A multi-disciplinary programme to help revive a depleted landscape
Sustaining Dunbar’s ‘River Catchment Restoration Project’ aims to help kickstart landscape-scale restoration of biodiversity across East Lammermuir.
As part of this, FLOW, will involve practitioners from sciences and creative arts, farmers, land managers and local communities in a process to develop a shared understanding and plans to address how we may repair the damage done and balance the needs of humanity and the natural world.
We are running a series of creative activities based at Spott Village Hall from where we will explore the Spott Burn and its surroundings.
All these strands will feed in to the exhibition FLOW at John Muir’s Birthplace Museum running from July to September 2026.
Join us on our ‘Walkshops’ and through conversation with knowledgeable guides explore the geology, biodiversity, history and folklore of the landscape in the Lammermuir Hills.
Discover the story of a stream – how it gathers in the hills, finds a path through rocks and over earth, creates woodlands and meadow environments that can support a fascinating range of flora and fauna.
Learn about the elements that have influenced, and still influence, its life.
Work with artists to find your creative FLOW
Make fascinating photographic images with techniques that use plant based light sensitive emulsions and no cameras.
Weave foraged materials into unique sculptural shapes.
Be inspired by the FLOW of the burn and respond to its energy in words or images of your choosing.
The programme of activities will run from mid May to early July. Details coming soon!
Please register your interest HERE to be kept informed.