Urban and Eden

We live close to a small strip of ancient woodland with magnificent, old deciduous trees and confers. When a beautiful, tall Monterey...

Wildlife gardening, simple actions for insects, pollinators, birds and other wildlife

Green mapping to highlight community resources with their own interactive map

Wildflowers and the National Plant Monitoring Scheme

Watercolours of wood, Forget-me-not series

Doodle a day helps keep the doctor away, sketching nature

Time for Unity Conference - The Brighton Women's Centre

Brighton and Hove's Green Spaces Network

Working on water colour paper is reassuring; I can roughly judge how the colours will flow and when I am working in mixed media I often...

When I was studying environmental conservation I also lead the research for the Soil Association (UK) into the palm oil industry and...

I painted this dystopian picture some years back to simply illustrate my poem 'The Skyline's Been Pierced'. I used it today in...

The Art Wave festival for artists and makers in the Lewes district included a lovely nature walk with artist Jacky Misson and Thyone...

There are many occasions when a woman's role in discoveries, innovations and the creative sphere have been ignored or hidden. Embroidery,...

Mark making with brushes and inks created from plant material, another wonderful workshop hosted by No Serial Number, led by artist Ross...

I first saw the colourful ‘Illuminate’ tapestry when it was exhibited across the first floor mezzanine balcony in the Jubilee Library,...

Procession 2018 and a Brighton Banner ‘Let us go then, and make banners as required, and let them all be beautiful.’ Mary Lowndes, Banner...

This was the first event in a new monthly series of talks, Q&A and networking committed to helping artists, creatives, crafters and...

Towards the end of last year, a poem I had just written was added to the Maps and Lives project at the Phoenix Art Centre in Brighton....

Last week while in Newcastle I was fortunate to be able to attend a workshop for the Crossings Poetry Festival led by Sinéad Morrissey....

Another lovely find when visiting Edinburgh last week, I was so happy to come across the purpose built library in Edinburgh old town not...