Can you have a productive garden and support wildlife? 🦋

Rachael Conway speaks to organic food grower and writer CLAIRE | RATINON about taking a nature-centric approach to growing and empowering communities to transform their local spaces.

Watch Part 1 👉 butrfli.es/40b99cN

Typical Rebanks afternoon

Helen doing a food demo

I’m listening to a book talk from the excellent CLAIRE | RATINON

Speaking at a food festival in Fife

And Daughter No2 has bought a bull

I need a lie down

Want to grow your own veg but think you don't have enough space? CLAIRE | RATINON shares ways to grow vegetables even if you only have a windowsill, a balcony or a tiny garden, in our free podcast. Find it in iTunes, Spotify or at gardenersworld.com/podcast #GrowYourOwn

The second all female panel I've listened to this week! 🙌👍🧡🌱 These incredible women are doing so much to create the anti racist food system we need. Thanks for educating me. Loved the 🦋 Landworkers' Alliance Soul Fire Farm CLAIRE | RATINON @Jo_zinaC Zig #food#farming#CHANGE

Publication day! Essays from experts on tackling the #ClimateCrisis . A million thank yous: tagged+Juliet Kinsman Rosamund Adoo-KD CBE FBSA Gail Bradbrook ⚡️ Lucy von Sturmer Khandiz CLAIRE | RATINON Jona Christians @tessawernink Welbeck Illustrated Charlie Brotherstone uk.bookshop.org/books/three-th…

The 'What Are Gardens For' panel, great evening discussing the use of gardens for wellbeing at the Coutts roof gardens in London as part of the Chelsea Fringe #gardens #MentalHealthMonday #Wellbeing #WellnessThatWorks Ruth Lin Wong Holmes Nigel Dunnett CLAIRE | RATINON Thrive

Main Hall ORFC this year. Pretty nervous, but pleased that sessions like this talking about race, displacement, and relationship to land are being valued in these spaces. Thanks CLAIRE | RATINON and Jo Kamal for all the planning and chats. Its going to be amazing

🌿🍄had the BEST time in conversation with CLAIRE | RATINON 🥺🥺 thank u so much Vintage Books Free Books Campaign 2000CAC #FreeBooksDay

In my latest Flowerpot #podcast , I talk to Garden Of Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gardd Cymru horticulturist Carly Green
It's Carly's job to grow 'native' Welsh #wildflowers & a comment made by CLAIRE | RATINON at a recent Garden event has made us question the use of the term 'native'.
anchor.fm/bruce-langridg…

There's a full house and a great atmosphere here for our event with CLAIRE | RATINON and Rosina Al-Shaater from Black & Green Ambassadors to discuss Unearthed. A lyrical memoir about gardening, colonialism and Mauritius. Part of our #blackhistorymonthuk celebrations

I've pre-ordered my copy! HORTICULTURAL APPROPRIATION: WHY HORTICULTURE NEEDS DECOLONISING by CLAIRE | RATINON + Sam Ayre, based on work with botanical colelctions West Dean Gardens roughtradebooks.com/editions/horti…

‘Unearthed: On Race and Roots and How the Soil Taught Me I Belong’ (Online talk)
Book online/donation only: slbi.org.uk/event/unearthe…
Author/food-grower Claire Ratinon in conversation with our very own Sarah Webley. Book by CLAIRE | RATINON available to purchase now
#slbi #foodgrower

SAT 6th AUGUST 🚨 - Come join 'A Breath of Fresh Air'🌳 at Wellcome Collection Euston Road.

Specifically for young people aged 14 -19, where I'll be alongside the amazing CLAIRE | RATINON & Janine Francois w/ aytc 🌿💪🏾👏🏾 (15:45 to 17:15)

More INFO:
wellcomecollection.org/events/YrSVkRE…

Want to grow your own veg? Organic grower CLAIRE | RATINON shares tips and tricks for growing delicious harvests in even the smallest of spaces, in our new podcast. Listen on iTunes, Spotify or at gardenersworld.com/podcast #GrowYourOwn

Planting the colony, displanting the narrative. Much gratitude to these passionate, informed voices CLAIRE | RATINON, @annaleedavis @fakinandkeggs @shirazbayjoo for helping Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh National Trust for Scotland Kew Gardens challenge dominant narratives #climateemergency 🔥 and #biodiversitycrisis .

How do time, gender and space shape our interest in food and nature? Join me & grower CLAIRE | RATINON on a discussion this Thursday 16th Feb 18-19.30.. Who y’a bringing?
Exeter City of Literature @devon_ex_inst

Two powerful books publishing today, by two incredibly wise women. So proud we get to work with writers making such a difference with their work.

Raising Boys Who Do Better by Uju Asika

Unearthed: On Race and Roots and How the Soil Taught me I belong by CLAIRE | RATINON

Books and Magazines I read in June. Featuring: Rough Trade Books Sheena Patel Musa Okwonga the modernist® the87press CLAIRE | RATINON Vintage Books Chatto&Windus Faber Books naa adukwɛi Cultureshock Christina Martin Gayford Thames & Hudson

In #OnTheLedgePodcast , CLAIRE | RATINON talks about her new book on growing in containers, & reflects on racism in horticulture:
'Black gardeners exist... and we all deserve to have an industry that has space for us, for our multitudes of stories...'
janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/2…