For the last 3 years Touchwood has been lead gardeners for Feast, growing food in allotments and schools and creating gardens in the community. This year saw Community container garden creation in public spaces around the River Thames with various groups: Housing Associations, the homeless, the elderly, community groups and schools.
The container gardens were then brought to Southwark Bridge for the Feast alongside the food and feasting tables.

Southwark Bridge was closed to traffic for the entire day and the bridge itself was transformed into a magical wonderland of eateries and produce. The children created a spectacular performance to open the bridge, reminiscent of traditional harvest offerings of food. Soup was cooked directly on the bridge, there were food ceremonies with locally grown produce from local growers and the children, and a spectacular harvest festival supper.

With an eclectic mix of food and drink, the Feast on the Bridge catered for all tastes and no doubt tempted many away from their normal fare. There was everything from simple pumpkins to amazing gypsy music, an array of delicious goodies to eat and a wealth of amazing sights to see.

A true reminder of our rural traditions and our relationship with the soil.

Touchwood was commissioned to make 'Gateway' sculptures for Hangleton Park, Hove. We created four 5 metre sign posts for the North, South, East and West corners of the park. The signs gave directions and distances to faraway and local places of environmental significance. The posts are constructed from Douglas fir, reclaimed aluminium and enamels.

Transformation was a piece of sculpture that was made with people from Spear Homeless Hostel, at Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, London.

It was shown in the Views from the Street show at the gallery and is now permanently installed in the garden at the Spear Hostel, Richmond.

This is a mixed media sculpture made entirely of reclaimed materials A range of personal and famous poems and quotes were printed onto ceramic tiles, which spoke about the potential for society's and self transformation:

"A true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love." Ernesto "Che" Guevara

'Everything you can imagine is real.' Picasso

The Brighton and Hove Heritage and Environment Festival took place during the summer. It was a series of seminars, conferences and events to celebrate our rich heritage and to highlight environmental work taking place in the city. Amongst the artworks commissioned was a saxon building and the Moulsecombe Totem pole (pictured above).

Touchwood has now completed the project at Meriden park in Birmingham. During the course of the project, we created a picnic area with a number of different artworks at the lakeside. These included and oversized oak table, a skateboard table, a series of 4-seasons logs with inlaid mosaic, a toddler table and thrones for the elderly with disabled access.

We are happy to announce that the St. Andrews School project in Hove, was successfully completed after 2 years work. Touchwood worked with St Andrews school in Hove following the rebuilding of the school on a new site. The brief was to create a stimulating environment with and for the children and staff, and to increase bio-diversity.