As part of CPRE’s centenary, I worked with CPRE Shropshire to secure funding for a project to celebrate Shropshire’s famous and diverse geology, a defining influence on the County’s unique landscape, industry and social history.

I worked with Sally Green (CPRE Oswestry), a self-taught amateur geologist with a life-long interest in geology, mineralogy and fossils, and Mike Streetly, representing our project partners, Shropshire Geological Society.

Over the Summer 2026, we hosted a series of geological walks through time and an art walk, at which participants could take a closer look at the landscape and its geology through drawing.

Sally Green and I spent a day with a class at Ludlow Primary School to learn about Shropshire’s geology and to go on a walk to study the Ludlow Bone Beds, a spectacular formation of rocks containing fossilised fish bones from the Silurian period (around 420 million years ago).

I worked with a local carpenter to create a mobile cabinet that can fold out to display interactive artworks, geological information, maps, rock samples and a set of earth pigments. I prepared the pigments from samples collected during my exploratory walks at several locations of significant geological interest across Shropshire.

This educational resource can be used as part of public events, talks and creative workshops, and remains as a legacy for use beyond the project.