The first Noticing Nature session of the year was a little bit different to usual, a one-off workshop using art to help us think and talk about favourite garden birds. The workshop was planned to link with the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch at Goodson Lodge in Trowbridge, a residential home specialising in care forContinue reading “Garden Birds at Goodson Lodge”
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‘Not Being Forgotten’
Participants in the Noticing Nature project give us feedback on their involvement in a number of ways. Each session is a mixture of making and talking, so we are aways exploring and sharing our relationship to the rest of nature, whether through words, actions or images. Then there’s an additional, more formal evaluation at theContinue reading “‘Not Being Forgotten’”
Conversation and Laughter at Goodson Lodge, Trowbridge
We’ve just come to the end of a block of three sessions at Goodson Lodge Residential Care Home in Trowbridge. Goodson Lodge includes a dedicated dementia care unit, and is run by the Orders of St John Care Trust. All of our sessions focus on the process of noticing the natural world, and responding creatively.Continue reading “Conversation and Laughter at Goodson Lodge, Trowbridge”
Moving Into Autumn
The Noticing Nature project was initially planned to take place during Spring and Summer 2021, as Artist James Aldridge worked outside with isolated older people across Wiltshire. As we head into the Autumn, sessions have continued and wi the partial lifting of Covid restrictions, larger gatherings have become possible outdoors, alongside some small group indoorContinue reading “Moving Into Autumn”
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