Katy Hawkins led a wonderful Poetree workshop with Bradley Taylor last weekend, working with Open Door and Greener Cleaner Firs and Bromford, starting at The Hub, their welcoming community space.

Katy led the first part of the walk, pointing out details of local trees recently planted using mindful techniques and descriptions, encouraging the group to get up close and personal.

Bradley used Isabel Galleymore and Jean Binta Breeze as nature poet inspirations during the second part of the workshop, where after their reflections on connections with trees, wrote a beautiful community poem (where everyone had a go on his typewriter).

After the poem was read and well-receive by all, the page was laminated and attached with string to the tree, for their poetree to be shared with the rest of the community; it did the trick, as a passerby stopped to read their collaborative work immediately!