Mindful Garden: Fading Plants & Forgotten Words
Part of Quirky Questions
Date & time
17 October 2026 | 13.00-14.00
Event format
Attend event in person
Event type
Participatory interactive event
Event topic
Environment, Global insecurity & risk, Health and wellbeing
Audience
All
Academic discipline
Social anthropology
Venue
Quirky Quarter, Liverpool
What's on offer?
A hands-on workshop designed for anyone who enjoys art and nature. Explore the importance of plants in our lives through art and science.
What's it about?
Join us for a 1-hour interactive workshop with Mindful Garden, designed for anyone who enjoys art and nature.
The relaxing workshop will explore how plants have been recorded, valued and sometimes forgotten over time, examining links between plants, medicine and the importance of conservation in a changing climate.
The main activity is a hands-on introduction to herbarium techniques, where participants will learn how plants are carefully preserved through a combination of art and science. Participants will also take part in a creative poetry exercise, bringing "lost" nature words back to life.
Creations made during the workshop will be invited to feature in a special window display exhibition at Quirky Quarter.
This event is part of Quirky Questions, an event from Liverpool John Moores and University of Liverpool.
Who's leading the event?
Samantha Cooper, Liverpool John Moores University
Open to
All welcome
Of particular interest to
Adults and young people
Event booking deadline
16th October
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