Connecting creative people and places along the Norfolk/Suffolk border
Thursday 26th September, 5:30pm to 8pm
Presentations and discussion about our native insects and wildflowers – both threats and solutions. With Matt Shardlow, chief exec of Buglife, scientists from UEA, local poets and writers. Organised by Wild Anglia.
Guildhall, Norwich NR2 1JS
Free – booking not necessary
Tuesday 17th September, 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Browse the Pakefield Bugs & Blossoms exhibition, enjoy a sociable light lunch, listen to the shortlisted entries from the poetry writing competition and find out which Dr Jos Smith (UEA) has selected to win. Plus news of W&BA plans for 2020.
Ferini Art Gallery, 27 – 29 All Saints’ Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft NR33 0JL
£12 (W&BA members £10) – includes light lunch, details on booking
Email [email protected] to book tickets or if you have any queries; or leave a message on 07415 168806 with your contact details. Once your places have been confirmed you will be asked to pay, either by sending a cheque or paying online via your account.
Children and under 18s are free at all events but please book their places so that we can keep track of numbers. they will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Friday 6th to Sunday 29th September, 11am to 4pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday only
Exhibition of paintings, prints, sculptures and craftwork that celebrate the beauty and diversity of nature, including work by Kate Batchelor, Ruth Wharrier, Margaret Parsons, John R Carey and Mark Ward.
Ferini Art Gallery, 27 – 29 All Saints’ Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft NR33 0JL
Free entry
Tuesday 13th August, 10:30am to 3:30pm
What flowers would you find in a witch’s garden or a fairy story? How do bugs find their way into art, literature and stories? Explore how bugs and blossoms can inform and inspire poetry writing with Beth Soule and make ‘poetry bugs’ to hang in a Poet-Tree.
The Staithe Centre, Bungay NR35 1BF
£15 (W&BA and SPS members £12)
Email [email protected] to book tickets or if you have any queries; or leave a message on 07415 168806 with your contact details. Once your places have been confirmed you will be asked to pay, either by sending a cheque or paying online via your account.
Children and under 18s are free at all events but please book their places so that we can keep track of numbers. they will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Sunday 4th August, 1pm to 4pm
A magical afternoon of fun and discovery for all the family in the flower-strewn meadow at Ringsfield Hall. Activities include charcoal-making and drawing, cooking on the fire, live music from Iceni Rising, seed bombs, making bugs from clay and more. Fairy costumes welcome!
Ringsfield Eco Centre, Hall Rd, Ringsfield, Beccles NR34 8JR
£10 per car – regardless of the number of occupants. Well behaved dogs on leads welcome.
Thursday 25th July, 4:45pm to 6:45pm
Learn about moths and butterflies of the Waveney valley with renowned naturalist and writer Mark Cocker. Includes a leisurely walk in the nearby woods, waterside and grazing marshes at Geldeston.
Supported by Grain Brewery
Lock’s Inn, Lock’s Lane, Geldeston, Beccles NR34 0HW
£15 (W&BA members £12)
Email [email protected] to book tickets or if you have any queries; or leave a message on 07415 168806 with your contact details. Once your places have been confirmed you will be asked to pay, either by sending a cheque or paying online via your account.
Children and under 18s are free at all events but please book their places so that we can keep track of numbers. they will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Thursday 25th July, 1pm to 4pm
Join Tim Gardiner, prizewinning poet and ecologist, amidst the magical grazing marshes at Geldeston to stop, look, listen and write your own haiku poems. Includes walk and creative writing workshop.
Supported by Grain Brewery
Lock’s Inn, Lock’s Lane, Geldeston, Beccles NR34 0HW
£12 (W&BA members £10)
Email [email protected] to book tickets or if you have any queries; or leave a message on 07415 168806 with your contact details. Once your places have been confirmed you will be asked to pay, either by sending a cheque or paying online via your account.
Children and under 18s are free at all events but please book their places so that we can keep track of numbers. they will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Sunday 14th July, 2pm to 4pm
Poet Nicholas Lingwood will read poems inspired by the abundant dragonflies, butterflies, Marsh Harriers and more as he leads this 3.5 mile walk around Redgrave and Lopham Fen reserve.
Meet at Redgrave & Lopham Fen, South Lopham, Diss IP22 2HX
£6 (W&BA members £5)
Email [email protected] to book tickets or if you have any queries; or leave a message on 07415 168806 with your contact details. Once your places have been confirmed you will be asked to pay, either by sending a cheque or paying online via your account.
Children and under 18s are free at all events but please book their places so that we can keep track of numbers. they will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Sunday 7th July, 2:30pm to 4pm
A fun event for all the family. Come and find your own real life bugs on Broome Heath and then make a mini-beast from natural materials, plus free tea and cakes and lots of creative making activities afterwards.
Supported by Norfolk Wildlife Trust and The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Meet beside Ditchingham Village Hall, Loddon Road, Ditchingham NR35 2QN
Free, no booking necessary
Bugs and blossoms are under threat – so feel inspired to respond poetically and contribute to W&BA’s campaign to celebrate them and protect their future.
First prize £100 cash, plus two runner-up prizes and an opportunity to read at The Lowestoft Seagull’s New Words, Fresh Voices night on Sunday 17th November.
Poet and author Dr Jos Smith (UEA) will select the winning entries.
Closing date for submissions is Friday 16th August 2019.
£3 for one submission, £5 for maximum two.
Full details about prizes and how to enter here
Image above: Pat Adams
