The Launch · A Festival of the Regenerative Renaissance

Ocean’s Garden Launch

This is our beginning. On Tuesday 4 August 2026 we open Ocean’s Garden with a one-day festival on the Atlantic cliffs at Praia Grande, near Sintra — morning yoga, a walk to the wild beach, a water ceremony, projects that change systems, a long table of Portuguese food, and a dance floor that needs no alcohol. From first light to the bonfire, we’d love you to be here.

Tuesday 4 August 2026 · 9:00 until the bonfire dimsOcean’s Garden — Praia Grande, Sintra, PortugalFrom morning yoga to the bonfire
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Date
Tue 4 Augusta full-day festival, 9:00 onward
Place
Ocean’s GardenPraia Grande, Sintra, Portugal
The mood
Celebrationcarried by regeneration & systems change
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The festival sitesign up via the Regenerative Renaissance

Our Launch

A regenerative home opens its doors

Ocean’s Garden is a family home and regenerative retreat centre on the cliffs above Praia Grande, near Sintra — a 1968 modernist house by architects Victor Palla and Bento d’Almeida, with hexagonal rooms each facing the ocean. Water is our soul: a living well feeds the house and returns to the garden, so nothing is wasted and every guest becomes a gift to the land.

For one day, our house, our garden and the colourful mosaic pool become a festival ground. We’re throwing open the doors and welcoming communities of changemakers together — each carrying their people, projects and calls to action into one celebration. We host it hand in hand with our friends at the Regenerative Renaissance Gatherings.

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The modernist Ocean's Garden house on its clifftop above Praia Grande

The Day

From morning yoga to the bonfire

9:00
Morning yogaA gentle opening in the garden — an add-on to your day.
10:30
Meet at Ocean’s Garden — walk & swimA group walk down to the wild beach below the cliffs, and a first plunge into the Atlantic — the intimate morning, for lunch-table and yoga guests.
12:00
Opening circle & meditative danceLanding together with a guided, embodied warm-up.
13:30
Seated lunch — the long tableA limited long-table lunch in the garden — an add-on to your day, first spots only.
15:30
Festival opens for allAll festival ticket holders arrive; the garden fills.
16:00
Water ceremonyLed at the water’s edge, carried by live guitar.
17:00
Power of 8 meditationA collective intention practice — the Power of 8, inspired by Lynne McTaggart.
18:00
Project presentations & calls to actionCommunities share what they’re building — each presenter reading the previous one’s call to action.
19:00
Dinner — Portuguese & plant-basedBuffet dinner and drinks, included in your festival ticket. A traditional Portuguese kitchen with plant-based options — tell us your preference when you book.
20:00
The dance floor opensA non-alcoholic celebration — herbal elixirs, kombucha and music that carries itself.
23:00
Bonfire & guitarsThe day closes around the fire, under the stars.
All day
Tarot in the crystal caveReadings in the garden’s most secret corner.

The line-up may still breathe a little — ticket holders receive the final schedule before the festival.

Take Part

Choose your way in

One festival ticket carries the whole celebration from 15:30 onward — dinner and drinks included. The intimate morning (beach walk, opening circle and the long table) comes with the lunch add-on, and yoga opens the day at 9:00. Registration and all the practical details are handled by our festival partner, the Regenerative Renaissance Gatherings — that’s where you sign up.

Festival ticket

The full celebration

  • Festival access from 15:30 until the bonfire
  • Buffet dinner — Portuguese & plant-based — and drinks included
  • Water ceremony, meditation, presentations, dance floor, bonfire
  • Tarot in the crystal cave
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Add-ons

Lunch table & morning yoga

  • Seated lunch, 13:30— a long table in the garden, limited first spots — includes the 10:30 beach walk, swim & opening circle
  • Morning yoga, 9:00 — begin the day in the garden
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Bring your tent, stay the night

There’s space in our garden for tents — you’re welcome to arrive the night before (3 August) and/or stay the night after the festival. Free, on request, so we know how many circles of tents to expect.

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Volunteer — and join the full day for free

The festival is carried by its volunteers. Help with a part of the day — bar, food, setup, rides, fire-keeping — and receive free access to the whole programme in exchange.

Apply to volunteer

Come celebrate the beginning

One day, one garden, one long table — and a bonfire under the Atlantic stars. Register now and hold your place at our launch.

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