Week One – Weaving Tales on the Culm
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
How is the River Culm performing?
A summary of our research and the outcomes of consultation – June 2020 – June 2021 Over the past year we’ve been researching, exploring, discussing and consulting with multiple agencies, organisations
Taking the Blueprint into the Summer
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
Illustrating the Culm
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
Storying the Culm
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
Creative Culm
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
News from the Future
Last month, in the company of our intrepid time-travelling guide, Rob Hopkins, and our fast-draw illustrator Richard Carman, we ventured into the unknown. In a series of workshops, where we were
Water, wildlife & vegetation monitoring training & volunteering – getting outdoors in groups again!
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
The Culm – a 50-year vision – Ellerhayes to Columbjohn
The National Trust and Westcountry Rivers Trust are working together to start the process of enhancing nature in the floodplain from Ellerhayes Bridge to Columbjohn on the Killerton estate. On the evening