Tamar Valley

Rooted: A journey through Land, Story and Belonging

Working with three creative practitioners, Jo, Hanna and Matt, we will be welcoming refugees and asylum seekers into the Tamar Valley over the next few months to encourage them to start their own story in this protected landscape. 

Rooted: A journey through Land, Story and Belonging will include three walks around different parts of the Tamar Valley and two sessions at Harewood Farm, Calstock, where the group will grow and share food that will form part of a celebration event at the end of the project.

Through writing, photography, artwork and sound recordings, participants will be supported and guided to capture their experience in the Tamar Valley, along with the benefits that interacting with nature may bring. Our project hopes to create connections through food; working with the soil, growing ingredients and cooking together is a powerful way to build trust and belonging. The workshops will begin in May and end in October with a celebration event and exhibition at Cultural Kitchen Plymouth.

Our group’s journey will begin by train, along the beautiful Tamar Valley Line, from Plymouth into the heart of the Tamar Valley.

You can follow Rooted’s journey through social media @tamarvalleynl, @harewoodfarmgirl, @hannacollinsphoto and @mattbrydenpoetry or sign up to receive regular ebulletins from Tamar Valley National Landscape  email: charlotte.dancer@cornwall.gov.uk.