The Great Big Green Week 2026

Escape Arts celebrates The Great Big Green Week 2026

Escape Arts celebrated The Great Big Green Week 2026 with a series of community art projects and workshops with artists and facilitators. The pieces produced used a range of media, including collaborative murals using foraged materials. Workshops also involved cooking demonstrations with fresh produce grown at Lifeways Garden.

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A collage of colourful hand-drawn animals, trees, and local landmarks surrounds the text Wild Stratford-upon-Avon: Mapping our favourite local spots and memories on a light background.
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A smiling woman wearing heart-shaped sunglasses, a black T-shirt, and a grey cardigan holds plants in one hand. She stands outdoors on a sunny day with grass, trees, and red umbrellas in the background.
Rhiannon Beech, artist and facilitator for foraged mandalas and animals.
A group of people sit around a table in a brightly decorated room, listening to a woman standing and speaking. Artworks, posters, and bunting hang on the walls. A digital display shows a house drawing.
Participants looking at pictures to draw inspiration from, presented by Rhiannon Beech.
Several adults sit and stand around a table covered with natural materials like leaves, pine cones, and flower petals, engaged in a craft activity. Colourful posters and a screen are on the wall in the background.
Participants arranging foraged materials together.
A figure made from leaves, flower petals, and twigs arranged on white paper to resemble a person wearing a dress, with acorns for feet and small flowers as arms and hair.
Foraged animal artwork by participant.
A hedgehog made from leaves, sticks, grass, and seeds is arranged on white paper atop a colourful, leafy-patterned tablecloth.
Foraged animal artwork by participant.
An arrangement of colourful flower petals, leaves, and twigs displayed on white paper, featuring reds, pinks, purples, and greens, with a mug partially visible on the right edge and a dark fabric in the top left corner.
Foraged floral arrangement by participant.
A chameleon made from leaves, twigs, moss, and bark is arranged on white paper. The paper is on a table with a green and yellow leafy patterned tablecloth.
Foraged animal artwork by participant.
Nature art on paper: sticks form a face, large leaf as nose, yellow flower as mouth, red petals as eyebrows, purple flowers as cheeks, rose petals as ears. Pine cones and leaves are on the leafy-patterned tablecloth.
Foraged animal artwork by participant.
A stick and small brown seed pods arranged on white paper to spell POO, with green leaves in the background.
Foraged animal artwork by participant.
Three red flower petals with green stems and fern leaves arranged on white paper to resemble flowers in a pot, with twigs forming the pot at the bottom. A purple mobile is visible in the background.
Foraged plant artwork by participant.
A group of people sit around a table with leaves, branches, and mugs, listening to a woman standing and speaking. Art supplies and paper are on the table in a bright room decorated with posters and display cases.
Participants arranging foraged materials together.
A white paper holds a pink rose, green fern, variegated leaves, wispy fennel, brown dried stem, and small twigs, all arranged neatly on a light surface.
Foraged plant artwork by participant.
A group of people sit around a large table covered with a white cloth, decorated with leaves, flowers, and natural objects arranged in a circular, mandala-like pattern.
Collaborative foraged mandala made by participants.
A white paper displays a mandala-like pattern made from purple flowers, green leaves, and small seeds, arranged on a leafy-patterned green tablecloth.
Foraged mandala artwork by participant.
A table covered with a white cloth holds scattered leaves, sticks, flowers, petals, a wooden grid, and a bowl with plants. The letters RSC are spelt out with plant material.
Collaborative foraged artwork made by participants.
Three adults sit at a table covered in art supplies and colourful papers, while one person stands, smiling, in a bright, art-filled room. Magazines, coffee mugs, and plants are visible on the table and around the space.
Creating paintings together.
A person wearing glasses and a yellow jumper paints a colourful landscape on paper at a table covered with art supplies, paint palettes, and a mug.
Participant painting a natural scene.
A woman with red hair paints a colourful scene at a table covered with art supplies and a cup of tea. Bright artwork is displayed on the wall behind her.
Participant painting.
An older woman helps a man paint colourful drawings of sea creatures and a crown on paper at a table covered with art supplies.
