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back to news index ..... Secret new inhabitant in Tyrrels Wood Tyrrels Wood, near Pulham Market in south Norfolk has a secretive new inhabitant this winter. A traditional, woven 'Green Woman' sculpture has been hidden in the depths of the wood and is just waiting to be found. Sculptures, carvings and representations of a 'Green Man' - or woman - have been around since pre-Christian days; a face or figure emerging from foliage that represents the natural cycle of growth renewed each year.
The mythical maiden has been commissioned by the Woodland Trust, the UK's leading woodland conservation charity. She was constructed in just one day from woodland materials gathered at the site by local artist Jo Hammond (pictured above), who used branches of hazel, willow and birch wood, plus creepers from honeysuckle and old man's beard. When finally completed 'Hazel' was ceremonially dressed with fresh holly berries and a holly-leaf skirt before being placed in her new home in the wood by Jo and the Woodland Trust’s woodland officer for Tyrrel’s, Mike Ryder. The location of the new Green Woman is only known to Jo and Mike and she will be moved around the wood over the coming years so it will be down to luck as to whether visitors come across her during their walks. Picture above - sculptor Jo Hammond creating the traditional Green Woman. Photo credit Jason Bye/WTPL (Advertisement below)
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