Your wild creativity!

We had planned a Big Wild Saturday at Northumberlandia mid-way through 30 Days Wild with lots of health and wellbeing inspired events including yoga, forest bathing, including foraging and nature crafts where you go on a woodland walk, learn about the benefits of 'green' spaces, as well as creating a nature inspired piece of art work! If people want to get involved just follow the link to the full event and the crafting is a sub event to book.

Dover Big Local Home Ed Group, one of Kent Wildlife Trust’s Blue Influencers explored a variety of activities near blue spaces including a litter pick, river scavenger hunt and creating an edible lighthouse inspired by Dover Castle’s Pharos, complete with acrobatic paper red-billed chough to fly around. 

A wildlife mural painted by local artists has popped up in Cinderford, to celebrate the achievements of a project boosting biodiversity, and ‘slowing the flow’ of rainwater in the town.

This new colourful mural was painted by Tom and Laurie Cousins, locals to the Forest of Dean, and features a variety of animals that live in the Cinderford Brook, including a frog, an otter and a kingfisher.

‘Wild About Craft’ explores our ten priority wildlife species through different arts and crafts, to connect people who may not directly be interested in nature through nature-themed craft. Each session has started with a short talk about the subject species, covering their ecology and conservation. When possible, we've also all gone out for a walk on the reserve (Magor Marsh). Classes have included 'Air Dry Clay Pink Waxcap' and 'Watercolour Dipper' workshops.

We made a 'framed hurdle' which consisted of weaving hazel around uprights held in a frame. Looks great, the volunteers loved doing it and the hurdle is now a screen to hid the bins at HQ here in Cornwall.

As part of Artswork’s Young Cultural Changemakers programme, young people in Dover co-created a bio-sculpture called 'Tree' with artist Eirinn Hayhow using natural materials such as willow, honeycomb and mycelium. 

Supported by Dover Big Local, Kent Wildlife Trust, and local artists, the project celebrated youth voices and their connection to nature.

The session began with brief presentation and discussion around taking action for nature in the community. We then wandered around the adjoining churchyard (manged for nature) for inspiration. We returned to the hall to decorate terracotta pots with nature / growing themes and then went on to plant up the pots with a selection of companion plants benefiting people and nature.