Nature Calling is a new landmark arts project encouraging new audiences to better understand and connect with their local natural landscapes, improving wellbeing and inspiring a sense of belonging. Six of England’s National Landscapes have commissioned art projects and writers.

In Dorset, we have been working with writer Louisa Adjoa Parker, artistic director Becca Gill and her Radical Ritual team and Activate Performing Arts to connect up with new communities and make new connections with the outstanding landscapes in Dorset.

Radical Ritual - Consequences

Inspired by the enduring mystery of the Cerne Abbas Giant, Radical Ritual Artistic Director Becca Gill and team have been working with the local community to devise and create a monumental new mythical creature for the Dorset National Landscape.

Made through fun, collaborative community workshops, the temporary Consequences Giant will be an impressive 30×40 metres and be ceremoniously unveiled with music, poetry, and ritual on the ancient hills of Somerset and Dorset in September. The Consequences Giant will visit Yeovil and Corfe Castle, and the unveiling will be available to watch online.

The new ‘Consequences’ Giant will visit Yeovil on 13 – 14 September 2025 and Corfe Castle on 20 – 21 September 2025 as part of the Inside Out Dorset festival.

The writers and artists gathered with people from South Somerset and Dorset to investigate folk traditions, surrealist art-making, and collaborative storytelling. These led to making a monumental game of ‘Consequences’, a collaborative creative activity that originated with Surrealist artists. Multiple participants contribute to this single artwork without seeing the previous contributions. When the whole game is revealed to everyone who joined in, the result is a surprise that no single participant could have created alone.

Over 200 people from Yeovil groups took part in these workshops, from Able to Achieve, Birchfield School, Fairmead School, Yeovil College, Lufton College and Yeovil Together. Have a look at our Instagram feed for films from these wonderful workshop days.

Sita Brahmachari and Becca Gill with children from Birchfield Primary School

The final artwork has been made from chalk and plants from the local landscape to create natural pigments, connecting to the land’s geology, plant-based inks and dyes from local flora such as nettles, brambles, alder bark, and woad and charcoal made from site-gathered wood. Natural fibres and biodegradable materials will be used for the canvas and drawings to ensure environmental sustainability.

This temporary new artwork for Nature Calling connects local people to the Dorset and Somerset landscapes. ‘Consequences’ is a Radical Ritual Production, commissioned and produced by Dorset National Landscape for Nature Calling with executive producers the National Landscapes Association and Activate Performing Arts. It is supported by Arts Council England, DEFRA and Imaginators.

Becca Gill and Radical Ritual

Becca Gill has pulled together an inspiring team of creatives – Nick Hayes, Grace Emily Manning, Sita Brahmachari – to create a giant game of Consequences.

“I feel that we’ve lost track of our myths and the stories that connect us to the landscape and geography around us and how to live in a connected way with nature. The concept for this work is built on accessibility, collective authorship, and environmental consciousness. It’s about the process as much as the outcome. I have been thinking about that deeply in this project, how we can connect to communities to create brand new myths and new stories, and to do that in a way that brings those landscapes closer, and inspires awe and wonder in people.”

Find out more about Becca and the Radical Ritual team on the Nature Calling website

Louisa Adjoa Parker

Louisa has written ‘This patch of land’ inspired by the Dorset National Landscape.

“I lived in Dorset for 25 years and have always loved being out in the landscape and learning as much as I can, but the commission for Nature Calling gave me the opportunity to find out so much more. I heard from children and young people, farmers and land managers, people with accessibility needs, artists, storytellers, and archaeological or wildlife experts, and this brought the land to life and every conversation helped shape the poem. What shone out most for me was how enthusiastic people were to talk about their relationship with landscape and nature – I hope that Nature Calling will help more people to feel confident to visit and enjoy these places.”

Nature Calling aims to inspire and connect new and existing communities with National Landscapes in England, increase people’s access to nature, improve their wellbeing and inspire a sense of belonging for these special places.

It is delivered by National Landscapes Association and Activate Performing Arts. Nature Calling is supported by Arts Council England and DEFRA (Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs), and 26 National Landscapes in England.

Find out more about the Nature Calling 2025 programme and supporters on the Nature Calling website.

Photo credits:

Graham Herbert
Radical Ritual
Robin Mills