BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:225@dilstonphysicgarden.com DTSTART:20250524T100000Z DTEND:20250525T153000Z DTSTAMP:20250306T180424Z URL:https://dilstonphysicgarden.com/events/guest-workshop-trysting-trees-h awthorn/ SUMMARY:Guest Workshop: Trysting Trees: Hawthorn DESCRIPTION:In this weekend long workshop we shall be journeying into all t hings Hawthorn. This is a tree with a significant place in the fabric of s ocial history of this land. On the Saturday morning of the workshop there will be an opportunity to explore some of this history alongside the tree' s ecological relationships to other plants\, insects and animals. Hawthorn is also a potent provider of medicine as well as a food source which are some further ways that people have interacted with the tree over time. The re will be examples of some of these and a few samples to try!\nOn Sunday morning the focus is on the folklore and mythology associated and connecte d to Hawthorn. Accompanying this will be images and tales of it's recurrin g symbolism through time.\nDuring the afternoon of each day the emphasis w ill shift to creative material possibilities from Hawthorn. This includes dye colours\, paper\, inks and tools\, and will have time to use these mat erials to begin to build up a visual language of this magnificent and sign ificant tree. Participants will go home with a collection of Hawthorn made creations at the end of the two days and well as a booklet containing som e of the information covered over the course of the workshop.\n\nImportant information\nTimings: 10.00am - 3.30pm both days\nBooking fee: £130 (Inf ormation about bursary tickets available on their event webpage)\nBooking enquiries: to Edward and Lucy via theoldmillgallery@gmail.com \nParking: f or workshop and events we please use our top-up car park\, thank you! Dire ctions available here\nRefreshments: Please bring lunch! Light snacks and teas available in the physic shop\n\nFor more information about visiting t he garden see our Visit Us page. Please get in touch if you have queries/c oncerns about disability access via info@dilstonphysicgarden.com\n\nAbout your hosts\n\nThis workshop will be hosted by Edward and Lucy\, founders o f Old Mill Arts studio\, based in Palnackie\, Dumfries and Galloway. Throu gh Old Mill Arts\, their aim is to create spaces for inquiry into the conn ection between creativity\, spirit and our natural environment. For more i nformation about the work Ed and Lucy are doing and other workshops availa ble see their website: Old Mill Arts\n\nFor this workshop they have partne red with Sarah Jane Scouten\, aka Juniper Wood Herbs\, as part of their Tr ysting Trees project\, which you can read all about here. Sarah Jane is a medical herbalist and songwriter\, also based in Dumfries and Galloway. Or iginally from Canada\, she dove deeply into the natural world of Britain d uring the pandemic and emerged with a herbal medicine practice and a colle ction of traditional ballads she calls The Herbal Songbook. Part of Trysti ng Trees\, Sarah Jane will lead a practical workshop on the science and pr actice of making and taking hawthorn as medicine. Caution: singing may occ ur.\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dilstonphysicgarden.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2025/02/Hawthorncourseimage.jpg LOCATION:Dilston Physic Garden\, Dilston Physic Garden\, Dilston\, Corbridg e\, Northumberland\, NE45 5QZ\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Dilston Physic Garden\, Dil ston\, Corbridge\, Northumberland\, NE45 5QZ\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADI US=100;X-TITLE=Dilston Physic Garden:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR