The Ash Project - Kent Downs

Ash tree in Scotney Castle gardens, Kent. Photo: John Miller.

Ash tree in Scotney Castle gardens, Kent. Photo: John Miller.

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PastWorkshop

Tree Listening: Alex Metcalf

St Mary and St Eanswythe Churchyard, Church St, Folkestone, CT20 1SW

8 and 9 September 2018, 11:30-3:30pm

The Tree Listening Project provides an experience that links both science and art by engaging the public with what happens inside a tree, to excite and inspire a keen interest in trees.

PastWorkshop

Drawing with light: Workshop with Rocio von Jungenfeld 

Hucking Estate, Kent Downs

Saturday 18th August 2018, 10am -2pm

In this workshop with walking artist and photographer Rocio von Jungenfeld you will learn to look more closely at the relationship between ash trees, light and shadow.

Folkestone Downs exchange. Photo: Rubiane Maia
PastWorkshop

A Photographic Exchange: Workshop with Manuel Vason

Folkestone Downs, Meet at the Brewery Tap on Tontine Street

Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 August 2018, 10-5pm, you must be available to attend both days of the workshop

Over two days we will practice photography as a methodology to communicate and connect with the ash trees of a small forest near Folkestone.

Newlands Corner, Surrey. Photo: Belinda Knox
PastWorkshop

Wonder of the Wood: Photography Workshop with Belinda Knox

Kearsney Abbey and Russell Gardens, Alkham Rd, Temple Ewell, Dover CT16 3DZ

Sunday 5 August 2018, 10am - 2pm

In this workshop at the beautiful Kearsney Abbey we celebrate the ash tree  in this workshop as we focus primarily on the ash tree and the surrounding landscape.

Kearsney Abbey. Photo: Kent Downs
PastWorkshop

Create an Ash Tree Book

Meet at Elms Vale recreation ground car park, Elms Vale Road, Dover (TR 299 414)

Saturday 4th August 2018, 2pm-3:30pm

Come along with your children to this very special Green Gang event. Learn about ash and make your very own ash book, from things collected on the Whinless Downs

PastWalkWorkshop

Trees of Kearsney Abbey with Mike Phillips

Kearsney Abbey

Saturday 4 August 2018, 10:30-12:30

Have you ever wanted to know your ash from your walnut or your beech from your hornbeam?  On this walkshop you will learn what makes ash so distinctive in the landscapes of Kent and see how it is a special feature of the wild spaces around Kearsney Abbey

PastWorkshop

Diminishing landscapes: Photography Workshop with Peter Coles

White Horse Wood

Saturday 21 July 2018, 11.00am - 3.00pm

Stalking the disappearing ash tree; an experimental photography walkshop with Peter Coles & Andrew Stuck from the Museum of Walking.

Ash wood chair, John Waller. Photo: John Waller
PastWorkshop

Ash Chair Making Course

Bore Place, Chiddingstone, Edenbridge Kent TN8 7AR

9th, 17th, 23rd, 30th June and 1st July 2018 (5 days)

This course will teach you how to make a complete chair from an ash log. Creating your very own memories of ash to take home with you.

Ash Trees in Kent
PastWorkshop

Ash Markings: Charcoal Drawing Workshop

Manor Park Country Park, St. Leonards St, West Malling ME19 6PE

Friday 1 June 2018, 11-1pm

Artists such as John Constable, Henry Moore and David Nash have all taken inspiration from landscapes of ash trees. In this morning workshop we will draw some of the magnificent…

Gorham Woods, near Bicknor
PastWorkshop

Tree Planting: Bicknor

Meeting at St. James church, Bicknor, Sittingbourne ME9 8AY.

Thursday 15 March 2018, 10:30am-3:00pm

Come and help us plant trees to create a new woodland in a landscape in Kent. With trees selected by a local ecologist to protect the biodiversity of this landscape.

Ash Trees, Thorn Wood, May 2016. Photo: Kent Downs
PastWorkshop

Tree Planting: Thorn Wood

Thorn Wood, Meet at the small carpark at Stone Farm on Ashford Road, Hythe, CT21 4EL

Saturday 10 March 2018, 10am-4pm

Come and help us plant trees to replace diseased ash trees in a woodland in Kent. With trees selected by a local ecologist to protect the biodiversity of this ancient wood.

Clearing up. Photo: Medway Valley
PastWorkshop

Putting Wood to Work

Hadlow College, Tonbridge Rd, Hadlow, Tonbridge TN11 0AL

Wednesday 21 February 2018, 10am-3pm

Learn some about some of the traditional uses of ash wood in this one day green woodworking workshop at Hadlow College

Brockhill Country Park with Tree ID Workshop Participants: Kent Downs
PastWorkshop

Tree Planting: Brockhill Country Park

Brockhill Country Park

Wednesday 21 February 2018, Drop in any time between 11 and 2:30pm

Come and help us replant an area of Brockhill Country Park that has had some ash trees removed due to ash dieback.

Greenwood working in action. Photo: High Weald Partnership
PastWorkshop

From Saw to Spoon

Cinderhill Wood and Nature Reserve, Five Wents, 5 Cinder Hill Wood, Matfield, Tonbridge TN12 7ED

Tuesday 30 January 2018, 10-3pm

Join The Ash Project and the Kent High Weald Partnership at Local Nature Reserve, Cinderhill Woods in Kent for a day of green woodworking.

