Performances of ‘Living by the Ash Tree Waters’ will bring together the 3 school-based design workshops with James Aldridge, and 3 community singing workshops with Paul Sartin in a celebration of the chalk streams and the ash trees that surround them.

A morning walk, using Nature Explorer backpacks, designed by local school children working with place-based artist James Aldridge, followed by a lunchtime concert of words and music (12:15pm), led by Paul Sartin.

Booking recommended but it is OK to just turn up.

Please note: there will be a concert rehearsal session with Paul Sartin on the morning of this event.

This event is part of the Watercress and Winterbournes project.

Where: Andover - Meet Anton Lakes car park 10am

When: 17th July 2022.

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.