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Connecting Threads welcomes two new artists in residence for 2026
The five-year Connecting Threads project is a unique place-making initiative that connects creatives across all art forms with conservationists, environmentalists, scientists, river specialists and communities of place and purpose, celebrating the River Tweed through a programme of cultural activity. Rebecca, based in Nottingham, and Savinder, based in Hitchin, work across art forms and disciplines including […]
Tweed River Festival 2026: Under, over, round and through
Connecting Threads is delighted to announce the second edition of the Tweed River Festival, an annual creative celebration of the River Tweed. Conceived as a gathering of river-loving communities, and taking place across multiple indoor and outdoor sites in Melrose in the Scottish Borders, the two-day event will feature an array of creative activities in, on […]
Destination Tweed’s Sprouston excavation set to reveal thousands of years of Borders history
Archaeologists and volunteers from Destination Tweed’s community-based archaeology programme, Uncovering the Tweed have begun a three-week excavation at Whitmuirhaugh, Sprouston near Kelso to discover how the site has been used over thousands of years. The location is a Scheduled Monument with evidence suggesting activity from early pre-historic period through to the medieval era. While a […]
Destination Tweed project reaches 100 story milestone
The Tweed Stories project, part of the wider Destination Tweed initiative, is celebrating a major milestone as more than 100 stories have now been collected from local communities about their personal connections to the River Tweed. Further story-gathering events are planned in the coming weeks for the project, which is collating river-based tales and oral […]
Tweed Forum launches new Biosecurity Plan to protect River Tweed from invasive species
Environmental charity, Tweed Forum has launched a new Tweed Catchment Biosecurity Plan (2026-2031) setting out how partners across the catchment will work together to prevent, detect and control invasive non-native species threatening the River Tweed. The River Tweed is internationally-recognised for its outstanding beauty, rich biodiversity and status as the UK’s most prolific salmon river. […]
River Tweed becomes a living classroom with launch of TweedWATCH Education Pack
The landscapes of the River Tweed catchment are set to become a living classroom for schoolchildren across the Scottish Borders and north Northumberland with the launch of an important new outdoor learning resource celebrating the river environment. Unveiled this week by Borders charity, Tweed Forum, the new TweedWATCH Education Pack has been created for pupils […]