Earth Tenders is a Black-led organisation committed to strengthening local food systems and community health for the long-term. At the core of our work is a deep celebration of land practices, traditional knowledge systems and relationships with the earth. We believe in reconnecting with the Land as an act of resistance, healing and self-determination. Our mission is to nurture spaces where everyone, particularly Black and Global Majority communities can reclaim land-based knowledge, build collective and shape a future where we thrive on our own terms.

For 2026, our focus is to build sustainable pathways for the future by securing longer-term funding and diversifying income streams. We have grown our team to include roles such as a fundraiser and creative producer to support manageable growth.

Alongside this, we are deepening our connections with our local communities by expanding access to the garden through our community plot holders pilot, as well as developing programmes with schools and youth groups to build stronger local partnerships.

 core team

  • Ali is a community food grower, organiser and project manager. Her land practice is informed by Black feminist thought and Rastfarian land stewardship practices and philosophies. She views landwork as a practice of ancestral veneration.

    Ali is the operational director and lead grower at Earth Tenders.

    Alongside landwork, she is a community archivist trained with Decolonising The Archive - bringing a strong focus on memory, storytelling and collective histories into her practices.

  • Working in community gardens, food aid initiatives and nature connection projects for the past 7 years. Idman is a space holder, creative and grassroots organiser, actively involved in community-led and NGO sustainable food coalitions and partnerships advocating for positive social and environmental change. Idman curated the 2021 Bloom programme which was aimed at platforming black women and gender non-confimring nature practitioners in London, it was through this programme that Idman and Ali’s friendship and collaborative efforts began to flourish.

    Idman supports Earth Tenders with strategy, programme development, funding and wellbeing, always centering the needs and desires of our communities.  

    “I draw on the teachings of African and indigenous practices, decoloniality and black feminist thought. I believe that by connecting with the earth, we can deepen our connection to our true selves and our communities. This is the essence of Earth Tenders: finding our way back to what truly matters”

  • Kieron is a rapper and illustrator from East London with a background in graphic design and the production of branding and marketing materials. Alongside creating visuals for his own music releases, he has developed work for a wide range of underground and commercial artists and brands. His clients include GUAP, the Premier League, Warner Records UK, EMI Records, Adidas and more.

    In Spring 2026, Kieron stepped down from his role as Director to focus on developing his CIC - Mark Makerz - an initiative dedicated to empowering visual artists. Through workshops, exhibitions, live events and accessible pathways into the creative industries, Mark Makerz supports network building, creative development and career progression opportunities for global majority artists.

    Kieron has produced graphics and artwork for Earth Tenders and will continue collaborating with us creatively moving forward.

    Find out more about his work here.

  • Tanya has worked developing and producing public and community land-based and arts programmes.

    Her practice is shaped by a trauma-informed approach to safeguarding and experience co-designing inclusive spaces and activities with children, families and communities. She has worked across London through the South London Gallery, TACO! and Southwark Park Galleries, focusing on creating spaces for belonging and collective learning through care-led and collaborative processes, and encouraging multigenerational reconnection to land and knowledge-sharing.

    Her artistic practice also honours natural growing and healing practices from her Zimbabwean heritage, inviting a deeper reflection on our relationship with nature and one another.

    Tanya is the creative producer for the BPOC Growers Club.

“We are living through multiple crises at the moment, from economic to health crisis to ecological collapse. Now more than ever, we need to find our way back to ourselves and re-connect to the source, to what matters. I believe that for example the climate crisis is of course a crisis driven by racial capitalism, but it is also a crisis of disembodiment and disconnection. Many African and Indigenous worldviews and spiritual teachings often illustrate the importance of interdependence, meaning - the importance of seeing nature as kin - as an extension of the self. These traditions and belief systems often regard nature with deep respect and connect the health of the self and community with the health of the planet. This in turn creates a strong sense of place and belonging in a world that prioritises separation and domination. Separation and domination as we know, fuel white supremacy and capitalism. Choosing to find our way back to ourselves, each other and the land is a beautiful act of resistance.”

- Idman Abdurahaman

 supporting team

  • Aiman is an artist from Malaysia, rooted in South East Asian traditions, heritage, and folklore. Their work cultivates spaces for dreaming and rest, bringing the unseen into view through archival works and myth-making.

    Aiman’s practice spans food, ritual, visual art, and sensory space-making. Through foraging, food gathering, and herb making, they learn from the land through play, tending to the wellkeeping of community, both human and more-than-human. Central to their work is the belief that rest is an act of resistance and care. Aiman’s research honours ancestral knowledge as a living practice.

  • Randa Toko is an artist and researcher whose practice sits at the confluence of agroecology, social arts and alternative pedagogy. Through gestures of gathering, foraging, and sharing, she engages ephemeral and edible materials to explore social and environmental relations. In their creative and organisational work, they engage with seed keeping, land stewardship, biocultural relations, and food sovereignty as practices for cultivating resilient and delicious futures.

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