National Trust Theatre What’s on Join us and our celebrity guests to debate the future of farming, nature and wildlife

Thursday: Politics and nature Official opening. With the Environment Minister (subject to availability); young environmentalists Bella Lack and Dara McNulty and Iceland supermarket MD, 11:00 – 12:30 Richard Walker

Let’s meet Ray Mears 12:45 – 13:30

Too much of a good thing? Fixing the problem that is plastic with Iceland supermarket MD Richard Walker; Adam Read SUEZ External Affairs 14:00 – 15:00 Director, Martin Dorey, 2 minute beach clean and author; Roz Savage, environmental advocate and Amelia Womack, Deputy Leader of the Green Party Activism begins with you! with Lord Nicholas Stern and Natalie Fee from 15:30 – 16:15 City to Sea How to live a sustainable life with Countryfile’s Anita Rani and 16:30 – 17:15 author and columnist Melissa Hemsley

Friday: Farming and nature Let’s meet David Archer with the Archers’ Tim Bentinck, who plays 11:00 – 11:45 David Archer and Sarah Swadling, the Agricultural Adviser How can farming be nature’s friend? With Director of Land & Nature at National Trust Mark Harold; Minette Batters, President of the NFU; Sue Hayman, 12:15 – 13:15 Shadow Environment Secretary and Tony Juniper, Chair of Natural England Farming in the spotlight Countryfile’s Adam Henson and JLS band member, 13:45 – 14:15 turned farmer, JB Gill Can technology feed the world? with Lord Haskins; Will Evans, rock and roll farmer podcaster; Professor Tim Lang; David Fursdon, Chair of Beeswax Dyson 14:45 – 15:45 Farming and Alastair Driver, Rewilding Britain

Let’s meet JB Gill 16:15 – 17:00 National Trust Theatre What’s on Join us and our celebrity guests to debate the future of farming, nature and wildlife

Saturday: Kids and nature

Let’s meet Lizzie Daly 11:00 – 11:45

Connecting kids to nature with Ferne Corrigan, wildlife and children’s TV presenter; Gillian Burke, presenter; Ryan Lumber, researcher and 12:15 – 13:15 lecturer at the University of Derby and Stephen Moss, nature writer

Making a career out of nature with Ferne Corrigan 13:45 – 14:15

Can TV save the planet? with Keith Scholey who ran the BBC Natural History Unit 14:45 – 15:30 and is now at Silverback films

Let’s meet Simon King 16:00 – 16:45

Sunday: Wellbeing and nature

Getting the most from your down time with Simon King 11:00 – 11:45

How nature keeps us happy with Patrick Aryee, TV presenter and biologist; Jamie Roberts, former Welsh rugby international; Dwayne Fields, adventurer 12:15 – 13:15 and naturalist and Gill Meller, author and chef at River Cottage

Lizzie Daly on nature and wellbeing 13:45 – 14:15

The joys of gardening with Carol Klein from Gardeners’ World; Eric Robson, former Gardeners’ Question Time presenter and Alan Power, the National Trust’s 14:45 – 15:45 head gardener at Stourhead

Let’s meet Ellie Harrison 16:00 – 16:45