It’s a busy time for foraging plant materials right now. The plants have made all the vegetative growth they’re going to make this year. And now they’re setting seed. Over the past months I’ve logged key spots in my mental map of the neighbourhood, spots where certain useful plants are …
During the Neolithic time at Stonehenge, there would have been willows growing on the banks of the river Avon, which ran right by the houses situated at nearby Durrington Walls. These are the Neolithic dwellings that have been reconstructed at Stonehenge visitors centre, to give an insight into peoples’ lives …
I’m delighted to have been invited by English Heritage to run some staff training at Stonehenge in Neolithic-style basketry. They recently constructed a number of Neolithic style dwellings on site (pictured left)… and it’s there that I’ll be running the training sessions. In a pleasing symmetry, I was part of …
The Green Bough. “Keep a green bough in your heart and a singing bird will come” Lao Tzu. It’s mid December, a …
Connections: ropes and a robin. I first came across Jon Young about 5 years ago. He’s a renowned mentor for nature connection …
Hay Wisperer. I’ve discovered another, interesting use for hay rope. Hay wisps. The Working Horse Trust are at Wakehurst and the horses …
The piece: space, ropes, connection. From the start it was a delight to be invited to be artist in residence here at …
Wild & Hairy Hay Rope. The making is nearing completion out here in the barn at Wakehurst, in my Meadow Weave residency. …
Take Two. I knew with a kind of resigned certainty, even before I reached home as I was driving back from Wakehurst …
Falling Apart. It was inevitable. I’ve come to recognise this stage and am learning to tolerate it. To even welcome it as …
