This workshop is part of the Garden Museum's Branch Out programme, a series of free events and activities exploring gardening, art, floristry, plant science, history, design, and more!
Spend a cosy autumn afternoon with The Gardening Drawing Club. Guided by artist-gardener Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck, this workshop will nurture your understanding, skills and confidence, giving you the basic know-how to start saving seeds.
Together, we will go through the ancestral practice of seed savings, which is a way to protect and ensure seed sovereignty, as well as save money. We will explore the fundamentals of seed saving with examples from vegetables, herbs, and flowers before we paint and draw patterns and impressions from these encounters with smaller and larger seeds.
“Some save seeds to preserve a link with the past, growing a variety their parents grew or one peculiar to the place they live. Some do it to assure themselves a supply of seed of a variety no longer available. Some are making a deliberate stand against current trends in the seed industry. Some do it in order to conserve heritage varieties and produce seed that can be given to others. Seed saving completes the cycle of organic growing and for some saving seed is an opportunity to save money, manage their own seed supplies or even breed new varieties. “ – Heritage Seed Library UK
This workshop is most suitable for adults and those over fourteen with the presence of their carer.
More about The Gardening Drawing Club:
Founded in 2021, The Gardening Drawing Club is a series of unique events with a holistic approach, offering free access to arts and horticulture in Britain. With monthly happenings, The Gardening Drawing is hosted in a broad range of locations, from art centres to community gardens and temples; the events range from workshops to talks and experiences. Veganic gardening methods are employed through The Gardening Drawing Club, advocating for gentleness and compassion while supporting seed sovereignty, racial, climate and land justice and reparation, biodiversity, and animal liberation.
The Gardening Drawing Club has a shared mission to integrate the joys of gardening and drawing in others’ lives for individual and community well-being. The Gardening Drawing Club was founded by artist Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck.
Our Branch Out programme has been made possible thanks to funding from Arts Council England.
