As a part of our A Dash of Lavender programme: we welcome you to join us in celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month and our a Brush with Nature art theme in this engaging and unique workshop.

We will begin the evening by exploring one of London’s most bewitching garden by night, venturing through the lens of queer ecology. Led by artist-researcher Kirsty Badenoch, we’ll be blending science with folklore to shapeshift our way between the realms of humans, plants, mosses and mycelium.

As our eyes adjust to the darker and lesser known secrets of the natural world, we’ll uncover luminescent wonders visible only by night; frolic in the rarest fronds, and heighten our ultra-sensitivity to new ways of seeing, being and relating.

The workshop will include a combination of storytelling, knowledge-sharing, meditations and collage making – no prior art experience necessary!

Event Details:

• Immerse yourself in an intimate group walk illuminated by luminescent torches
• Discover the hidden, glowing wonders of the natural world at night
• Engage with meditations, folklore, and tarot-inspired prompts to deepen your connection with nature
• Use microscopes to explore the intricate beauty of mosses, plants, and more
• The final part of this event, you will make your own queer botanical myth/moss/monster/myxxghxhgsghsgh
• All materials will be supplied

Schedule:

• Event begins at 6:30pm and finishes at 8:30pm

Further information:

• Tickets are £30 per person (contact us to discuss concessionary rates)
• Spaces are limited, so early booking is recommended!
• Please note: discounts are not available for Members of the Garden
• This event takes place indoors and outdoors. Please dress appropriately for the weather

Wrap up warm, bring an open mind and a sense of adventure, and we’ll be ready to welcome you with luminescent torches, microscopes and merriment! This will be a special, intimate event. All genders, orientations and relations are welcome, suitable for ages 16 and above

About Kirsty Badenoch:

Kirsty Badenoch is an artist-researcher and educator. She works with fragile and disturbed landscapes, communities, and ecologies to develop collaborative place-based projects that forefront more-than-human agency. Kirsty has worked with the old-growth forests of Scotland and Canada, initiated experimental ecology gardens on construction sites, published a queer ecology “walking tarot” with Wayward, and exhibited worldwide. She currently teaches at The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, and curates Microscope, an ecological-arts space in Dalston.