top of page
At Edgelands, we create opportunities to learn from, connect to, and experience the unique biodiversity of islands and coastlines from across the globe through the work of extraordinary artists, makers and designers who share a common care for their cultural heritages and homelands.
Patrick Leach
St’át’imc Ceramics from the Pacific Northwest
![🌿A Tale of Pinks 🩷
The emergence of vivid pinks to our moors, grasslands and hedgerows on the beautiful #isleofgigha is an annual sign that June has arrived and the Summer Solstice is near 🌞
🌿Our swathes of purple bluebells have now withered under the rise of the tangy green raith [Bracken] and everything is growing now at a rapid pace.
🩷 cìochan na maighdinn-mara [Sea Anenomes] along the shore undulate in the rock pools and lus nam banshee [the Fox Glove / plant of the fairy women] tower through the grasslands and moors full of the sound of buzzing Bees 🐝
🤍 One of the wild flowers we are getting to know well this year is corcan-coille [Red Campion]. In early spring we have been experimenting with harvesting their fresh shoots (which taste like Chicory) to cook with Gighan grown potatoes in our own herb butters.
🩶 June also means the arrival of wild orchids to the grasslands and wild lawns surrounding the farmhouse which we are blessed to have growing in abundance.
🩷 For us, it is the wild coin-ròs [Dog Rose] who are the stars of June. Exquisitely scented, they form an important part of our hedgerows across the lands of North Ardminish - hedgerows which we have been slowly restoring over time. They are one of our favourite summer crops and make for a divine jelly.
The solstice is near - the pinks appear 🌞
✨ Shout out to @dr_leighjoseph_ethnobotanist whose bestselling book “Held by the Land” continues to be an invaluable source of inspiration to us 🌸
.
.
.
.
.
#islandlife #pinkflowers #traditionalfood #foraging](https://instagram.ftlv23-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.71878-15/723040912_27228684786796602_3594148725763925571_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=103&_nc_map=urlgen_bucketless&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=2T4q82t740oQ7kNvwGXFrfR&_nc_oc=AdqMnVF0gyXoNr5TMkVeyLuN15ziG3UEZ54aC8bWTQ77ufsU0y5RkrQkM5Rx7uXvqNs&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.ftlv23-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=_JH9xX3piGv0T-nhiMT_Fg&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQIezYcBpaQ7Rot_RrjNPjWdHUyr197r_0kPEu7Cebfef-rMJOGgRlOIIteevHWs0iOcxuuAXQd1&oh=00_AQTaXdX7Pm8JlKsso0X7xHYkBhffwnWJKJcNsy0ji1Yeag&oe=6AEE13FB)
![🐚
Tha sinn traing aon a chèile
[For we are busy at each other
Air cruaichainn cruinn
On curves that are so shapely
Beul bòidheach faisg ri chèile
Mouths close that are so beautiful
Anns an tìr feur muirineach
In the land of marram grass
Far an cluinn sinn tonn na mara
Where can be heard the roar of waves]
🌾
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Extract from Edgelands: Songs for the Edges (2019-Ongoing) © @amywilsonarts
#lightandsound #poemoftheday #isleofgigha #waves #natureescape](https://instagram.ftlv23-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.71878-15/624004530_1746275022954400_1908968534807994026_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=102&_nc_map=urlgen_bucketless&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=Om-cQRerUKUQ7kNvwFlQipF&_nc_oc=Adq8uvnpvs30LAuPLexUD4kR6u1StPnoR_2g_8wtK_QFiER9LArv4UHVa6hdXHagcmg&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.ftlv23-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=_JH9xX3piGv0T-nhiMT_Fg&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQKsZ-1r3Z1rfkmFtC64wce5Rz4rzvNmvon91St35g8R7BOOd-ba0MLMRRGopwKrMhYvD4nXvLvu&oh=00_AQT7a4PTQS_tcldAFwWlABiUOgBjBBs3UNwyMqCwA4vJGw&oe=6AEE183B)
bottom of page