This Blog Reel includes Posts about our Treevents:
Caldmore Speaks Out
Caldmore Speaks Out was a truly wonderful event on Sunday 6th October filled with nature poetry, run by Poets, Prattlers & Pandemonialists at Caldmore Community Garden, hosted by Gracey Bee Poetry. We caught up with Barrington from Writers Without Borders, whose fabulous workshop inspired one of the poems that our Communications Manager read, as well as a helping hand from urban forest volunteer Sami. Many people have already submitted their poetry towards the Trees Please, …
Zephaniah Forest Poetry Workshop
Bradley Taylor ran a fantastic Zephaniah Forest Poetry Workshop at Fletcher’s Bar, King’s Heath, 24th September. He has been working with us to promote the poetry competition for The Zephaniah Forest, as well as submitting his own poetry as well. As the Overcoat Poetry host, Bradley teamed up with us to run with incredible Benjamin and tree-themed writing sessions to encourage creatives to submit their poetry towards our Trees Please, Poetry Please? competition, as part …
Sustainable Futures Festival
A magnificent day was had at Caldmore Community Garden’s Sustainable Futures Festival, where we were kindly invited to talk about The Zephaniah Forest and our poetry competition, encouraging people to write and submit their poetry with us towards Benjamin’s legacy trees in Burbury Park! With so many widely contributing community and corporate groups doing their bit for nature and the environment, we came together in a day of storytelling, bee-autiful performances, composting, pledging, and face-painting, …
Benjamin Zephaniah: A Celebration
Yesterday’s (1st September) Benjamin Zephaniah: A Celebration held at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) was filled with positivity and emotion, as people gathered here to remember the Birmingham icon and celebrate with his family, friends, and many creative and nature-loving individuals from our beautiful city and beyond. With powerful performances from Jasmine Gardosi current Birmingham Poet Laureate, and the previous Laureate Casey Bailey, as well as fantastic musicians, films, and art installations – we joined …
