The environment of the bog, that it is neither water nor land, has always been perceived as unstable and therefore unusable. Through history the majority of bogs around the UK have been drained and planted with trees. This project challenges the physical and conceptual limitations of the bog by introducing new ways to experience it and live with it.

The project site is the ancient Forest of Dean in the UK. There is a growing awareness that before its forestry heritage it would have had large expanses of boggy ground. This proposal aims to bring back more peat bogs to the forest through designed interventions to retain water, subsequently increasing biodiversity, decreasing flooding during extreme rainfall and storing carbon in the ground.
From the Middle Ages to this day, locals are maintaining their right to free mining on small-scale collieries, which is considered an important aspect of human interaction with the Forest. The project transports some of the cultural values embedded in free mining to the installation and maintenance of the bog. New pathways and boggy landscape are introduced by using materials available on site, such as natural coal, timber, and sandstone.