Rural

 My land and ecology residencies and workshops are slow, grounded experiences that invite participants to (re)learn their place within the natural world and resist colonisation. Through hiking, foraging, crafting, and collective reflection, we cultivate a deeper sense of belonging, to the land, to each other, and to ourselves. 

Being in nature, for me, is a practice of attunement. With each step, the terrain reveals stories: geological memory, botanical resilience, the quiet traces of those who walked before us. Moving through landscapes in this embodied way opens up space for care, kinship, and orientation. We begin to feel the contours of a relationship, not just with land as backdrop, but land as teacher, witness, and relative.

 Natural dyes, eating or cooking and earth-based materials are central to these retreats/ micro-residencies. The act of extracting color from plants, minerals, and soil is an alchemical collaboration, one that invites wonder, precision, and reverence. Working with these elements becomes a way of listening: to seasonal shifts, to local ecologies, and to the invisible labor of transformation. It's a practice that collapses the boundaries between art and science, ritual and experiment.

Each retreat is shaped by the place it emerges from-its climate, its species, its tensions, and its wisdom. I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with LIVINC, Ila Travel and Mujeb Farms to carefully craft such trips.