'Woodlands for All' Project

 

This project (with a limited timescale and budget) was completed during May 2008 for the 'Forest of Avon' organisation in Bristol, who seek to promote the use of local woodlands for recreation and in environmentally sustainable ways. The posts were sited at Jubilee Stone Wood, near Backwell on the edge of the Mendip Hills and also at West Tanpit Wood, near Lower Failand and across the Avon gorge from Bristol. Eight posts were shallow-relief carved using long-lasting sweet chestnut logs, with designs chosen by young people and people with special needs from the area.

 

West Tanpit Wood

 

Dipper (seen in the stream next to the post)
Bluebells and Bumble bee
Fern by a stream (before leaving the workshop)
Oak leaves, acorns and a logpile, symbolising the two halves of the wood- native deciduous trees and commercial softwood plantation

 

Jubilee Stone Wood

 

Early Purple Orchid with

Silver Washed Fritillary Butterfly

Robin singing on Ivy (before leaving the workshop)
Rabbit, cowslips and a bumble bee- rabbits were bred nearby and there are still the remains of the warreners cottage visible.
Sunset over Nailsea- the view next to this post