What a splendid day!
We had a really good turnout and were busy all day. The overall feel of the
day, in the gorgeous October sunshine, was a buzzing community event.
The Friends of the
Fallowfield Loop helped out enormously preparing the land in the run up to the
event, making it look really welcoming, with David Beetham, Pam Flynn and
Costel Harnasz helping out on the day and talking to people about the group. Incredible
Edible Levenshulme weeded the community vegetable beds before-hand and Fiona Mitchell
and Pauline Johnson were offering planting to children and adults on the day
making the event feel really special. A huge thank you to all those involved and for the support from Sustrans!
As people arrived they
spent time chatting to Ali Gadeema and Martin Visceral, our spoken word
artists, who helped them to create poems that accompanied their treasures in
our ‘Gallery of Gilded Frames’ that Sharon Campbell was curating. Rachel
Ramchurn offered some hands on clay experience making tiny treasures inspired
by nature that could also go in the gallery. The works of art were made by a
huge variety of ages, one of the golden frames even had a prized pair of
football boots and a pack of cards in it for about half an hour, accompanied by
the poem:
Grab a spade
And dig for Treasure
Precious as a Diamond
Brand new boots
Joining the club
Play to his hearts content
Its Ace-The King!
Farooq
I think the day is best summed up by this poem that Ali and Martin created on the day:
Sunday morning and
A Pocketful of treasures
Bless my day's journey
Tiny pirate chest
A pocketful of treasures
A sky full of sun
Mellow chords and beats
A pocketful of treasures
Ears full of music
Increadible Feats
A pocketful of treasures
Soil full of Life
Moulding the magic
A pocketful of treasures
Hands full of soft clay
People connecting
This is the real treasure
Immaterial
Sunday morning and
A pocketful of treasures
Bless my day's journey