Nature Inspired Pottery with Robin Palmer

Join Robin Palmer at his pottery studio in Kirkwall to try your hand at making textured pots inspired by nature. 

Nature art with Species on the Edge and local Orkney artist Sarah Crowe

Join Species on the Edge and local Orkney artist Sarah Crowe as we enjoy a time
of connecting mindfully to nature through art. This will be an outdoor event in Kirkwall, and no art skills are necessary! All materials will be provided including a free art notebook and pencil to takeaway.

Sarah Crowe is an artist, plant biogeographer and positive environmentalist living and working in Stromness, specialising in botanical and landscape work using pencil, graphite, ink and watercolour. Sarah’s website is sarahkcrowe.com This event is being run by Species on the Edge, an exciting partnership programme of NatureScot and seven nature conservation charities, all dedicated to improving the fortunes of 37 priority species found along Scotland’s coast and islands. Find out more here: http://www.speciesontheedge.co.uk.

Moving Montanes with the Cairngorms Connect Tree Nursery 

Cairngorms Connect is the UK’s biggest habitat restoration project. It is a partnership of neighbouring land managers, committed to a bold and ambitious 200-year vision to enhance habitats, species, and ecological processes across a vast area in the Scottish Highlands.  

The project comprises woodland, peatland, and freshwater restoration work and a key focus of the programme is to facilitate the involvement of the local community. In this talk, project lead Dr Helen Taylor, will focus on the incredible work of the Cairngorms Connect Tree Nursery, which has played a key role in restoring a little-know habitat, montane woodland. Alongside Cairngorms Connect support staff, the tree nursery is powered by its incredibly dedicated volunteer team and is an excellent example of the crucial links between the Cairngorms Connect landscape and its community. 

Helen will introduce the montane woodland ecosystem, explain the work of the tree nursery, and discuss future directions for this well-loved and ambitious project. 

A link to the talk will be sent after booking.