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After a busy summer we are now all working towards our second woodland festival, ‘Wild About Wood’ which is being held over the weekend of September 11-12. If you came last year you know how good it was and this year promises to be even better. More details of the event can be found on our website, just follow the link on the front page. One very exciting display will be the results of the ‘Branching Out’ project. This a project of the Liveries Wood Group: the Worshipful Companies of Carpenters, Furniture Makers, Joiners & Ceilers, Turners, and Upholders, ancient Guilds of the City of London who all have a strong interest in wood. The Group has invited selected artists, actors, designers and other creative and imaginative people to transform a small piece of dead oak branch from the Arboretum into a work of art, to be auctioned in aid of the Arboretum. They must fit into a box measuring (internally) 200 mm long, 100 mm wide and 100 mm high. They have been painted, gilded, carved, embellished – there are no rules on style, the only rule is that the final result must fit in its box! Each work of art will be signed by its maker. Then they will be on show at Bonhams before being auctioned on September 16th Proceeds will be donated to the Arboretum. See our website: www.kewatch.co.uk
Harry Kingman.
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