A sunlit table outdoors, covered with a hessian cloth. On the table are various bottles and jars of syrups and herbs, a candle, pens and drawings, a bowl of various plant stalks and some books about herbs.

Reclaiming Our Roots

Reclaiming Our Roots engages us with seasonal cycles and invites us to get curious about our local plant companions.

This project weaves connections between art, community and nature. Each session will be an invitation to meet a chosen plant companion and learn about their virtues. Deeper connection will be guided through activities like tea tasting, crafting folk medicine, sharing our personal plant stories and collaborative creativity. Through this project we are keen to work with those who may have experienced loss of ancestral lands or traditional ways of working with plants.

Reclaiming Our Roots is part of Growing Land Connections, led by Ekho Collective CIC as part of Dudley People's School for Climate Justice.

Reclaiming Our Roots is led by Time Rebel Clare Evans.

How you can join in

Following an incredibly well attended launch event on 24 February 2024, all the places on Reclaiming Our Roots sessions in 2024 have been filled.

Places will re-open in 2025 and 2026.

You can connect with this year’s adventure by

  • Following Ekho Collective CIC on Instagram or Facebook

  • Coming along to Great Big Green Week at Hawbush Community Gardens on 15 June 2024.

  • Coming along to an autumn celebration with Ekho in September (date tbc).

Reclaiming Our Roots features in the chronicles of our 100 year cultural strategy in action

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