Edgelands are spaces where rural meets urban. They are derelict buildings, motorway verges and disused factories and nature is allowed to run wild, unkempt and neglected. Here plants take full advantage of our unconcern. Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts, in their book Edgelands describe these places as ‘pesticide free strips of wilderness’ and as a result these spaces have a rich and vibrant variety of vegetation.

For me Edgelands is a disused railway line called The Alban Way, close to where I live in St Albans and running for 6 miles between St.Albans and Hatfield. It is now a path that is well used by the community for walking, running and cycling. The former embankments have been allowed to grow freely. Ivy, buddleia, dock, oak, bramble and nettle all flourish. In this work the natural dyeing and ecoprinting properties of these plants have been harnessed forming a link between art and place.