PROGRAM
2.00pm Wellbeing Garden projects with the NHS in Chelsea (10 mins) Followed by Talk / Q&A
A short film about the Violet Melchett Health & Wellbeing Hub’s garden restoration and their visit to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Talk and Q and A by Dana Camino from LMA West London GP Federation and Susi Barran, NHS Speech and Language therapist about the NHS and gardens and personal experiences.
2.40pm Brent Gets Wilder (4 mins) by Neil Thompson. Followed by Talk / Q&A
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Wild in Brent project provided opportunities for children who do not have access to green space at home and the repurposing of unused areas in their schools to create wildflower meadows and edible gardens. Alternative View Studios‘ 2D animation ‘Brent Gets Wilder’ tells the story of how LEAP made this happen. The animation was shortlisted in the World Health Organization, Health For All Film Festival 2023, Climate Change and Health category. Caroline D’Souza from Leap and the filmmaker will discuss the film after the screening.
3.20pm The North Marsh Habitats Project (10 mins) by Ian Phillips. Followed by Talk / Q&A
Short documentary followed by a talk. Ian Phillips’ film about a large renaturing project creating habitat for wildlife on the Walthamstow Marshes. Talk between the filmmaker and ecologist and nature conservationist Nina Hundt about their various projects in East London with Re Nature London.
4.00pm Tea break Free tea & coffee.
4.20pm Time To Grow (5 mins) by Madeleine Hartley Salim. Followed by Talk / Q&A
Short documentary about Time To Grow by Madeleine Hartley Salim; followed by a talk with Greg Frey, Deba Salim and Madeleine Hartley Salim about the importance of food sovereignty, connecting to the land, and the local community through organic small-scale growing. Time to Grow is an initiative in Walthamstow and Hackney that turns peoples unused gardens into community food growing spaces.
5.00pm A Whole Bunch of Tomatoes (4 mins) by London Documentary Network (Afshin Robin Rohani) Followed by Talk / Q&A
Short documentary by London Documentary Network about The Garden of Earthly Delights – a garden connecting the community through growing food, herbs and flowers and providing an alternate space for people to run workshops, learn new skills, and connect locally. Talk about setting up the space, the challenges and the joys of working collaboratively for a more sustainable and richer community. Followed by a talk with some of the garden facilitators about the importance of food sovereignty, connecting to the land, and the local community through organic small-scale growing.
5.40pm This Urban Wild Field in Hackney Marshes (20 mins) by Claire Loussouarn and Dominique Rivoal Followed by Talk / Q&A
Art film in Hackney Marsh connecting to a piece of land through the seasons and over the years through movement and film by Claire Loussouarn. Claire, artist, filmmaker and movement practitioner discusses her new book How to be feral: movement practices to re-wild your body. Dominique Rivoal discusses filmmaking and collaborating with Claire in nature.
6.30pm Oasis Square: Finding Nature in Russell Square (15 minutes) by Clive Ardagh. Followed by Talk
A short film exploring why students, tourists, locals and volunteers come to Russel Square and what form of emotional nourishment the nature there provides them with followed by a discussion afterwards with the filmmaker, Clive Ardagh.
7.00pm Community get together. An organic, vegan curry cooked on the fire by Ketchurah Revinden will be on sale for £5. Feel free to bring along your own food/drink of any kind, especially from London’s land. There will be a fire to sit around outside and keep warm from.
8.00pm Our House (1.2 minutes) by Alexis Bamforth
Alexis Bamforth is an artist and ecology catalyst who has been making links between culture and the natural world for over 30 years. He works across all artforms from sculpture to performance to mass gatherings, making public art for social purpose. www.experimenter.eu
