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Newsletter for Companions and Garden Pass Holders of the Well
MAY 2026
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Companions Day on Saturday 6 June. Our theme is Goodwill and Interconnectedness. Being of true and good heart was essential to Wellesley Tudor Pole’s vision for Chalice Well and the role the Well plays in our times now. Our guest speakers, Linda Tucker, Global White Lions Protection Trust and wild bee expert, Jean Vernon will explore how all of nature is connected in a great web of energy and light, as we are all connected heart to heart.
Please book your lunch before 30 May: gluten free, vegan sweet potato and sun-dried tomato tart with four salads £13. Prebooking your lunch guarantees you a table seat. Priority theatre-style seating is also available if you have any accessibility needs but are not booking lunch.
Saturday evening: Carolyn Hillyer & Nigel Shaw: Wild Forgotten
Way Concert in the marquee on Saturday 6 June 6:45pm-9pm
Tickets: £20 from the office or online chalicewell.org.uk/events
Chalice Well Essence Workshop 11 and 12 July
Our Essences for Wellbeing and Transformation workshop is Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 July. Spending time in the garden and with the flowing waters, you can learn how to blend essential oils in combination with Essences, create a vibrational Essence spray, enhance your intuitive abilities and consultation skills in relation to Essences and co-create a flower Essence in the Chalice Well Garden. This weekend workshop
is £425. Please see chalicewell.org.uk/essences for more details or get in touch with us on 01458 831154
Meet Our People
Susannah Mitchell volunteer supporter in the office and on our Flower Essence Training courses.
I’ve been a volunteer at Chalice Well for 6 years and have always found it to be a place where I feel like I am welcomed home.
The plants, trees and flowers really do share their gifts and wisdom here, so it’s wonderful to be part of the Flower Essence Training courses that help people learn how to co-create essences and be here in the garden.
My favourite spot in the garden is in the Sanctuary and I love to spend a while here, just listening to the birdsong and breathing in the fragrance of the flowers. It’s a magical
place to be.
LionHearted Leadership Workshop to uncage your gifts and courageously express who you are. With Linda Tucker on Sunday 7 June 10:30-12:30pm. Tickets are £60 with
proceeds supporting the Global White Lions Protection Trust.
Summer Solstice Sunday 21 June
Join us for our midday meditation at the wellhead followed by offering rose petals to the waters at the Vesica Pool
More details: chalicewell.org.uk/events
Stay on Retreat here at Little St. Michael’s
Staying in our historic Retreat House offers Companions of the Well a unique experience, with after hours access to the garden, time in the esoteric library and the opportunity to enter the silence of the Upper Room for meditation.
Availability Summer 2026
June: Limited Availability
July: Some Availability
August: Good Availability
For more information please contact us on:
- Call us +44 1458 831154
- Email: info@chalicewell.org.uk
Love from the Garden
You might spot some colourful pebbles dotted around the flower beds. They have been painted with love by the children at St Benedicts school, as place markers for where beautiful dahlias have been planted ready to bloom over the summer. We love having their creativity in the garden that also helps our team when looking after the flower beds.
Love from the Shop
Beneath the Silent Tor is a biography of Alice Buckton and her
pioneering, and influential life, written by Tracy Wise, £13
Yooperlite spheres support the gentle release of repressed anger and fear, and help to promote self confidence and personal growth. Sizes and prices vary, from £84
High vibrational Lemurian Vogel wands and double terminated crystals are a vibrant combination of the ancient wisdom of Lemuria with the precise, technical cutting techniques of Marcel Vogel. These wands are designed to amplify, focus, and transmit energy. From £32
Please visit our online shop for delivery worldwide chalicewell.shop
Love from the Waters
Chalice Well is England’s oldest holy well, a natural spring so rich in iron, it has an orangey-red colour. The waters come into contact with the light and air for the first time at the Lion’s Head fountain.
Wellesley Tudor Pole recommended adding just a few drops of well water to a glass of water, because the unique vibration of Chalice Well water imprints the water.
Wisdom & Inspiration
“Silence must surely first be attained within the mind through deliberate turning away from the world of noise by which we are surrounded on every side. It is within the stillness of this interior
Silence that we can become aware of that Reality which transcends both time and space.”
Wellesley Tudor Pole
“I am the Mother of Mystery That brings the Day to birth! I croon a song of Destiny In the heart of the dreaming Earth”
Alice Buckton
Alice Buckton was the owner guardian of Chalice Well from 1913 until 1944. She was a pioneer in education, women’s emancipation, a celebrated playwright and poet.
Wellesley Tudor Pole founded the Chalice Well Trust in 1959 . In addition to being a prolific writer, so much of which is relevant for our time now, he also initiated the Silent Minute, which we observe at the Well twice a day.
