trees
Highlights
Tree or False?
Devised by Andrew Stuck of the Museum of London, this walkshop became a regular event as part of the Mayor of London’s London Tree Week, and subsequent Urban Tree Festivals. Everyone has heard ‘an old wives’ tale’ about a certain tree species, some of which have a layer of truth within them, others are downright
• Creative Field Work in Forest Plantations
This interactive exposition shares the processes and findings of an artistic research project which uses sited creative practices – including field recordings, sound-making, walking practices and song – to explore Portuguese forest plantations.
Diminishing Landscapes – the Ash Project
Stalking the disappearing ash tree; an experimental photography walkshop with Peter Coles & Andrew Stuck from the Museum of Walking. White Horse Wood Are you interested in nature photography and in helping to record the changes in our natural landscape as ash trees succumb to ‘die-back’? If so, this walkshop (workshop on foot) will offer
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Needle in a haystack
Don’t ask me to identify a tree. I may be the person who invented and co-founded the Urban Tree Festival but I left it to cleverer people to identify the trees we were celebrating. Over the next four weeks there’s a call out for people to walk in support of the Lebanon Mountain Trail. This
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Because there’s more to explore
Audio Artist Dawn Matheson, in collaboration with Abhiraj Dadiyan, has produced a participatory work "Semi-Colon". Part of the larger "How To Draw A Tree" project, Semi-Colon invites listeners to engage with nature in original ways. The multimedia endeavor focuses on fostering connections between individuals with mental health challenges, creativity, and trees, seeking to foster social change and combat isolation.
Undergrowth
South London artist, Rachel Gomme co-produced “Undergrowth” - an investigation in to the natural growth amid the concrete, brick and asphalt of two of south London’s neighbourhoods. It provided a chance to reconnect with the natural within the city, and with the human body as part of nature.
• The Gates
An installation in Central Park consisting on 7,503 gates with 4.87 meters (16 feet) hight and variable widths, each one holding a saffron colored fabric from the top part of the frame. The gates were installed alongside 37 kilometers (23 miles) of walkways where people were invited to walk by.
Arboretum
Hoyt Arboretum, established in 1928 near Portland, spans 190 acres with 12 miles of trails and houses 2,300 species of trees and shrubs from six continents. The Arboretum exhibition features Andy Akiho’s tree-inspired works, connecting sonically to themes of trees’ natural cycles and settling.
Walking pieces
Peel Park Shimmering
Created for Peel Park in Salford - one of the oldest parks in the UK - this sound walk reaches beyond the time of humans and what we can easily see to open up the deep time of this urban park's past and the liveliness of its more than human present.
Being with Trees: A Contemplative Walk
Take a walk among the trees with us. During this contemplative audio walk we will tune in to aspects of our relationship to trees through guided contemplations and actions that focus our senses and invite an experience of co-being and appreciation.
• SOUNDwalk: B37
SOUNDwalk: B37 is a 2020 soundwalk created by SOUNDkitchen and the B37 Project, commissioned by Eastside Projects as part of their Link & Shift Artist Walks series. It offers four routes through Solihull’s B37 postcode green spaces, featuring immersive audio encounters with local wildlife, natural sounds, and guidance from community members.
Articles on WLC
Help discover the benefits of trees | Finding Nature
We know that being connected with nature is good for us, but there’s still more research to be done – and that includes understanding more about the benefits of trees. This is especially important … Source: Help discover the benefits of trees | Finding Nature
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Libraries as gardens | Archivoz
A blog piece about the sound walking project in the online magazine Archivoz. Your recordings of memories and stories are welcome till end of June and you are as well warmly invited to the webinar at the Urban Tree Festival this Saturday. Webinar: https://urbantreefestival.org/libraries-as-gardens Source: Libraries as gardens | Archivoz
• Articles elsewhere
Bio Blitz at Grass Lake a Success!
June 6, 2026 Bio Blitz at Grass Lake Wetland A great time was had by all who participated in the first ever Bio Blitz at Grass Lake Wetland on Saturday, June 6, 2026. With coffee and donut holes to fuel these eager nature enthusiasts, Rachel Klimpton and Laura Baxley explained how to use the iNaturalist app to […]
A Flinders creek bed
Early morning light on tree roots of red river gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis,) in Benbibuta Creek in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia. They were made whilst I was on a camel trek from Blinman to Lake Frome in 2021. When I came back to looking through this archive in 2025 I realised how the […]
to Bunyip Chasm
It was a slow drive from the Nudlamutana Hut where we staying to Bunyip Chasm via the Wortupa Loop Track in the Illinawortina Pound in the Subaru Outback . We drove to Grindell’s Hut and then onto Loch Ness Well campground. It took us aroun d 3.5 hours. We then walked up a creekbed (no […]
Events
Stalking Trees
We are not “tree huggers” but we do love trees, for we feel that they contribute more to our urban neighbourhoods than they detract. Urban trees are a hardy bunch, able to absorb not only natural hazards, but also man-made pollutants, restoring the quality of air we breathe, and providing habitat for many species of
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Becoming tree: a sensory walking, listening, touching activity
This self-guided sensory walking activity explores the therapeutic benefits of engaging hands-on with paper whilst going on a walk and connecting with trees. After completing this activity in your own time, participants are invited to share experiences and creations in an online facilitated group discussion setting.
