Walking along the banks of the River Culm this summer was beautiful. Tall stands of purple loosestrife, carpets of water forget-me-not and reed canary-grass swaying and rustling in the breeze. But these outings weren’t purely
Throughout June and July we have had the wonderful opportunity to work with five schools and over 300 pupils along the length of the River Culm. We started with Churchstanton Primary School at the
It’s been a busy week exploring the Culm in search of stories. In my head I’ve been wandering around ancient lost cities. There are rumours that there
The Beginning Hello, I’m Clare. I’m setting off this week on a journey to discover and weave stories about the River Culm. The preparation began a few weeks ago with some webinars made
May and June were busy months, we've been continuing to co-create a Vision & initiate an action plan with amazing people! Three fantastic catchment visualisation workshops took everyone time travelling to the future to imagine
Visualising the River Culm, its tributaries and the wider catchment has been something the CtC project has strived to do since day one. Here we've gathered together some of the artwork and illustrations that
The Connecting the Culm Team are excited to have been joined by storyteller Clare Viner! Clare is going to be leading us on adventures each week as she co-creates some stories with the river,
Arts and crafts are as important as evidence for expressing our entanglements with nature, wildlife and watery environments. Through the Creative Culm initiative, the Connecting the Culm project brings together people working in different
Back in March we wrote about wildlife spotted in the Culm catchment and that we'd soon be able to share plans with you on how to get involved, COVID-safely, in one of the many
On Wednesday 17th March an interactive audience joined us for the Culm Citizen Science Investigations (CSI) event, to celebrate the work of the fantastic volunteers throughout the Culm catchment who collect and analyse water samples
