We Love Nature
A wonderful day out for all the family celebrating nature.
At the heart of the festival will be hand-stitched and woven textiles inspired by a seasonal cycle of poems written by Dorothy Amery. The poems and accompanying hangings celebrate Dorothy’s life and her deep love of nature. The textiles will be hung along the Waterloo Park pergola walks using cord hand-twined from day lily leaves grown in the park. Many of the textiles have been hand-dyed using natural plant materials from the park.
There will be plenty of opportunities for children and adults to get involved in creative activities in the beautiful setting of the Park, its Pavilion and flower borders.
Visitors should also keep their eyes open for the Park People – two sculptured figures specially created from materials gathered from the Park.
For those who just want to sit back and relax, the My Choir Rocks children’s choir will be performing in the central bandstand.
The Feed Café based in the Pavilion will be open for food and drink – though there is plenty of space to spread out and enjoy a picnic.
Things to look forward to and get involved in:
National Centre for Writing will be hosting poetry workshops.
Bounce and Rhyme and Story-telling sessions will cater for younger visitors.
Bookbugs and Dragon Tales city bookshop will have a pop-up children’s bookshop with a focus on nature and poetry.
Mile Cross Librarian will be present with a selection of books in various languages and people will be able to sign up for library membership.
Be a Nature Detective
Plant and flower printmaking
Face painting
