Pupils' Artwork Unveiled at Rowdown Woods
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- Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:40:00
10 January 2007
Last July pupils from the school spent two days investigating the woods and worked with nature artist Kate Munro to create drawings and paintings of the things they saw. These drawings have been incorporated into the sign which will go up at the entrance to the woods off Kestral Way.
The new sign has been commissioned as part of the Capital Woodlands Project, a three-year London Biodiversity Partnership project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund which aims to raise awareness and appreciation of London’s woodlands. Working in six flagship woodlands as well as throughout the capital, the project’s key areas of work include the sharing of good practice in woodland management, training, strengthening links between woodlands and communities, encouraging educational use of woodlands and recruiting volunteers.
In Croydon the project is focusing on Birch Wood and Rowdown Wood in New Addington. The aim is to improve security and access through the woods as well as work with schools and the wider community to raise awareness of the woods on their doorstep.
Councillor Steve Hollands, cabinet member for culture and sport said: “Well done to the pupils of Rowdown Primary School for their artistic efforts. The new sign looks fantastic and gives people a taster of what they can see if they pay a visit to the woods. With so much woodland and open space in the borough it is important that we encourage people to appreciate and make use of it and projects like this go a long way towards doing that.”
The Capital Woodlands Project is managed by Trees for Cities, working in partnership with the Greater London Authority Forestry Commission, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV), the Peabody Trust and the London boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Haringey, Merton and Redbridge.
