle, Abergavenny Food Festival

In the spirit of her recent book Home Made, Kate introduces some of the inspiring craftspeople who grow and make the food we eat. Theirs are stories of entrepreneurship, passion and dedication. If you’ve ever thought of joining the artisan food world, come and listen to those who have done it. Kate’s guests include Jess Lea-Wilson from the famous Halen Môn sea-salt family; veg grower Ben Ward from Moor Park, Llanbedr; and brothers-in-law Jake Townley and Ed Dickinson, founders of Wild by Nature, regenerative food and farming in the Black Mountains.

27th September - Community Hall, Talybont-on-Usk, Brecon, Powys LD3 7YQ

Kate is an ambassador for the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team and will be taking up the challenge of Beat the Beacons on 27th September to raise funds for this incredible volunteer emergency rescue service. You can join her in raising funds by taking part. The challenge event takes place in the beautiful area of the Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog) and there are three routes to choose from:
> The 22 mile Endurance route visits the highest points in the Brecon Beacons
> The 15 mile Adventure route follows a similar path to the 22 mile route, but avoids the highest points.
> The 10 mile Taster route is a walk on lower elevation footpaths, designed for lesser experienced walkers, families, and children.

Every penny raised from Beat the Beacons goes directly toward funding Brecon Mountain Rescue Team. By taking part, you’re not only challenging yourself but also making a huge difference in keeping their life-saving service running. Operating this 24/7, 365-day emergency rescue service costs approximately £65,000 per year. They are a 100% volunteer-led organisation and receive no external funding. So, your support is vital.

Deadline for entry is 23rd September.

30th November - Podcast - Available on Spotify, Apple and other podcast apps.

Kate talks to Vick Hope, award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, about the joy of living in the moment, the glory of nature and the importance of shunning the algorithms. And reveals her five favourite books by female authors.

Every week on Bookshelfie Vick is joined by inspirational guests to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women’s Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and they continue to champion the very best books written by women.

30th December - Podcast - Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Kate constructs her fantasy garden in the award winning Talking Gardens podcast by Gardens Illustrated.

From an origami version of Yellowstone National Park to Dicken from The Secret Garden and Popham’s Arboretum in Sri Lanka, Kate talks about the landscapes, people and gardens that have influenced her. And why she loves baobab trees but will never allow a gazebo in her garden.

31st December - Podcast - Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Kate joins The Knowledge Editor-in-chief, Jon Connell on the Book Talk Podcast to talk about her latest work 'Where the Hearth is: Stories of Home' and the book that inspired her during the writing process.

Available to listen on The Knowledge and on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

24th January to 29th January - The Shetland Islands

An exciting, informative and culturally diverse winter holiday with Kate Humble and local naturalist Jon Dunn, exploring Shetland, its wildlife and unique Viking heritage, including an unforgettable night at Shetland’s world-famous Up Helly Aa fire festival.

The Shetland Islands’ unique blend of isolation, stark beauty and exotic wildlife are justly renowned, especially in summer – but the rewards for a winter visit can be just as plentiful: evocative wildlife, friendly people and a compelling island way of life, rich cultural heritage, and the wild and beautiful winter landscape.

We’ll meet local naturalists, archaeologists, musicians, historians, crofters, and more, each sharing their knowledge, expertise, and perspectives on life and work on the islands.

We’ll also search for some of Shetland’s most iconic winter wildlife, from Mountain Hare on the moorland to Otters on the coast.

And of course, we’ll watch the world-famous Up Helly Aa fire festival, a tradition that originated in the late 1800s and celebrates our Viking heritage. Since then, the festival has evolved into the main event in Shetland’s cultural calendar and the biggest fire festival in Europe.

10th May to 17th May - The Shetland Islands

Join Kate and the Shetland Nature team for a truly unique Shetland experience. The islands are world famous for their wildlife and their cultural heritage – a heritage borne from the unique circumstances of the islands’ position in some of the richest fishing waters in the northern hemisphere, a place where the traditional Scottish crofting life was changed irrevocably both by the turning of the seasons and the call of the sea.

Life in Shetland evolved over the centuries to become something unique, with breeds of livestock on the croft adapted to the sub-Arctic climate. Shetland’s colourful, hardy sheep shaped the landscape and the lives of those who worked the land when they weren’t at sea. That landscape became a place where wildlife thrived on the crofts and the hills, where otters and seabirds abounded on the coastal fringes and, inland, a rich biodiversity of upland waders, wildfowl and flora was to be found.

Throughout the week Kate is joined by resident Shetlander, crofter and nature writer Jon Dunn, who will co-lead the itinerary. During the week they will also be joined for a day by native naturalist and company founder, Brydon Thomason to share an insight into the life of Shetland’s Otters. Adding a uniquely authentic insight you will meet the crofters who care for the land, the designers, knitters and lace-makers who make the finest garments from Shetland wool, and the wildlife that lives alongside them in the islands – and, of course, the Shetland sheep themselves!

We will sample the delicious local food from land and sea, hear stories of traditional life and folklore, and enjoy the company of the very best folk musicians the islands have to offer. This will be a tour unlike any other – a wild and woolly exploration of Shetland’s heart.

2nd June to 9th June - Embarkation: Oban

As the remotest part of the British Isles, St Kilda and the Western Isles form the most important seabird breeding site in northwest Europe. With cliffs, sea stacks and grassy slopes, the Islands are ideally suited to nesting birds.

Get your binoculars at the ready and join Kate Humble and wildlife guide, David Sexton, for an ornithological feast onboard the Hebridean Princess on their St Kilda and the Western Isles wildlife tour.

9th July to 16th July - The Hautes Pyrénées. Tour starts and ends in Toulouse, France

The Hautes Pyrénées includes the highest peaks of the Pyrenean range. It's undoubtedly one of the most dramatic and beautiful mountain environments in Europe with breathtaking scenery and an enviable array of flora and fauna. This tour aims to find the most notable butterflies that call this environment home, with a particular emphasis on five of the Erebia mountain ringlets, hosted by wildlife champion Kate Humble, and Mariposa founders and wildlife experts David Moore and Jon Dunn.

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