Ash Tree Stream
Ash Tree Stream is an Andover Trees United ‘6 Trees & 6 Flowers’ art and outdoor learning project, devised and led by artist James Aldridge, in partnership with CAS (Chapel Arts Studios).
Our 5 core partner schools will benefit from the year-long project. It will be child-led, enabling them to use visual arts processes to explore Andover’s Ash trees and learn about Ash dieback disease, outside of the classroom and within the context of local cultural heritage and climate change.
What’s in a name?* Andover:
Anderferas 955AD, Andovere Domesday Book - "(Place by) the ash-tree waters".
*A crossroads for millennia, small groups settled here, creating homesteads and fortifying areas on the hilltops but all that really survives of those pre-Saxon times is the town's name: from 'Onna-dwfr', 'Anna-dwfr', or 'Andefera', 'the river of the ash trees'.
Updates
Day One at Harrow Way Community School
Taking Art Outside with Andover C of E Primary School
A Frosty Start with Appleshaw St Peters
Exploring Together at Portway Junior School
Spending Time With My Favourite Ash Tree
Tree Seasons, by Lucy (Year 3)
Teacher's INSET: Art and Outdoor Learning
At Charlton Lakes with Harrow Way Community School
One Ash – Experiencing Connection
Free Guide: Identifying Ash Trees
Free Resource: Making Art with Ash Trees
Covid-19: Making Some Changes to the Project
Art with Ash Trees: Drawing by Jo Beal
Looking for Ash Trees in Abbotts Ann
Sharing the Learning at Portway Juniors
Starting Up Again: Ash Tree Stream Emerges from Lockdown
Ash Tree Stream Exhibition: 3rd – 14th November
Panel Discussion, Live Interview and Instagram Takeover
