Join Connecting Threads for a very special Bedtime at the River where we will meet Bat and Moth, finding out what they do at our bedtime. We’ll be making shadow puppets and using them in our special yew tree puppet theatre, learning about bats and moths, experiencing music, story and song with sound artist Kate […]

Join the Uncovering the Tweed and Borders Forest Trust teams for a walk around the BFT site at Corehead, Moffat. We will meet outside the Moffat Town Hall to travel together to the start of the walk in taxis. The walk is on the BFT site at Corehead and Ericstane and the intended route will […]

Join the Uncovering the Tweed and Borders Forest Trust teams for a walk around the BFT sites Talla and Gameshope. We will meet in Tweedsmuir to coordinate car sharing, talk through the archaeology in the wider landscape and then proceed to Talla Reservoir parking where the walk will start. The walk is on the BFT […]

Borders Forest Trust and Connecting Threads are delighted to present an intimate acoustic performance by harpist, composer and singer Esther Swift. The performance will take place under cover at Corehead, a site being developed by Borders Forest Trust to restore native woodland and wetland in this corner of the Southern Uplands. Esther Swift explores ritual, […]

Celebrate the rich landscapes and plant life of the River Tweed at the Nature Journaling – Tweedsmuir Art Show. Held on August 2nd and 3rd at Tweedsmuir Village Hall, this inspiring exhibition showcases the artwork created during an 8-week programme that explored the natural beauty of the Tweedsmuir area. Led by Pete Carthy, a nature […]

Join photographers Zoe Hamill and Kat Gollock at the second event in their new project, Terra Incognita. Through walking, photography, writing and gathering, photographers Zoe Hamill and Kat Gollock seek to create alternative maps of the middle section of the River Tweed by collecting and marking the lesser-heard memories and stories that are housed within […]