Blythburgh Pines / Nature Recovery

My inner sense of connection with nature is based on a meaningful and emotional engagement with the wider natural world. From a very young age I was lucky to grow up playing in an orchard, surrounded by ponds, dragonflies, bats, spiders, mud pies, butterflies, moss and leaves. This instilled in me a life-long interest in nature and sense of peace and belonging to the natural world.

Connecting to nature has the power to heal. Having been through several adverse experiences in life, nature is always my grounding tool. Walking on soft spongy soil, together with the aromatic blend of moss, pine, and sea salt scent, looking out through the pines to the Blythburgh estuary, this location is for me, a magical restorative place.

Words and Blythburgh Pines Mokulito print by Stephanie Hartick, Creative Director, Art Branches, Bury St. Edmunds