Workshop: Queer Herbal Medicine
This discussion-based workshop is designed to explore how plants and herbal medicine can be supportive in exploring our own queer identities. We will walk through the garden to uncover stories of historical, literary and botanical links between herbs and queerness. We will then share a mystery tea together to explore ourselves through the discovery of a plant, using them as allies in learning about our own bodies. This will lead to discussing what is queer health and what role can herbal medicine play in it. This session is ideal for anyone who wants to interact with the herbal world through a queer perspective.
Together we will explore:
Literary and historical records linking herbs and people to various embodiments of attraction and gender, including myths and ancient recipes.
How botany breaks the binary and gives queer representation.
A blind tea tasting accompanied with writing, drawing and sharing our experience.
What is queer health and redefining care through a situated perspective.
You will leave this session with many stories, and tools to continue your own queer herbal journey through observation, using the senses and art.
Meet Odhran (they/them)
Odhran is a medical herbalist living between London and France. Their practice involves the practical application of herbalism within local communities, researching herbal LGBT+ health, and the curiosity of seeing the world from non-human perspectives. They encourage the exploration of individuals’ subjective perspectives by involving all the senses, and by playing with the stories we learn and tell ourselves to make sense of the world.
Price: £85/ Free for Southwark residents
Free places are available for Southwark residents aged 19+. Each resident can claim 1 place per academic year (Sept 25- Jul 26). To check whether you are eligible, please click here.
To claim your free place, click ‘Book Here’ below, and enter code ‘SOUTHWARK26’ under ‘Redeem Coupon’.
You will then be charged a £10 deposit in order to claim your place, this deposit will be refunded to you after you attend the workshop.
Please note that you will be required to fill in a Southwark Council form, including some personal information, in order to confirm your place on a workshop. Your place will not be confirmed until this has been completed in full.