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JOIN US FOR A TWO DAY WORKSHOP AT ABBEY GARDENS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 26 AND 27 OF MARCH 2010 WITH
PUBLIC WORKS & SOMEWHERE.
The idea for the workshop is to brainstorm and develop new
objects/items/goods that derive from the context of Abbey
Gardens a collective urban food growing site. The brief is open
and will be developed collectively and in reference to specific
aspects of the site, such as collective gardening and harvesting,
urban food production, social and historical aspects of the site,
etc.
The aim for the two day workshop is to develop a brief for one or
more new products, and if possible, to assemble first prototypes.
The new items can be anything: from food or tools to plants or
processes and of a real or digital nature.
The products may later be used at Abbey Gardens and distributed locally through the Abbey Gardens' new honesty box and mobile stall (see the picture!). The honesty box, conceived as part of What Will The Harvest Be? is part of a wider network of cultural trading activities and platforms called the International Village Shop, where the new products for Abbey Gardens can become part of a growing collection of locally informed and produced goods.
Programme: Fri 26th March
10.00 Meeting at Abbey Gardens
Introduction of all participants and their different interests in
being involved.
Mapping session of local resources/narratives/skills/appreciations/conflicts within Abbey Gardens and its proximity which could inform the new products.
13.00 Lunch at Abbey Gardens
14.00 - 17.00 Further mapping and group session brainstorming and sketching first ideas for a new products.
19.00 Friday Session_39 - an informal discussion at public works studio, 1-5 Vyner Street, London E2 9DG
COMMUNAL/COLLECTIVE/COMMON GARDENS/LAND/INITIATIVES
With presentations by Nina Pope from Somewhere on What Will the
Harvest Be?
Celine Condorelli talking about commons and things in common
Cristina Cerutti about the Crokkes-Walkley Transition group in
Sheffield
Nolwenn Marchand from aaa on Le 56 ECOintersice in Paris
Followed by discussion and food and drinks.
Sat 27th March
10.00 Production workshop at Abbey Gardens, aiming towards a brief and first prototypes for new products.
12.30 Informal lunch and internal presentation of workshop results.
13.30 Further sketching/prototyping/building
15.00 Tea and cakes followed by presenting results to the public
15.30 Discussion about the different values involved in making and trading the new product within the context of the Abbey Gardens Honesty Box and the International Village Shop
16.30 Finish
Who Will Take Part?
The workshop is organised collaboratively by the Friends of Abbey Gardens, Somewhere and public works it takes place within the context of an EU cultural project called RHYZOM.
Members of Abbey Gardens are invited to join. To reserve a place for the workshop email mail 'at' abbeygardens.org - or Contact Andreas. Please note that places are limited and reservation is needed.
SATURDAYS GARDEN CLUB SESSIONS WILL TAKE PLACE AS USUAL FROM 10AM-3PM AND WILL RUN ALONGSIDE THE WORKSHOP
A massively warm welcome to the newly appointed Garden Club Leader at Abbey Gardens - Hamish Liddle. The post was hotly contested and we're really delighted to have such an experienced person to guide the Friends of Abbey Gardens through the new season. This year the Garden Club Leader is being employed by the Friends group rather than Somewhere, this is part of the move towards trying to make the site sustainable in the long term and run independently by FOAG. Karen and I will still be helping out this year but our 'official role' will gradually decrease.
Hamish will be starting THIS WEEK! as we resume the weekly garden club sessions:
Saturdays 10am - 3pm
Tuesdays 1pm - 3pm
Thursdays 4pm - dusk
Why not go along and see the garden at the start of the season and say hello to Hamish, he will also be at the wildflower event on site this coming Saturday the 20th of March.
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