Fife Seaweed Fest is a community-focused festival and series of hands-on experiences based in Saint Monans (St Monans), Scotland.
Featured on The Adventure Collective, Fife Seaweed Fest showcases the coastal plants, crafts and cultural stories connected to seaweed through small-group workshops, guided foraging walks, film screenings and tasting events.
Programming brings together local practitioners and visiting experts: foraging and food sessions are led by Graham and Christine from Whitehouse Foraging; artist Kit Martin runs darkroom and phytogram workshops; and special guest Eileen Budd contributes historical storytelling to selected events.
Offerings include cyanotype and darkroom printing, seaweed paper making, composting demonstrations using beach-cast seaweed, craft sessions, guided low-tide forages with hands-on cooking, and film nights such as the UK premiere of "Mother of the Sea" with filmmaker Q&As and a seaweed gin tasting.
Workshops emphasize accessible, practical learning and place-based connection to the Fife coastline. The Cyanotypes at the Seashore workshop is explicitly limited to four participants and supplies materials; other sessions take place on nearby beaches and in community venues.
Fife Seaweed Fest focuses on combining creative practice, ecological appreciation and local knowledge to offer trustworthy, expert-led opportunities for anyone wanting to learn more about seaweed, coastal craft and foraging in Fife.
Participants of all ages and abilities are welcomed and encouraged regularly.