Living by the Ash Tree Waters
Artist-led riverside workshop
Where: River Anton in Andover - Meet by the river next to Wilko near the corner of Bridge street
When: Thursday 21 April from 9:30 - 11:30am
Why: To learn more about the River Anton, which is one of only 200 chalk streams in the world
Who: All ages but children will need to be accompanied by an adult and supervised by the river
Please join us for a walk by the River Anton in Andover. A group of pupils from the newly reformed Eco Group have been working with artist James Aldridge to design ‘Nature Explorer' backpacks which will be made up by Andover Trees United thanks to grants from TVBC and through the Watercress and Winterbourne Landscape Partnership Scheme, made possible by NHLF..
Artist, James Aldridge will lead a walk along the banks of the River Anton from Bridge Street to ASDA car park and pupils and their families will have the opportunity to test out a prototype ‘Nature Explorer’ backpack - using some of the equipment which the children have decided to include!
Learn more about the river and its creatures and plants.
For more information or to let us know you are coming (you can also just turn up on the day) please contact: volunteers@andovertrees.org.uk
Sign up through eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/andover-trees-united-32302861191
*Living by the Ash Tree Waters project uses artist-led walking explorations and musical encounters to connect children and adults in Andover and two nearby villages to their chalk streams and rivers.
Explorations along stream and river banks will use specially designed backpacks and the visual arts to celebrate and awaken curiosity in participants about their waterways. Learning and performing traditional folk music, with a focus on locally collected songs, will introduce local residents to their stream-related heritage.
The Watercress and Winterbourne Landscape Partnership Scheme is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
This project is also supported by Test Valley Borough Council.