Living by the Ash Tree Waters

Take part in a riverside workshop with environmental artist James Aldridge. Trial our Curious Explorer Backpacks, designed by young people, as a starting point to trigger discussion and reflection on your relationship with the river, as we walk, talk and create.

Where: Meet on King George V Playing Field next to Hurstbourne Tarrant CE Primary School

When: Thursday 12 May from 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm.

Why: To learn more about The Bourne Rivulet, also known as The River Swift,  a seasonal chalk stream.

Who: All ages but small children will need to be accompanied by an adult and supervised by the road.

Book: Email volunteers@andovertrees.org.uk.

*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.

This Andover Trees United project is funded through TVBC and through the Watercress and Winterbourne Landscape Partnership Scheme, made possible by NHLF.