Soil Story #2 – Danny Wight from St. Baldreds Farm

May 2, 2022 | News, Soil Stories

Excerpt from an interview between Natalie Taylor and Danny Wight when Natalie went to collect a soil sample from Danny’s farm   NT: How do you feel about soil? DW: I’m fascinated and really intrigued by it, knowing that it is the basis of all of our...

Unearthed Workshop (National Tour)- Collective Vision of our Local landscape, Sat May 7th, 10.30am-2.30pm. Lunch provided

Apr 26, 2022 | News

Add you thoughts to the greenprint for the local landscape for future generations! An interactive, creative workshop exploring what our relationship to our local landscape and a vision of what it could be in the future.This workshop is led by Unearthed and supported...

Keepers of the Soil stitching workshop – 23rd April, 2-3.30pm

Apr 10, 2022 | News, Soil Workshops

Be part of continuing the creation of the Keepers of the soil cape at this free embroidery and sewing session at the Dunbar fashion School. The session will be facilitated by experinced stitchers and artists – All abilities welcome to this workshop. The cape can...

Creative Writing/Poetry workshop Sat 23rd April, 10.30am-12.30pm

Apr 10, 2022 | News, Soil Workshops

Join us in the free creative writing and poetry workshop, led by local poet, editor and grower Colin Will. Using soil as inspiration, we will discuss the make up and importance of soils in our environment and for our health and wellbeing,  touch and smell soils,  then...

Art/Nature Walk – Sunday 13th March, 2-3.30pm

Mar 10, 2022 | News

Join us at the John Muir Woods for an art/nature walk around the woodland accompanied by live music and poetry, including soil collection with Keepers of the Soil and new pieces of poetry written especially for the event. Meeting point at 2pm by the corner of the...

SOIL STORY #1 – For the Love of Soil Collection

Mar 4, 2022 | News, Soil Stories

Soil Story #1. BELHAVEN COMMUNITY GARDEN Naomi Barnes, The Belhaven Community Garden is a slice of land that runs along side the East coast railway line down to the Belhaven hospital. Since 2012 the task of transforming this old farmed field was taken on by Sustaining...