Number of participants: 10
Location: Learning Grounds garden @ de Zandweg allotment garden, Rotterdam South
Date: June 21st-22nd, 2024
Duration: 17.00 – 10.00 (5 pm – 10 am)
Co-conspirators: The SPIN Collective
Ingredients: strawberry moon, molasses, fresh oregano, rain water, worm castings, compost, sea salt, oats, fire, wood, flour, stories about collective solidarity, world building, and global struggles for liberation and healing, a stick for stirring, strawberry plants, freshly harvested garlic, foraged forest soil grabbed by the handful, slugs, plant seedlings, handmade paper, writing materials, darkness, silence, the deafening roar of awakening birds, handmade quilts, pillows
Soft Score
17.00 Beginning, Grounding and Intro
17.30 Harvest – Renewal – Cycle
Harvest potatoes and garlic
Plant a baby pumpkin where the garlic used to be
Plant beans next to the corn
18.30 Cooking a Collective Meal
Prepare a dish with the harvested garlic and harvested potatoes
20.00 Making a Fire
Make a fire and eat together around the fire
Take a moment to write to and reflect on what needs letting go
Add to the fire what you have just written
Jump over the fire
22.00 Perambulatory Circle Forest Walk under the Strawberry Moon
Embark on a night walk in the middle of the forest in the park next to the garden
Walk in a circle around the circumference of forest
Pick up handfuls of forest soil
Greet the strawberry moon
22.30 Making Tea
Preparing a microbial tea from Yeori’s grandmother’s recipe
Add ingredients collected from the surroundings (forest soil, worm compost, comfrey liquid, rain water)
While stirring the mixture, read out poems, songs, texts, and letters that tell tales of collective solidarity, world building, and global struggles for liberation and healing
Drink tea prepared from freshly harvested oregano
Eat cake using plums gifted from the neighbours garden
1.30 Replenish
Add the microbial tea to the baby plants in the garden
2.00 Building a Space to Rest, Dream and Digest
Build a space to rest, dream, and digest stories of liberation and healing
8.00 Awakening
Rise up to the roar of awakened birds
Sing praise to Ali’s tomato babies
Share a breakfast and reflections from the evening
10.00 Outro
