Whispers From The Woods

WALK THE WHISPERS FROM THE WOODS TRAIL THIS WINTER!  

Young people from South Derbyshire were encouraged to share their experiences of connecting and reconnecting with nature during the Coronavirus Lockdowns on 2020 and 2021, in a new creative writing and poetry project organised by Arts Melbourne, funded by a National Forest Arts Grant.

Experiences of connecting and reconnecting with Nature during Lockdown which were shared with the project inspired a poem which is being shared as part of a new nature poetry trail through Bare Hills and Browns Field on the edge of Melbourne . The poem will be in place until the Summer so dress up warm head for the footpath in Ashby Road, Melbourne and discover EVERLONG / EVERGREEN for yourself.

Our winter walk opens on Saturday 29th January. Follow this link to download the flyer to Walk the Whispers from the Woods Walk.

You can read Whispers From the Woods poem EVERLONG / EVERGREEN poem by following this link. Please let is know what you think by emailing info@melbournefestival.co.uk Whispers from the Woods has been shared at Timber Festival in July, at Markeaton Park, Derby throughout August and at Melbourne Festival in September with performances by our Poet/ Project Coordinator DAN WEBBER.

‘Whispers From The Woods’ is made possible thanks to support from the National Forest Company as part of their new Arts Grant initiative. Thank you to all of the young people who took part in this project.