Cancelled: Talk: Unearthed with Claire Ratinon
Join us for an evening talk with organic food grower and writer Claire Ratinon. Claire will explore the themes that run through her book ‘Unearthed’. ‘Unearthed’ is a work of nature writing, storytelling and memoir, and charts Claire’s first year of making a life in the countryside while reflecting on her journey into food growing, the stories of her family and the history of Mauritius.
This conversation will explore the themes that run through Unearthed from diasporic belonging and nature connection to how the legacies of colonialism permeate through the plant world to this day. A Q&A will follow with the audience.
Book copies of ‘Unearthed’ will be available for purchase and book signing following the talk.
Drinks and light bites will be available to order at the Garden Café from 5:30pm.
Booking Information:
• Tickets are £20 per person
• (Concessions: £16 per person for Students, Universal Credit, Pension Credit, Refugee Status, and Asylum Seekers)
• No discounts for Friends of the Garden.
This event will take place in our first floor ‘Gallery’ space, which unfortunately, is not wheel-chair accessible. The ‘Gallery’ can be accessed via a narrow 22-step staircase with a handrail. Please email if you would like to discuss accessibility.
The Speaker
Claire Ratinon
Image credit @Christian Cassiel
Claire Ratinon is an organic food grower and writer who has grown edible plants in a variety of roles including growing produce for the Ottolenghi restaurant, Rovi. Claire has shared her growing journey in talks for organisations including Tate Liverpool, Barbican Centre and Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh, as well as contributing to Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time and writing a gardening column for the Guardian’s Saturday Magazine. She co-wrote the pamphlet, ‘Horticultural Appropriation’ for Rough Trade Books with artist, Sam Ayre and her first book, ‘How To Grow Your Dinner Without Leaving The House’ was published in August 2020. Her new book, ‘Unearthed: On Race and Roots, and How the Soil Taught Me I Belong,’ is out now.
This Talk is part of our Chelsea Physic Garden’s 350 anniversary year.