A Working Party! Hendon Tiny Orchard

Join artist Becky Lyon and community activist Daniella Levene for the first in a series of conservation events that combine hands-on-in-the-soil volunteering with critical conversations around the culture of volunteering and grassroots stewardship in England.

Meet us at Hendon Tiny Orchard - a tiny by name, tiny by nature patch of soily resistance somewhere between The Claddagh Ring pub, Middlesex University and the Hendon Bagel Bakery…

We’ll talk about the importance of ‘tiny orchards’ for biodiversity, food sovereignty and community - and the hard work of making it happen. The majority of the session will be dedicated to helping with tasks like fence weaving, watering and planting fuelled by lots of par-tea and cake of course! You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute a page to an artist fanzine.

Contributors

Becky Lyon, Daniella Levene

Becky Lyon is an artist and PhD researcher based in London. She has an MA Art & Ecology and MA Art & Ecology and is currently researching for her PhD at Goldsmiths University, “Performing objects, tactile data, sense-ative documents and feelwork: touch as method for critical ecological stewardship in England. She run’s Ground Provisions, a ‘schooled-by-the-forest’ for adults and The Department of Artecology for renegade conservationists. She is a volunteer ranger for London National Park City and a member of the All The Elements broadening participation in the outdoors.

Daniella Levene is a community activist and landworker. She is the founder of several environmental initiatives including Hendon Tiny Orchard, Friends of the Welsh Harp and various community garden and fruit harvesting projects. She is one third of an award-winning creative collective, Edgy Collective. She is Orchard Support Coordinator at The Orchard Project and a keen naturalist.

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Location of event

Location: Meet us at Hendon Tiny Orchard - a tiny by name, tiny by nature patch of soily resistance somewhere between The Claddagh Ring pub, Middlesex University and the Hendon Bagel Bakery