As a part of A Dash of Lavender: Celebrating LGBTQ+ history month with Queer Botany , join LiLi K. Bright (they/them) for a writing workshop.

Lavandula angustifolia. Taxus baccata. Cupressus sempervirens.
What do plant names conjure in your mind?
How might you invoke specific plants?
Where will your pen take you?
• Learn about the scientific names of plants, and their meanings, let them be your muses
• Craft spells and stories, poetry and prose, weaving fact and fiction, with guided writing activities
• Be inspired by collections of botanical fiction and non-fiction

Ticket Information:
Tickets are £15 per person

Please note:

• There is no discount for Friends or Members of the Garden
• This event will take place outdoors at the Garden weather permitting, unless it becomes unsafe to do so. Please dress appropriately.
• If the weather does not permit, this event will take place at the Garden’s Gallery. Unfortunately, this space is not wheelchair accessible. Please email if you would like to discuss accessibility.

About LiLi K. Bright (they/them):

Massive nature nerd. Experienced facilitator. Writing for as long as they can remember.

Obsessed with city nature, LiLi is writing a collection of ecopoetry, climate fiction, and weird things about birds and trees. They were recently published in the London Writers’ Salon anthology Writing in Community Vol. 2, and their zine a crow is not a blackbird is out now. You can find LiLi wandering green spaces in London and online at cherrytreewalk.com, @cherrytree_walk on Instagram & Twitter.

For LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and other sexual and gender minorities) History Month Chelsea Physic Garden is collaborating with Queer Botany to look at plants and the Garden through a queer lens.