The Fruits of Our Fire, led by Siôn Tomos Owen with Welcome to Our Woods, explored the healing power of creativity and nature. The first phase supported the Woodland Therapy Group, helping adults with mental health challenges or brain injury reflect and write around the campfire, documented in an illustrated diary of stories, reflections and artwork. The second phase included the local Youth Group and community sessions, with visits to Crop Cycle and talks on species reintroduction. The project’s legacy includes a digital story map linking writing to woodland walking routes via QR codes, and a public sharing event in April 2024.
During the initial phase of the project, Siôn found the outdoors was helping in more ways than one, as he explains in his blog published on the Literature Wales website.
Warning: This diary contains themes of mental health and thoughts of self-harm.
The Fruits of our Fire was supported locally by Welcome to Our Woods, and nationally by Literature Wales and WWF.