Floating Forest is hosted by CHUG

CHUG was happy to be asked to host this beautiful floating forest and glade during the 2011 summer.  The huge amount of effort and creativity behind the project came from the inspirational Kindest Group. Passers-by were invited to take a ride on the floating glade, along the canal a little way, until it reached the floating forest. Whilst falling for the calming charms of the water, and relaxing beneath the impressive plywood tree, people were offered a wooden symbol on a ribbon. Each symbol had a meaning to get them started, and forest passengers were asked to interpret each other’s symbols, before putting it around their necks and stepping back onto the towpath and into the real world. TimeOut blogged about the project, and Wired wrote about it too.