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@theburnhamsmarket the sea to provide foundation materials for house and road building. This year the titletheme is The Ground Beneath Our Feet and artists responses to that will be intriguing.

From the 14th October to the 16th December, the focus subject will be nature and plants, with an exhibition provisionally called Beyond the Botanical. Involving 10 artists from near and far, it will signal some of the ways in which plant-life needs to interact in new ways with humans, as the earth recovers from the damage we have caused by embedding so much alien material in the current geological layer.

The waste theme will continue through the year with workshops and events, as a way of underpinning each exhibition subject to consider the use of resources and materials. Left to its own devices, nature does not create waste, it is a human phenomenon. Too much stuff is discarded, or exported, either to places where it piles up causing pollution, or where it is buried. Short-term profiteering has made it a problem, but waste has value and potentially beauty, and artists are recognising that.

GroundWork Gallery, 17 Purfleet St, King’s Lynn PE30 1ER, is open during exhibition dates from WednesdaySaturday, 11-4pm. Admission is free. Donations welcome and all works are for sale to help the gallery and its artists to thrive.

Sat 17, A Taste of the Wild- Wild food foraging, 10am-1pm: Find out about wild edible plants including; history, tips on identification, recipe ideas and the opportunity to sample a selection of seasonal wild food treats. This outdoor event will be held at How Hill. Ticket for this event are £17 and booking is essential. For more information, contact 01692 678763 or toadholetic@ broads-authority.gov.uk.

Sun 18, Great Fakenham Cardboard Raft Race, 10am-2:30pm: With music, a picnic area and food stalls, why not drop by and take part in the Fakenham Riverside Community Day?

Mon 19, Great Fakenham Duck Race, 10am2:30pm: The Great Fakenham Duck Race is a free event open to the public. Buy a duck for £1 and enter see if you’re a lucky winner.

Thu 22, Circuit of Cley, 10:30am-1pm: A guided circuit walk around the reserve and along the shingle ridge, taking in the wildlife and habitats of the North Norfolk coast along the way. (Walk length approximately 3.5 miles, includes 1 mile along shingle). Please make sure to book your place online, tickets are £4.50 NWT members, £6.50 non-members + booking fee.

Fri 23 & Sat 24, Morley Beer, Music & Family Festival: A popular beer, music and family festival help in the beautiful South Norfolk countryside, the two-day festival includes a range of live music acts, food and drink vendors and entertainment for kids. Kids 14 and under are free! Tickets can be bought online at www.morleyfestivalnorfolk.co.uk

Sat 24, National Trust: Summer Waders Walk, 10am: Join our Rangers on a walk along the Blakeney Harbour with our Ranger team and take in Norfolk’s vast open landscape with far-reaching views along the coast path beside pristine Salt and Fresh water marshes. Our Ranger Team will be on hand to help you identify some of the Wildfowl and Waders that visit our shores every summer. Meet at Blakeney Quay (Carnser) car park at 10am. It is a free event, but you will need to book as spaces are limited.

July

Sat 1 & Sun 2, Sheringham Potty Festival: This popular festival attracts large crowds of visitors every year, as well as Morris dancing groups from across England over the first weekend of July.

Thu 6 to Sun 6 August, North Norfolk Exhibition Project, near Wells-next-the-Sea: The Project’s annual Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art is back – offering artists with a connection to Norfolk the opportunity to respond to the unique architecture and outside space of our new venue – All Saints Church Wighton Near Wells-next-the-Sea,NR23 1PL. This is a free exhibition, for more information see: www.nnepcontemporaryart.com t: 01553 340714