Crafty Green Poet

 I've long admired the work of willow weaver Lizzie Farey so was particularly keen to get along to her show at The Scottish Gallery in ...

    I had a lovely lunchtime walk with a friend on Friday, walking round Harrison Park , which sits next to the Union Canal which passes thr...

Sustrans Scotland, the charity for sustainable transport, is currently marking Disability History Month with a series of art installations...

The Birch Tree Gallery is a lovely little art gallery on Dundas Street, which is Edinburgh's 'street of little art galleries'. T...

If you're at all interested in collage, Cut and Paste is a wonderful exhibition to see and it won't be touring so you need to catch...

There’s something of life in the picture – dull, dreich mist over storm-dark hills, the lift of the water as it leaves the canvas, the peek ...

I love these two sculptures by Aliisa Hyslop in the grounds of St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh's west end. They move in the b...

blackbird sings in the skeleton tree - white mist  *** April is NaPoWriMo - national poetry writing month. The idea is to write a poe...

I was delighted, as a member of Plantlife to be invited today to a presentation from the charity and a viewing of the Patchwork Meadow exh...

There are so many grim stories about the environment at the moment, here are just a few: In Texas some towns are losing their water suppli...

Yesterday I attended the latest Insights and Ideas meeting, jointly run by Creative Scotland and Museums and Galleries Scotland . The topi...

We had a lovely walk in Edinburgh Botanic Gardens today. The sun was shining and it was almost mild, though still colder than it would usua...

Here, after many failed attempts is the fish I drew for the Paintafish campaign ! The Paint a Fish campaign aims to engage and educate ...

I was contacted recently by the Million Trees project, asking if I would spread the word! This project is a fun way to help the environment...

Paradise Restored is a beautifully presented, informative exhibition at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh . It looks at the work of...

At the Edinburgh International Film Festival last year I watched the inspiring Cape Farewell film Burning Ice , which I reviewed here . At t...

Today's event at the Edinburgh International Science Festival was Catalytic Clothing . Professor Helen Storey who is an artist and fashi...

When we visited the Botanics this weekend for the Big Garden Birdwatch , we took a moment to look at this beautiful exhibition by Scottish ...

Some readers of this blog may remember that I reviewed the Edinburgh International Film Festival this summer. One of the highlights of ...

I found out at the last minute about last night's inspiring poetry event at the Talbot Rice Art Gallery . It featured poetry from Britis...