gathering on the land

We host a range of community events at the garden that merge food, culture, learning and celebration. We open space for communities to gather as well as create full-day programming that celebrates the land through teach-ins, creative workshops, restorative spaces and always, plenty of food.

All gatherings support community connection and we collaborate with others to support the wider collective, movement-building work.

See below for examples of our past events, collaborators and facilitators and ways the space can be used for community gatherings and programming.

past celebrations

artwork by kieron boothe

artwork by kieron boothe

past community programming

We hosted a series of monthly workshops throughout the growing season in 2025 as part of our free public programming. Supported by the Southwark Sustainable Food Fund.

Each session was led by a facilitator, majority of whom we have met through their volunteering at the garden. These sessions brought together a range of artist practices from: colonial plant histories and cooking workshops to fermentation, collective banner making, a communal commons teach-in and elderflower cordial crafting.

See images below for details on each session. Image graphics by kieron boothe.

May Exploring colonial plant classification, creative naming and sensory tea tasting through herbs, stories, movement and imaginative plant connection with Yaya

July Cooking intuitively with garden harvests while exploring spices as medicine + decolonisation. Exploring cultural memory, ancestral knowledge and resistance with Marianna

June Open garden activties from planting, harvesting to creating a collective elderflower cordial from flowers around the garden with Ali

November Making kimchi together while exploring fermentation, food stories, climate colonialism, microbial worlds and practices of radical attention with Maki

September Creating a garden banner through collective stitching, inspired by radical quilting craft traditions, climate justice and shared imagination with Yuna

October Exploring land connection, commons, displacement and access through film, collective reflection, texture gathering and collaborative collage-making with Ro and Shan