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Scribble in the Garden

Here are the photos from a brilliantly creative writing day in the Garden. Thanks to Nadia Gasper for inspiring all the young poets and to Ashley Bloom for capturing their concentration so beautifully!

Pictures taken by Ashley Bloom

Tuesday 19 April 2011, 2-5pm

Children can find their natural poet within while walking around the Eastern Curve with Nadia Gasper from ‘Scribble Ink’. She will introduce the poetry forms of different cultures and times and give an insight into how poetry reflects emotions.

They can then draft their own poems before editing them with guidance from Nadia. All of the poems will be collected in a special anthology of writing which will be published on the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden’s website.

For more information about Nadia and Scribble Ink, visit: www.scribbleink.com

Creating Flying Birds

Monday 18 April 2011, 2-5pm

Now that Spring has well and truly arrived, join Artists Steph Bedford and Tanya Andrew thinking about what birds are up to at this time of year, how they adapt to live in the city, and sing their dawn chorus, in this workshop, before using recycled materials to create ‘bird’ art.

The finished birds will be suspended from the roof of the Garden pavilion to be blown by the wind.