Reimagining Our Connection To Nature | Johnston Terrace Garden

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Zoe Lorimer will lead a group of artists in discussion and food sharing to explore what (re)connecting to nature looks like for you. This is the first workshop in Rhubaba's Dòigh Nàdair series of workshops to usher new stewards into the Scottish landscape. Zoe Lorimer begins the series in Edinburgh, at Scotland's smallest nature reserve, bringing together a small group to discuss and interrogate their relationship with nature and how they would like engage with the land. The workshop will explore: Colonial-like interactions between humans and the rest of the natural world The origins of romanticised images of nature and the development of urban landscapes. How social class is understood and interrogated in Scottish landscapes. The relationship between botany, plant breeding and colonialism/eugenics. The workshop will end with the group making pizzas and snacks together in a mud oven. Please note this workshop is only open to people categorised by colour. Rhubaba defines artists categorised by colour as People categorised by Colour’ and is a self-identifying term. While we use the term PCC, we acknowledge the limitations of this terminology. This includes people who identify as Black, brown, people of colour, Global Majority, mixed-race, multiple heritage or are from the Global South, or are East and South-East Asian, West Asian, Asian, African, African-Caribbean, Caribbean, Latinx, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, or First Nations, and diasporas. We use this term to address and overcome systemic barriers that people face directly or indirectly based on their ethnic or national identities, race or perceived racial identities, or the colour of their skin as per the Equality Act of 2010. Johnstone Terrrace Gardens is not a step free venue. Directions: From St Giles Cathedral, walk up the Royal Mile towards Edinburgh Castle. At the roundabout by the Hub, take the turning into Johnston Terrace. Continue along Johnston Terrace, just past the Castle Rock Hostel there are a set of steps on the left (Castle Wynd South, also known as Patrick Geddes steps) which head down to the Grassmarket. Go down the steps and the reserve entrance is the first gate on the right. Information Source: Rhubaba | eventbrite