In This Newsletter

• Moon Daisies - ink & watercolour, Birches Farm
• National Meadows Day Celebration
• Into the Meadows - New Poetry Book
• somewhere-nowhere
• Looking Ahead

Moon Daisies - ink & watercolour, Birches Farm

National Meadows Day Celebration

For a while I've come out of the woods and into the meadows...
Working with the Apple Store Gallery and Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, we invited a group of local poets and artists to make their own responses with a special focus on Birches Farm reserve. We warmly invite you to join us for a series of shows and events:

• Apple Store Gallery pop up show 28th June - 4th July, Wed - Sun 10am-3pm and other times by appointment
• National Meadows Day celebration at Birches Farm Sat 3rd July, 11am-4pm, more below
• Birches Farm pop up show 3rd - 6th July, 11am-4pm, I will be there daily except Sunday
• Into the Summer Meadows 7th July - 30th August at Made in the Marches with MIND's ArtSpace, also Marches Makers Festival over August Bank Holiday

National Meadows Day at Birches Farm
Sat 3rd July 11am - 4pm, free parking, bottled water for sale and refreshments in nearby Kington 

• 11am: Official opening of the new Birches Farm Visitor Centre which is available for hire
• 11.30am: Wildlife walk around the reserve led by Herefordshire Wildlife Trust 
• 2-4pm: Poetry walk & writing workshop led by Amanda Attfield and Judy Dinnen - you are welcome to join while in progress
• 11.30am onwards: Drop in art activity with me
• official launch of our poetry book Into the Meadows - see below
• art exhibition and stalls in the Visitors Centre, includes some of my outdoor sketches

Covid guidelines are a given but we hope this will be a memorable coming together to explore and celebrate our wildflower meadows and the rich wildlife they support.

Betony in Afternoon Sunshine - watercolour & ink, Birches Farm

Into the Meadows - New Poetry Book

Featuring work by Amanda Attfield, Judy Dinnen and Patrick Mooney alongside haikus from Marion Campbell and me, Into the Meadows is available from the Apple Store Gallery, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust shops (Queenswood and Ledbury) and the Trust's e-shop.

Retails for £10 and all proceeds will be shared equally between Herefordshire Wildlife Trust and Framework Herefordshire which supports young and emerging artists. We have donated a copy to every secondary and special school in Herefordshire, with big thanks to My Place Grant Scheme for their support.

Poetry Readings on Tuesday 29th June at the Apple Store Gallery
7-8.30pm, tickets from gallery £5 including wine, advance booking advised due to Covid restrictions.

Book cover - image from a Birches Farm sketch by me

somewhere-nowhere

In 2018 I attended a talk by Rob and Harriet Fraser (somewhere-nowhere) about their venture The Long View, and last year contributed to their project with the Wye Valley AONB In the Wye Valley: A Meeting of River and People. Harriet interviewed me on a rainy day in Lea & Paget's Wood and Rob took this atmospheric image using a traditional plate camera.

Recently Rob and Harriet established The Place Collective and I'm delighted to have been invited to join, more in my next newsletter.

Looking Ahead

27th July onwards: Island Fortress 1940: Britain’s War defences Then and Now, touring exhibition starting Bodmin, artists including members of The Arborealists, colour catalogue in production

4th - 12th September: h.Art Herefordshire Open Studios, group show at St Michael's Church, Discoed

13th - 28th November: The Arborealists: Exploring Exmoor Trees & Woodland at Lanacre Barn Gallery in association with Exmoor National Park Authority to help raise funds for new woodland at Bye-on-the-Moor

With best regards, 
Richard

Harebells Singing at Twilight - ink & watercolour, Birches Farm