Closing my eyes, the map I see in my mind of my city has changed. The shapes and details are made of leaves, wood and earth. During 2023, I showed some of my work about green spaces. The exhibitions’ locations […]
The change in Brighton & Hove City Council’s mowing regime has brought some good results. There’s a report about it on the Council’s website. The project, funded by Natural England, is a pilot scheme conducted at 25 sites around […]
Set up in 2007, Fork and Dig it pass on their knowledge freely. In 2011 they started Brighton’s first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), producing a weekly share of the crop for subscribers. This has evolved into Brighton CSA – […]
During the isolation of 2020’s pandemic lockdown, Helena cultivated a beautiful green space on the steps down to her front door. She told me it meant everything to her during that time—a place that she could sit and feel […]
I went to a climate cafe at ONCA—an arts charity using creative responses to discuss social and environmental justice issues. Climate Cafes are spaces intended to support attendees in working through feelings about the climate crisis. The group made a […]
The community garden next to Wellesbourne Health Clinic in Whitehawk has been growing mainly food since Summer 2022. The clinic prescribes volunteering in the garden to improve wellbeing. Jools took time out from preparing beds for new planting to talk […]
Volunteers, guided by Ranger Jess, cut back brambles and added plants to improve a section of hedgerow on the hill (to include plants that fruit—providing food for birds). The Friends of Waterhall represent the hill and valley, and have worked […]
On Benfield Hill the task was to remove dogwood and wild privet. The slope will be brush-cut and grazed later in the year. The dogwood and wild privet cuttings were bagged up and taken to one of the fire […]
Woodingdean Wilderness Group learned about fruit tree planting and tree care. Working in groups, they were shown what to do by Brighton Permaculture Trust—’In ten years you will have fruit, a lot of fruit’. Two new plum trees, two new […]
The children’s community garden is in one of St Nicholas Church’s green spaces. It is tended by Ruth, one of the volunteer gardeners that care for St Nicholas’ grounds. The garden had been cared for by a teacher from one […]
Looking at responses to loss and the threat of loss—both the Ash tree and the Poplar tree felt like sites of pilgrimage. The ash tree grew in the wooded area connected to Woodingdean Memorial Park. The wreath is […]
Connecting with urban green spaces—those wild or cultivated places inside or close to the city walls.
