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Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch
Wild Weeds Birch

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The sculpture is one of a series depicting plants that grow along the edges of the Nutbrook Trail. The Nutbrook Trail runs from this point in Long Eaton to Heanor, and forms Sustrans route 67. For part of its length it follows the disused Nutbrook Canal.
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

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Located at

Midland Street, Long Eaton

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The start of the Nutbrook Trail at the end of Midland Street.