Over the past couple of years, I have been spending time in the moorland hedgerows, working on my Poems Imprinted: a year in the hedgerow project.
For each month of the year, I have chosen a plant that is particularly vibrant or strong in symbolism during that month. I then spent time immersed in this plant - drawing, writing, researching the folklore and finding, through the finished print and poem, what that plant, space, and time of year means to me.
Each finished piece combines a simple, single-colour linoprint with a handwritten original poem; a celebration and honouring of that month in the hedgerow.
I have loved the process of deepening my connection with our native hedgerows, with their rhythms, folklore, and the wisdom they have to show us.
It feels so satisfying to be able to lay them all out and see all 12 together; to see how they weave and interact, taking you on a hedgerow dance through the turning year.
