under Siege and Famine: Plantkin of the Great Hunger
Who offers support and nourishment when state governments enact policies of violence against their people?
In this workshop, we will explore the more-than-human kin networks that kept people’s of the Celtic Isles alive under English colonialism in the 1840s. We will discuss the Great Hunger and the impacts it had on Ireland and Scotland.
We will meet some of the plantkin that offered sustenance when relied upon food sources became scarce. We will offer them gratitude and honor for the ways they supported the survival of some of our peoples. Our bodies remember.
We will remember how deep relationship with the land and more than human kin are essential to flourishing ecosystems, how relationship is the key to joy, connection, and deeply woven community. Together, we will consider what wisdom our ancestors, as well as bioregional and ancestral plantkin, have to share with us about how to be in relationship with the lands and peoples we reside alongside.
This class is meant to support folks in North America/diasporic communities of Celtic Isles descent in reconnecting to their cultural backgrounds.
Please attend live if possible! This is an experiential offering and community dialogue is such an important part of learning. Replay will be available for folks who register.
Teacher bio:
rowan walker is a queer trans community herbalist, facilitator, writer, researcher and maker. they facilitate spaces for learning and connection, traveling along well-worn pathways of herbal magic in their biz of hawthorn and yew. rowan loves to nerd out about ancestral plantlore and sacred practices, how we might live more deeply in integrity with our values, and the ways herbalism can support movements for liberation. you can find more of their work at
ofhawthornandyew.com or @hawthornandyew in IG
Who offers support and nourishment when state governments enact policies of violence against their people?
In this workshop, we will explore the more-than-human kin networks that kept people’s of the Celtic Isles alive under English colonialism in the 1840s. We will discuss the Great Hunger and the impacts it had on Ireland and Scotland.
We will meet some of the plantkin that offered sustenance when relied upon food sources became scarce. We will offer them gratitude and honor for the ways they supported the survival of some of our peoples. Our bodies remember.
We will remember how deep relationship with the land and more than human kin are essential to flourishing ecosystems, how relationship is the key to joy, connection, and deeply woven community. Together, we will consider what wisdom our ancestors, as well as bioregional and ancestral plantkin, have to share with us about how to be in relationship with the lands and peoples we reside alongside.
This class is meant to support folks in North America/diasporic communities of Celtic Isles descent in reconnecting to their cultural backgrounds.
Please attend live if possible! This is an experiential offering and community dialogue is such an important part of learning. Replay will be available for folks who register.
Teacher bio:
rowan walker is a queer trans community herbalist, facilitator, writer, researcher and maker. they facilitate spaces for learning and connection, traveling along well-worn pathways of herbal magic in their biz of hawthorn and yew. rowan loves to nerd out about ancestral plantlore and sacred practices, how we might live more deeply in integrity with our values, and the ways herbalism can support movements for liberation. you can find more of their work at
ofhawthornandyew.com or @hawthornandyew in IG
