The River Bride
Married to the Bristol Urban Avon and an advocate for the Rights for Nature movement
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Mrs Meg Avon, married to the river June 2023
I am Meg - celebrant, poet, activist, performance artist, environmental romantic, and the woman who famously married the River Avon, one of the most polluted rivers in the UK.
No, me and my beloved are not currently married by law. But the law is a storied thing and my marriage is influencing the rewriting of that story.
“There is nothing more powerful than vows infront of witnesses, especially if spoken from the heart infront of your community. Love is everything.”
Book the Bride as celebrant for your ceremony
Getting married? Having a Hand Fasting? Becoming your partner’s power of Attorney? Announcing your love of Nature? I have five years of experience speaking publically and holding space within communities for important moments to be shared and celebrated.
Support my campaign for the river whislt making your own ceremony truly unique.
My Wedding
My unconventional union is a symbolic act of love and protest, spotlighting my deep connection to the river and the urgent need to protect our waterways.
On my wedding day, I vowed infront of witnesses to love and care for the river - as it cares for me -
“until death do us part”.
Since the wedding I have published my first collection of poetry My Avon and toured the UK, speaking publically and passionately on behalf of my beloved.
My ambition is to help find a way that this river, the Bristol Urban Avon, can help people fall in love for thousands of years to come.
Through poetry, through peformance, through cermony and through conversation - always with a focus on joy and union.
Contributors and Collaborators
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A bio-regional campaign group who aim to connect all the communities that live and work along the Avon river
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A Bristol-based and female-led art collective, capturing the essence of the river and bringing it to life
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A citizen’s science campaign group, a huge inspiration for my wedding and a very important factor in data collection on sewage spills in the river Avon