Burning off, after coppice. Photo: Medway Valley
PastWorkshop

Ash Coppicing

Yalding Fen

Tuesday 23rd January 2018, 10am-3pm

Join the Medway Valley Countryside Partnership and spend a day coppicing an ash tree at a local wildlife site.

Sopwith Camel. Image: Ackroyd and Harvey
PastTalkWorkshop

Ash Object Lessons Part 2

Urban Room, Folkestone Harbour, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1QH (Parking is available on the Arm)

Sunday 5 November 2017, 2-4pm

Ash wood is known for being lightweight, tolerant to vibration and very hard. Egyptians imported ash from Europe and used the wood, which bends when steamed, to perfect the invention…

Ash and vapor trails. Photo: James Collie
PastWalkWorkshop

Lost in Transmission

Meet at the Urban Room

Saturday 4 November 2017, 11am - 2pm

Learn about the changes to rural and urban landscapes that ash dieback will bring, and discover the pushes and pulls (both natural and cultural) that drive its spread.

Arrows. Image: Ackroyd and Harvey
PastTalkWorkshop

Ash Object Lessons

Urban Room, Folkestone Harbour, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1QH (Parking is available on the Arm)

Friday 3 November 2017, 5-7

In this session, we look at a selection of objects from collected from Rob Penns the Man Who Made Things Out of Trees and museum collections which will form part of a larger archive of ash objects at the University of Kent Studio 3 Gallery in 2018.

Robin Wood Bowls. Photo: Rob Penn
PastWorkshop

Ash spoon making

Bore Place, near Edenbridge, Kent

Sunday 15th October 2017, 10am - 4.30pm

Come along and play with some green ash wood. Join us for this brilliant workshop taught by John Waller, the underwoods man of Kent

Tree in field. Photo: Kent Downs
PastWorkshop

Ash Tree ID Course: Lullingstone Country Park

Lullingstone Country Park

Sunday 1 October 2017, 10am - 1pm

Have you ever wanted to know your ash from your walnut or your beech from your hornbeam?  Come and learn what makes ash so distinctive in the landscapes of Kent. This…

Ash Coppice. Photo: Edward Parker
PastWorkshop

Ash Tree ID Course: Shorne Woods Country Park

Shorne Country Park

Sunday 17 September 2017, 10am - 1pm

Have you ever wanted to know your ash from your walnut or your beech from your hornbeam?  Come and learn what makes ash so distinctive in the landscapes of Kent. This…

Trosley Views. Photo: Explore Kent
PastWorkshop

Ash Tree ID Course: Trosley Country Park

Trosley Country Park

Sunday 3 September 2017, 10am -1pm

Come and learn how to identify all the trees in our landscape, followed by a special ash walk in our beautiful Kent Country Parks

Bark from an ash tree near Ightham Mote and Knole in Kent. Photo: John Miller.
PastWorkshop

Ancient Ash Woodlands Course

Kent

Winter 2017

Learn the more about the practices used in managing ancient woodland in this two day introductory demonstration run by the Kent Woodland Employment Scheme

Ash Trees at Brockhill. Photo: Kent Downs
PastWorkshop

Ash Tree ID Course: Brockhill Country Park

Brockhill Country Park

Sunday 13 August 2017, 10am - 1pm

This tree ID course will offer a practical guide to understanding the trees in the woodlands of Kent, and will be followed by a walk in the ash woodlands to practice your skills.

Ast trees, Folkestone Downs
PastWalkWorkshop

Ash Trees of the Folkestone Downs

Folkestone Downs, Meet at the far end of Holywell Avenue, off Canterbury Road, Folkestone CT19 6LB

Saturday 5 August 2017, 2-4pm

Discover the fascinating history of ash and help us make our own ash tree myths.

Reference-Points-Event
PastWalkWorkshop

Reference Points

Sidelands Farm on Little Olantigh Road. Post code TN25 5DQ [Grid Ref TR066467]

Saturday 29 July 2017, 10:30am - 1pm

Ancient trees hold and locate histories; providing valuable resources, marking boundaries and important locations which have had meaning to local communities over centuries.

The effects of ash dieback, near Ightham Mote and Knole, Kent. Photo: John Miller.
PastWalkWorkshop

The Song of the Ash

Shorne Woods, Gravesend

Sat 1 July 2017, 10:30 - 1:00 pm

Ash trees are dying, in this workshop Chris Poundwhite guides us through the ash woods of North Kent to connect with what remains.

Film making workshop
PastWorkshop

Make a Landscape Film

The Quadrangle Trust, Shoreham

Tues 6 June 2017, 10am - 4pm

Make a film in ash landscapes with acclaimed film makers Juliet Brown and Rani Khanna

The Hardy Ash in Old St Pancras Churchyard. Photo: Paul Hudson - https://flic.kr/p/cn1uSf
PastWalkWorkshop

Stalking the Hardy Ash

Kentish Town and St Pancras, London

Wed 31 May 2017, 6:15pm

Join us on a photography walkshop led by Peter Coles and the Museum of Walking for London Tree Week

A lasting legacy for the ash tree

The Ash Project – Kent Downs

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The Ash Project is an urgent cultural response to the devastating effects of ash dieback in the Kent Downs, celebrating the cultural, natural and social history of the ash tree, and creating an enduring legacy for future generations. The Ash Project is an initiative of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Unit which received funding from Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England to host ash related events in Kent from 2017–2018.

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