Participant painting a natural scene.
Three women are painting and drawing at a table covered with art supplies. Colourful posters and a large plant-themed mural decorate the walls, and a television screen shows a green conservatory scene in the background.
Participants painting together.
A smiling person with short grey hair and glasses sits at a table, working on a colourful painting of a house and tree. Art supplies, a water bottle, and posters are visible around them in a bright room.
A participant painting.
A woman sits at a table painting a landscape with watercolours. She holds a paintbrush and looks at her artwork, which shows a blue sky, tree, and greenery. Art supplies and a cup are on the table.
Participant painting a natural scene.
Children's painting of a colourful animal by a blue river, flowers, grass, trees, and clouds, on a table with a plant and art supplies nearby.
A participant's painting.
A colourful drawing of a brick house with plants and an apple tree by a blue river, placed on a table with a leafy tablecloth and art supplies nearby.
A participant's painting.
A colourful painting of a tree with blue leaves beside a river, set against a sunset sky and red-orange forest, lies on a leafy-patterned table with art supplies nearby.
A participant's painting.
A man in a red jacket sits at a table drawing on paper with art supplies and coloured pastels. A decorated wall and artificial tree are in the background.
A participant painting.
A smiling woman sits at a table with art materials, while another woman stands beside her, drawing. Other people are seated in the colourful, art-filled room, engaging in creative activities.
A participant painting.
A collage of drawings by children featuring local wildlife, landscapes, and landmarks in Stratford-upon-Avon, with the title Wild Stratford-upon-Avon: Mapping our favourite local spots and memories in the centre.
'WILD' Stratford-upon-Avon collaborative map made over a number of Saturdays at Escape Arts & Heritage Centre.
A person wearing a colourful shirt stands by a bamboo plant support in a garden, smiling. Another person in a blue jacket is in the background near a blue bench and greenery.
A participant gardening at Lifeways Garden.
Three people work in a lush, green garden. One stands in the centre wiping their face, another bends down tending plants, and a third works near a shed. The sky is blue with some clouds.
Lifeways Garden.
An older man in boots and shorts stands in a garden holding a bunch of freshly pulled onions. There are plants around him, and another person is visible in the background. The sky is blue and sunny.
Gardening at Lifeways Garden.
Two older men stand in a lush garden. One in a red shirt watches as the other, in a grey shirt, closely examines a plant. Green trees and blue sky are in the background.
Looking at plants grown in the garden.
People sit on blue garden chairs outside, watching a woman give a demonstration at a small outdoor marquee. Cups are on tables and the grass is green. Trees and a blue sky with clouds are in the background.
Participants watch a cooking demonstration.
A woman in an apron prepares food at a table covered with crockery and ingredients inside a sunlit marquee. Another person sits nearby, and a black dog lies on the floor. Bright outdoor light comes through the window.
Anne-Marie Lambert demonstrating a recipe using garden-grown ingredients.
A person in glasses and a blue apron stands behind a rustic table with fresh vegetables, herbs, plates, and a portable hob, ready for a cookery demonstration inside a marquee.
Anne-Marie Lambert demonstrating a recipe using garden-grown ingredients.
Cubed bread pieces are being toasted in a black frying pan over a blue portable hob on a rustic wooden table, with kitchen utensils and leafy greens visible nearby.
Toasting croutons.
A person chops cauliflower on a chopping board, surrounded by fresh vegetables and herbs like beetroot, onion, pepper, tomato, and greens on a rustic wooden table.
Anne-Marie Lambert demonstrating a recipe using garden-grown ingredients.
People serve themselves food from a table filled with ingredients like bread, herbs, and rice. A woman in a beige coat holds a plate, whilst others prepare their dishes in a covered outdoor space.
Serving up a meal.
A person in a red Nike jumper serves food from a large bowl onto a small plate, surrounded by others at a table with empty dishes and herbs, in a casual indoor setting.
Serving up a meal.
A plate with scrambled eggs mixed with chopped tomatoes, onions, and herbs sits on a striped white-and-blue dish atop a rustic wooden table with some fresh herbs scattered about.
The fresh omelette made in the demonstration.

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