About this Event
Take part in a creative outdoor experience that transforms the Waterside into a trail of playful, nature-inspired art. These workshops invite children, families, and curious explorers to move through shared green spaces across the Waterside, stopping along the way to create small, temporary artworks using found natural materials.
Led by facilitators Lisa Kelly and Sinéad Crumlish, participants will respond to different spots along the route—arranging leaves, stones, sticks, and other natural elements into imaginative pieces that blend into the landscape. As the trail grows, it becomes a living gallery shaped by everyone who takes part.
Designed as a cross-community event, this experience brings people together to explore, create, and connect in a relaxed and welcoming environment. There’s no pressure and no right or wrong way to contribute—just an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors, spark creativity, and leave a gentle, collective mark on the space before nature reclaims it.
See below for details.
Nature Mandalas
10:30am-12pm
Corrody Country Park (or Top of the Hill Park)
Meeting point: Car park, Corrody Road
Join us for a relaxed and creative outdoor workshop where kids and families can explore art through nature. Guided by facilitator Lisa Kelly, participants will gather natural materials like leaves, stones, flowers, and twigs to design and build their own beautiful mandalas in a shared green space in the Waterside.
Face Making
12:30-2pm
Gransha Woods
Meeting point: Gransha Woods car park
Join us in Gransha Woods for a playful and creative outdoor workshop where kids and families can explore nature through art. Guided by a friendly facilitator, participants will use found natural materials—like leaves, bark, stones, and twigs—to create imaginative faces nestled among the trees.
Natural Paintbrush Making
3-4:30pm
Kilfennan Valley Park
Meeting point: Sperrin Park playground, 237 Sperrin Park, BT47 6NH
There’s no right or wrong way to create—just an opportunity to slow down, get inspired by your surroundings, and enjoy a sense of connection with nature and each other. Perfect for all ages, this workshop blends creativity, mindfulness, and outdoor play in a supportive, community-focused setting.
These cross-community events are all about bringing people together—creating a welcoming space where families from different backgrounds can connect, collaborate, and make something meaningful side by side. Through shared creativity, we’ll transform natural materials into collective works of art that reflect both individuality and togetherness.
Waterside Together is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) and funded under the theme of Community Regeneration and Transformation, and it is also funded through Derry City and Strabane District Council’s PEACEPLUS Local Co-Designed Action Plan.
Waterside Together is managed by Waterside Neighbourhood Partnership.
About Waterside Together
Waterside Together is a shared green spaces events and festival project which aims to reanimate spaces that are perceived as belonging to the ‘other community’, transforming them into areas that are open, welcoming, and safe for all members of the Waterside community. Programmes will be delivered in parks, greenways and community spaces, targeting a range of participants including families, children and young people, older people, and members of the BAME community. Part of the programme will be a shared spaces festival that promotes the collective usage of the green infrastructure in the Waterside and which encourages the movement of people to areas that they would not usually use for recreational purposes.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Londonderry, Corrody Country Park, Derry/Londonderry, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
