An Artist in Residence position in Thornden Woods with the Kent Wildlife Trust. The project was entered for the Canterbury Cultural Awards and was a finalist in two categories: The community Award and the Environmental Landscape Award


Friday, 30 September 2011

Wildart Tailblaze

This is official opening of the Wildart Trail. This is the cullmination of something like a year working with Kent Wildlife Trust on their Blean Project.
 

I had a conversation in the woods today with a dog walker who had walked his dog for ten years in the woodland. He said there was a noticible increase in people using the woods, you know for leisure walking, school trips and wheel chair special needs organisations bringing group outings, this increase in the last couple of years. He also said he'd seen a lot more animials recently, slow worms, more spieces of birds, lizards and even snakes! I hope this guy comes to this opening event and tells the same storey to Kent Wildlife Trust as that is the whole point and their aims fulfilled. I am delighted to have played a role in project.

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