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Title
Wild Weeds Birch
Date
2001
Medium
steel
Measurements
H 250 x W 100 x D 100 cm
Accession number
NG10_HC_S019
Acquisition method
commissioned by Sustrans
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Sustrans
Custodian
Sustrans
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
2001
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque: WILD WEEDS / BIRCH / HILARY CARTMEL / AND / MICHAEL JOHNSON / 2001 / THE NUTBROOK TRAIL WAS STARTED / IN 1995 AND RUNS FROM / LONG EATON TO HEANOR / THE PROJECT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED WITH / SUPPORT FROM THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS / GROUNDWORK EREWASH VALLEY / EREWASH BOROUGH COUNCIL / SUSTRANS COUNTRYSIDE AGENCY / BRITISH WATERWAYS / ENVIRONMENT AGENCY / MILLENNIUM COMMISSION / EAST MIDLANDS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY / EAST MIDLANDS ARTS; base: 'come all you people / Pause awhile / And I will tell you a story / a story of this enduring valley of ours / of factories and / flowers / and furniture // of lace, bobbins, planes and pencils / of mines, railroads and canals / of water and willows / where kingfishers and herons dive / Where / quiet / flows / the / EREWASH.' / poem / by / Janet Devereux