Wirral Country Park in Thurstaston is hosting a day of art, music and performance on Saturday 19 August – and some large bamboo structures.
The centrepiece at ‘Imagine Bamboo is Everywhere’ will be large-scale artworks, inspired by local themes and landscapes and using bamboo harvested from nearby Ness Botanical Gardens.
There will be physical theatre performances, circus workshops and music will be provided by the brilliant Imagine Bamboo Orchestra. Visitors will be encouraged to have a go at making their own creations in the bamboo crafting zone, learn bamboo dances and play a unique bamboo drum kit.
The family event will take place between 11am and 4pm, and is one of the highlights of a year-long programme of events to celebrate 50 years since the official opening of Wirral Country Park.
Bamboo is one of the most sustainable, eco-friendly materials in the world. It has uses in design, construction, green innovation, farming and carbon capture. Imagine Bamboo is Everywhere will use borinda bamboo, originally from mountainous Tibet and brought to the UK by a botanist from University of Liverpool.
The event will see local residents, young climate leaders and artists come together with bamboo specialists from four continents to explore bamboo as a sustainable material for the future.
Imagine Bamboo is Everywhere is part of the LCR Cultural Events programme, delivered in partnership with Imagineer and Culture Liverpool, and led by independent creative director Orit Azaz. The project is supported by Arts Council England, UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Heart of Glass, Ness Botanic Garden, University of Liverpool and Liverpool City Region Music Board.
Photographs credit: Andrew Moore