LANDSCAPE AND STORIES PROJECT
This Project is about our relationship to the land that we inhabit. This land includes the footpaths we tread every day, our gardens and allotments, the fields we see, bits of scrubland and copses that provide good habitats for wildlife, the beaches and cliffs, the Mere with its reedbeds and islands, thetrees and drains, and all the other things that make up the land around us. We shape the land but the land also shapes us in subtle ways. So, this Project is about landscape and the human heart. What do you love and/or enjoy about the landscape here in Hornsea? How do you feel about it? Do you have a favourite place to be? Why do you treasure it?
The land also holds stories. Many people have been here before us, living and working on the land, making the footpaths, planting trees, dredging the drains and so on. For example, there are many deserted medieval villages in this area. So, the land is full of memories too. And as we go about our lives on the land, we too, create stories. One member of Home Grown Hornsea - Laura - would like to hear your stories of your relationship with the land. Did you go scrumping for apples? Have you picked brambles in the autumn? Where is your favourite walk? Do you have a special tree? What animals or birds have you noticed as you walk around?
If you would like to share your stories then email Laura at homegrownhornsea@gmail.com. Laura is collecting our stories over the next few months, and will put them all in a booklet for future reference.
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE THAT WILL GET YOU THINKING
''Paths are the habits of a landscape. It's hard to create a footpath on your own".
"Paths connect".
"Like sea channels that require regular dredging to stay open, paths need walking".
"A walk is only a step away from a story - and every path tells".
"Commonplace nature, everyday landscapes, ordinary wildlife, are as vital to nature's overall wellbeing as the special, the endangered, the rare".
"Unless people pass on their wisdom about the particulars of place, nature will continue to be diminished on our doorsteps".
"We have to begin to see the spaces in our urban environment as much more than green ornaments and little fluffy bits between the buildings".