Step into the lost nature of Broadmead with artists Sylvia Rimat and Charli Clark’s Broad Meadow, a beautiful wildflower installation and audio experience.
Imagine a colourful, tranquil wildflower meadow amidst the hustle and bustle of Bristol’s built-up shopping centre, Broadmead. With their brand new project Broad Meadow, Bristol based artists Sylvia Rimat and Charli Clark are growing that very place.
Smell the sweet scent of flowers, hear the buzz of wings and immerse yourself in the lost nature of our city centre. You’re invited to take a seat and relax in a wildflower meadow installation that gives you a taste of what life used to be like in Broadmead.
Whilst soaking up the plants and wildlife around you, you’ll be able to access an audio piece via your smartphone that tells of our intertwined relationship with the plant world. It connects us to Bristol prior to the 1500s, when Broadmead was a wet meadow, regularly flooded by the river Frome. The wildflower installation’s growing conditions and plant species have been carefully chosen to mimic the meadow that once may have existed there.
The installation is made up of 55 wildflower boxes that have been planted in workshops with secondary school students across Bristol and with community groups at Knowle West Media Centre. After the project ends, the boxes will be distributed to Bristol schools and communities to continue to thrive as mini meadows.
Dates: Fri 24 May 2024 - Thursday 20 June 24
Open daily 11am - 6pm (Fri 24 May 3pm - 6pm)
Venue: Broadmead, Bristol City Centre, BS1 3EA (outside Boots)
Price: this event is free
Booking recommended at https://hdfst.uk/broad-meadow-
Family Activities
There will be 3 days of free family fun activities for ages 3-10 with creative, nature inspired arts and crafts activities, playful storytelling and wildflower seed bomb making.
Saturday 25 May 2024
Wednesday 5 June 2024 (World Environment Day)
Sunday 9 June 2024
Drop-in between 11am – 3pm
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