Nature Art Explorers: natural paintbrush making
Date: 30 May 2026
Venue: Kilfennan Valley Park, Derry/Londonderry, Derry/Londonderry, BT47 6ST
Take part in a creative outdoor experience that transforms the Waterside into a trail of playful, nature-inspired art.
Join us at the top of Kilfennan Valley Park, where facilitator Lisa Kelly will show participants how to create natural paintbrushes using leaves, branches, and other found natural materials from the area. Perfect for all ages, this workshop blends creativity, mindfulness, and outdoor play in a supportive, community-focused setting.
Further details about Nature Art Explorers workshops:
Take part in a creative outdoor experience that transforms the Waterside into a trail of playful, nature-inspired art. These workshops invite children, families, and curious explorers to move through shared green spaces across the Waterside, stopping along the way to create small, temporary artworks using found natural materials.
Led by facilitators Lisa Kelly and Sinéad Crumlish, participants will respond to different spots along the route—arranging leaves, stones, sticks, and other natural elements into imaginative pieces that blend into the landscape. As the trail grows, it becomes a living gallery shaped by everyone who takes part.
Designed as a cross-community event, this experience brings people together to explore, create, and connect in a relaxed and welcoming environment. There's no pressure and no right or wrong way to contribute—just an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors, spark creativity, and leave a gentle, collective mark on the space before nature reclaims it. See below for details.
Waterside Together:
Waterside Together is a shared green spaces events and festival project which aims to reanimate spaces that are perceived as belonging to the 'other community', transforming them into areas that are open, welcoming, and safe for all members of the Waterside community. Programmes will be delivered in parks, greenways and community spaces, targeting a range of participants including families, children and young people, older people, and members of the BAME community. Part of the programme will be a shared spaces festival that promotes the collective usage of the green infrastructure in the Waterside and which encourages the movement of people to areas that they would not usually use for recreational purposes.
Waterside Together is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) and funded under the theme of Community Regeneration and Transformation, and it is also funded through Derry City and Strabane District Council's PEACEPLUS Local Co-Designed Action Plan.
Waterside Together is delivered by Waterside Neighbourhood Partnership.
Meeting point: Sperrin Park playground, 237 Sperrin Park, BT47 6NH