Wild Service Festival: WORKSHOP – Discover Hedgerow Arts with Taylorbird Botanicals
Unleash your creativity and delve into the artistic secrets of the native hedgerow in these two workshops with natural artist Paula Taylor of Taylorbird Botanicals.
Wild Service Festival: SCRAP TALKS: Dom Barry – Creating Trash Free Trails
In this SCRAP Talk Dom Barry of Trash Free Trails will delve into their A-TEAM’s pioneering work and share the shocking science about the trash they’ve collected in the attempt to protect beloved outdoor spaces from single-use pollution.
Wild Service Festival: SCRAP TALKS: Dr Amy-Jane Beer – Wild Service – Why Nature Needs You
In this SCRAP TALK Dr Beer will explore the concept and ethos of Wild Service, a Right to Roam call to action outlined in the 2024 book of the same name, co-authored by 13 diverse voices from the campaign and its associates.
Wild Service Festival Launch Event
Join us for the Launch of the Wild Service Festival at Scrap, 2pm – 5pm on Saturday 11 October.
Wild Service Festival Launch – POETRY: Gracie Spandler
Gracie Spandler is a Leeds-based poet who navigates life through writing and rhyming about her experiences, she is joining us on 11 Oct as part of the launch of the Wild Service Festival.
Wild Service Festival Launch – MUSIC: Floating Temples – Jonathan Mallatratt
Floating Temples is the solo musical work of Jonathan Mallatratt, an indie-folk writer-guitarist, who will join us as part of this launch event for the Wild Service Festival.
Wild Service Festival Launch – TALK: Briony Spandler
Briony Spandler, a Leeds poet, artist, and activist, will discuss her collaboration with ecologists, scientists, and activists, which led to the creation of her poem and the Wild Service Festival.
Wild Service Festival Exhibition – O Barc Odes From The Edgerhow
Poet and artist Briony Spandler has created an innovative visual poem, from observations made of a single hedgerow and its entanglement with litter. Weds – Sat 10am – 4pm, 11 – 31 Oct 2025.
Future Textiles: Working with Waste as Resource
Join us in Sustainable Fashion Week for a workshop which focuses on practical skills and open conversation.
