The Exhibition at Museum in the Park, Stroud, showed artworks made by members of the public in collaboration with eco-artist Joanna Callaghan in celebration of the beautiful and increasingly rare limestone grasslands of the Cotswolds.
Limestone’s Living Legacies
The almost magical beauty of the Cotswolds in spring and summer defies the term “unimproved grassland”. Growing on soil that is based on limestone, these grasslands can be brim-full of wild flowers, butterflies, bees and many more creatures. They are lost when they are “improved” for farming by reseeding and fertilising. Created long ago when humans cleared the forests, this is a fragile haven for species that could not survive without it.


Ancients of the Future Event
'THE TREES OF FOUNTAINS ABBEY'

Ancients of the Future Event
'CELEBRATING ANCIENT TREES – BANNER MAKING AND PARADE'

Barberry Carpet Moth Event
'COME-A-WASSAILING '

Black-tailed Godwit Event
'TO FLY ADVENTUROUS'

Gems in the Dunes Event
'WALKING ART WORKSHOPS'

Gems in the Dunes Event
'BUCKTHORN BASH WORKSHOP '

Gems in the Dunes Event
'OUTDOOR PORCELAIN WORKSHOP'

Gems in the Dunes Event
'OUTDOOR CYANOTYPE WORKSHOP'

Colour in the Margins Event
'DRAWING FROM NATURE '

Colour in the Margins Event
'DISCOVER, CREATE, VALUE '

Colour in the Margins Event
'COLOUR IN THE MARGINS, IN WORDS'

Cornish Path Moss Event
'POETRY ART DISCUSSION'

Dorset's Heathland Heart Event
'WILD AT 'ART ON THE HEATH!'

Field Cricket Event
'BANNER AND WALL HANGING MAKING WORKSHOP'

Grey Long-eared Bat and Narrow-headed Ant Event
'LONG EARS AND NARROW HEADS'

Ladybird Spider Event
'LADYBIRD SPIDERS CREATIVE WORKSHOPS!'

Lesser Butterfly Orchid Event
'POETRY & DRAWING'

Little Whirlpool Ramshorn Snail Event
'THE LAST DITCH'

Limestone's Living Legacies Event
'GRASSLANDS ART'

Pine Marten Event
'PINE MARTEN BOX MAKING'

Roots of Rockingham Event
'FANS OF THE FOREST – GUIDED WALK'

Shifting Sands Event
'CABINET OF CURIOSITY'

Shifting Sands Event
'LANTERN MAKING'

Shrill Carder Bee Event
'VICTORY WOOD HERITAGE OPEN DAY'

Willow Tit Event
'WILLOW TIT ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS'

Ancients of the Future Event
'LANHYDROCK’S ANCIENTS'

Field Cricket Event
'SOUND OF THE FIELD'
All project artwork
Exploring Limestone’s Living Legacies through community artworks.
The Art of saving species
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