- Form a history group, which could find out how your neighbourhood has developed, who has lived there and why the settlement is there at all!
- Make community or parish maps
- Plan an exhibition of photos of the inhabitants of your area past and present. Include interviews with children, households and the elderly. This could include memories of the past and accounts of the present day. Think of the archive material you are building up!
- Date your hedges and see how your landscape has evolved through time
- Plan drawing and painting projects or public artworks
- Write stories together as a community, plan storytelling events, drama and performance
- Create a documentary or a photo bank about your community now! This could be archived for future generations!
- Create a photo map of your area.
- Interpret your area's local heritage for others
- Crafts - hedge-laying, stone-walling, town or country seats, signs, tiles
- Festival celebrating local interest, famous person, or local product
- Plan nature trails or pleasant walks in your area, write a booklet, and encourage neighbours or visitors to explore your area. Could you introduce way markers?
- Nature surveys such as pond dipping, hedgerow surveys, bird counts
- Develop cycle or riding routes
Create a website to display local projects to a wider audience
- Organise local food projects which support local farmers and growers
- Plan local timber and wood projects that help support good woodland management
- Renewable energy projects that can provide energy for the local community from landscape resources
- Prepare Village or Area Design Statements or landscape guidelines which can help ensure that future developments are in-keeping with existing buildings or local features.
The Local Landscapes Toolkit
