Companions Day 2026
Goodwill and Interconnectedness
Welcome to Companions Day. We wish you a peaceful time in this beautiful living sanctuary.
With blessings from all of us at Chalice Well
| 10:00 | Opening Circle in the Marquee |
| 10:15 | Caroline Glazebrook: Introduction to Companions Day |
| 10:25 | Joanna Dyer: Welcome from the Chief Exec |
| 10:40 | Alison Scobie: Trustee Update from the Chair |
| 10:55 | Linda Tucker: The White Lions’ teachings about the sacred interconnectedness of Nature & humanity’s role in peace on Earth through harmonious co-existence |
| 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 12:05 | Jean Vernon: The incredible ways bess can teach us about the interconnectedness of life and the harmonious balance of nature |
| 12:40 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Goodwill Panel Discussion & Audience Questions with Linda, Jean, Head Gardener Dave and Casey (Chalice Well Essences) |
| 15:30 | Closing Circle around the Vesica Pool and free time in the Garden |
| 16:30 | Garden Closes |
Linda Tucker
The White Lions’ teachings about the sacred interconnectedness of Nature & humanity’s role in peace on Earth through harmonious co-existence
Linda Tucker is the founder and CEO of the Global White Lion Protection Trust, a pioneering organisation dedicated to the protection and rewilding of Africa’s sacred White Lions in their natural ecosystem.
In 1991, after being rescued by a Tsonga medicine woman from a dangerous encounter with a pride of lions, she gave up her international marketing and fashion career to become a conservationist. She was initiated by indigenous lion shamans who identified her as the ancestral “Keeper of the White Lions”. She has dedicated her life to the urgent protection of the critically endangered White Lions, regarded as the King of Kings by African elders.
A conservation visionary and author of ‘The Mystery of the White Lions and LionHearted Leadership, Linda’s work bridges science & spirituality, inspiring a new model of leadership rooted in harmony with nature and the restoration of humanity’s true guardianship role on Earth.
Jean Vernon
The incredible ways bees can teach us about the interconnectedness of life and the harmonious balance of nature.
Jean Vernon is a tree and bee guardian
She is passionate about championing bees and pollinators and garden wildlife. As an award-winning garden writer, Jean writes for leading national magazines and newspapers including the RHS journal – ‘The Garden’ and ‘The Daily Telegraph.’
Fascinated by bees and the environment since a youngster, her mission is to unravel, demystify and explain the intricate balance of nature in your garden and to introduce you to the familiar and unfamiliar bees and pollinators that live, breed and breathe within the garden habitat.
Jean has written books and many articles on bees, pollinators and the needs of garden bees and mini-beasts, especially about their role in the balance of nature.
Goodwill Panel Discussion
Linda Tucker, Jean Vernon, Head Gardener Dave and Casey (Chalice Well Essences)
The panel will take questions from the audience to explore the importance of goodwill towards nature, sacred waters and each other.
At Chalice Well our no-dig policy brings many benefits to the eco-system.
We honour the ceaseless flow of the holy well waters and the interconnection of the nature and elemental realms and garden visitors.