Thank you
The Artists would like to thank everyone involved in the co-creation of The Dispersed Memorial Forest, including: our Site and Community Partners, members of the project’s Steering Group, Remembering Together staff at Greenspace Scotland, TreeSurv, and the community groups and organisations across D&G who worked with us to host workshops, conversations, and public events.
Special thanks – and with the utmost respect – to everyone who shared their experiences during the pandemic, and stories of loss and resilience. The conversations, ideas, postcards, Tree of Remembrance ribbons shared with us during workshops and public events collaboratively shaped the Memorial Forest.
The Memorial Forest has been co-created by you, and would not be possible without your voices, stories, and generous contributions. It has been an honour and a privilege to develop, shape, and deliver D&G’s Covid memorial alongside so many others.
Makers and Craftspeople
Thanks to the makers, craftspeople, and technical teams that supported the creation and installation of the Dispersed Memorial Forest site markers, working with suppliers, fabricators, and local installation teams to ensure the sculptural markers were beautifully finished: Michelle de Bruin and Hutton Stone, Stephen Murray and the technical team at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Phil Daube, Galloway Granite, K Swan Builders, Dennis Cameron, Grit n’ Polish, A1 Graphics, and Kevin Reid. Thanks also to Border Signs and Graphics for wayfinding signage.
Copyright
The Dispersed Memorial Forest is first and foremost the community Covid memorial for Dumfries and Galloway. It is also an artwork, co-created with communities across D&G by Commissioned Artists t s Beall and Katie Anderson between 2022-24. As outlined by the Artists’ contractual agreement with Lead Partners and as per their agreement with the Scottish Government: the artwork, images, and contents of this site are the intellectual property of t s Beall and Katie Anderson.
Postcards, Tree of Remembrance ribbons, handwritten sentences, and the stories shared with and donated to the project by individuals across D&G, who co-created the memorial with the Artists, are included with permission.
Image Attribution
Images of Tree Planting and Gathering Events were primarily taken by Kirsten McEwan. Phase 1 images were mainly taken by t s Beall, with help from Gregor Anderson (in Stranraer) and Colin Tennant (in Wigtown).
Site Design & Development
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