What next?
This is very much the start of a project and not the end of one.
In rethinking our building and our graveyard as a shared space with other species of plants and animals we have grown our own small community of environmental activists and experts.
The list of people and their collective knowledge is incredible. They have opened the door into allowing us to celebrate our accompanying graveyard as a shared space, a space for biodiversity to flourish.
We need their knowledge, we need to be able to respect and understand our neighbours. We never imagined that we’d be able to build such a bank of knowledge. It’s amazing to think that it was all just there waiting for the door to be unlocked.
We are now all fired up by the idea that we can manage this space in such a way that native species and seeds sleeping just beneath the surface can once again break cover, we can become a haven for moths, hedgehogs, bats and foxes.
To become friends with these animals and plants, we first had to introduce ourselves and this project has fostered just that introduction. The next step is to build our home together.
Dr. Anthony Roberts, Director, Colchester Arts Centre
This is very much the start of a project and not the end of one.
In rethinking our building and our graveyard as a shared space with other species of plants and animals we have grown our own small community of environmental activists and experts.
The list of people and their collective knowledge is incredible. They have opened the door into allowing us to celebrate our accompanying graveyard as a shared space, a space for biodiversity to flourish.
We need their knowledge, we need to be able to respect and understand our neighbours. We never imagined that we’d be able to build such a bank of knowledge. It’s amazing to think that it was all just there waiting for the door to be unlocked.
We are now all fired up by the idea that we can manage this space in such a way that native species and seeds sleeping just beneath the surface can once again break cover, we can become a haven for moths, hedgehogs, bats and foxes.
To become friends with these animals and plants, we first had to introduce ourselves and this project has fostered just that introduction. The next step is to build our home together.
Dr. Anthony Roberts, Director, Colchester Arts Centre