Tending to your Inner Garden: a food, plant & body workshop series - Lacto fermentation

Lacto Fermentation & Preserving

Fermentation is one of the oldest techniques our ancestors used to survive and thrive. We’ll be  turning abundance into resilience using nothing but salt, fruits & vegetables and time. This is a hands on introduction to lacto fermentation: using wild bacteria and yeasts living on edible plants, transforming it into something more alive, more nourishing and long lasting. 

Using a mix of foraged wild ingredients and locally grown farm produce, we'll work with what the season actually gives us.

We’ll make 5 ferments: sauerkraut, kimchi, Korean cheung, quick pickles and Romanian pickles.  We’ll use cabbage, cucumbers, root veg, fruits, herbs and spices to create yummy, gut loving foods.

You'll leave with: your own jar to take home and tend, a working understanding of why fermentation is safe and good for your gut, and the confidence to keep going with whatever's in season.

Format: 2.5 hours, hands on, all materials included. 

• £50 Tier (Reduced Rate): A lower-cost option for anyone who would benefit from paying less.
• £60 Tier (Standard Rate): Full price for fully employed individuals.
• £70 Tier (Supporter Rate): Supporter Rate: Helps us make the workshops more accessible to others.

Supporter-rate tickets help us offer free places to people who would otherwise be unable to attend.

Facilitated by Bear, Hosted by Artcore, Brighton

Bear Bio

Bear has run food, healing spaces, craft and land based projects across the UK, France, India, Sri Lanka & Costa Rica over the last 15 years and he has now returned to the UK to offer a series of hands on workshops in fermenting, preserving, plant based craft, breath and bodywork. We’ll be exploring how to tend to our inner garden, remember ancestral ways of preserving the abundance of autumn produce and learn to better listen to our bodies' needs and respond with care. No experience needed, just curiosity and a willingness to work with your hands and body. We use a sliding scale to offer different price points and make these workshops more accessible.