Calling all crafters, artists, knitters, sewers, beginners, experts, everyone!

Join us as the Gwent Green Grid Partnership (GGGP) BioTapestry goes BIG for biodiversity and climate change!

People have always celebrated wildlife that is important to them through art, and that’s the focus of the GGGP’s creation of the Greater Gwent (GG) Biotapestry. It’s not a traditional tapestry but a multimedia piece celebrating biodiversity – the Tapestry of Life sustains us all. The GG BioTapestry will celebrate the region’s connected and fantastic biodiversity.

Once completed, it will be 70m long and consist of 20 panels depicting iconic species found in each county’s woodland, aquatic, grassland, and urban habitats.

In creating the tapestry, contributors will be able to discover all about our incredible ecosystems and the species living in these fascinating habitats.

Visitors to the Usk Show and Greener Abergavenny were the first to contribute their craft skills. They created hawthorn leaves for Monmouthshire’s urban panel, which features cheeky sparrows, transforming the design into a stunning reality!

Monmouthshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Climate Change and the Environment, Cllr Catrin Maby, said: “The Gwent Green Grid Partnership invites everyone to become a part of our shared story; through art, we can celebrate and protect the extraordinary biodiversity of our region.”

If you or your group would like to contribute and be part of the picture, please get in touch now with colettemooney@monmouthshire.gov.uk.