Meet our Stallholders - Honey Festival 2026
We are delighted to welcome back our Stallholders to the Honey Festival at the Heritage Centre and Parish Grounds on September 19th 2026. Their beautiful artisanal products perfectly complement the ethos of our Honey Festival - we hope you find something lovely to bring home with you along with the honey on the day!
Colleen Doyle is an independent consultant for Neal’s Yard Organic remedies and a great supporter of the Festival since it started. Her range includes skincare and body oils, room sprays and lots more.
Val Reid is the owner of Dalkey Handmade Soaps. “I make my soap as simply as possible, using only natural oils, butters, colours and pure essential oils -making them in small batches and curing them for 4 to 6 weeks”. You can choose your favourite at the festival.
Trish Sutton is a beekeeper and member of ABKA. She is a Horticulturist and has been supplying plants and flowers to our Festival for many years! This year she brings her beautiful selection of flowers, which she grows and dries from her garden in Ashford.
Olive and Pat bring a range of hand prepared, slowcooked seasonal chutneys, relishes and preserves. They use traditional cooking techniques, with a modern twist to time honoured recipes.
Brian Walshe of Kingfisher Woodturning, returns with his selectionof beautifully crafted bowls, chopping and cheese boards and more suprises!
Ceramicist Natasha Drew from Wicklow, brings a selection of her pottery and some lovely bee houses and bee baths to the Honey Festival.
Hilary Sharpe of EH Bakes, brings a selection of her breads, sweet and savoury, cakes, cookies and tray bakes for all the family.
Leonie Byrne of The Shepherd's Pantry brings her selection of chutneys and preserves,dressings and oils.
We welcome Julie Byrne from Arklow, a watercolour artist who produces and prints her lovely art locally.