Crafty Connections 2018

We are grateful to Postcode Lottery for a grant to run a year of green crafts and community engagement. Funds allowed us to run professionally-led workshops for volunteers, with a view to running our own workshops in the wood once The Cabin has been completed. These opportunities took place in Harmony Woods and in Jonathan’s Wood.

Workshops included:

  • Willow weaving

  • Natural dyes

  • Herbal remedies

  • Wood whittling and spoon making

  • Wildflower Identification

  • Lantern making

  • Wreath making

  • Tree dressing

Lantern processions took place in 2018 and 2019 at the start of December to mark Advent and payour respects to the natural world through tree dressing.

By offering a variety of activities - not ‘just’ tree planting and conservation - we hope that more of our local community will be interested in taking part, learning about nature and how we can look after it.

In order to maximise the potential that Andover Trees United has to offer, this project sought to build volunteering numbers, especially those who would be happy to help take a lead on occasion.

Being outside surrounded by nature, being active and contributing to the building of something is great for our health and well being… in short, it makes you feel good!