https://www.claireratinon.com/words daily 0.75 2024-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/d886fc48-176d-487d-a0c8-7a45667676f0/How+To+Grow+2.jpg Words - How To Grow Your Dinner Without Leaving The House Published by Laurence King Publishing in August 2020, ‘How To Grow Your Dinner Without Leaving The House’ covers the essentials of growing a range of edible plants in containers. This book is designed to encourage those new to gardening and food growing to take on the rewarding challenge of growing their own dinner, in whatever sunny space you have to grow in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1677584075096-Z2G0NDR6BJKY8WPRIJ15/E96FC828-92F3-49BF-832B-043B1044075B.JPG Words - The Guardian's Saturday Magazine Since early 2023, I’ve been a gardening columnist for the Guardian’s Saturday Magazine, writing fortnightly on growing food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1763380986948-3E22RZF1LCKAG8BTLZCI/IMG_3907.jpg Words - Chelsea Physic Garden Launched in March 2025, I voiced the new audio guide for the Chelsea Physic Garden’s greenhouses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1763381303853-GGC9VOZNNNLAZHTY93F6/IMG_7455.jpg Words - A Garden Manifesto An essay on my disdain for barbed wire and the symbolic and literal violence it embodies in inhibiting access to land. Commissioned by Olivia Laing. November 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1729873202159-15LAD2RZ5L5L1S20JZ4T/IMG_5552.jpg Words - Guardian's Saturday Magazine Double page feature on City Soil Lab. September 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1729874950356-GQP8NC89HGG0W8LD8R1Y/Screenshot+2024-10-25+at+17.48.45.png Words - The Sunday Times Feature on starting a veg patch for The Sunday Times June 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1729874230823-9LHF955BBY22KU3QX6G9/IMG_4943.jpg Words - Toast Magazine Nature diary feature for Toast Magazine, in partnership with Unyoked June 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1729875619388-GZ8P1Y5HULYUM691N9ZZ/Screenshot+2024-10-25+at+17.59.20.png Words - Guardian Opinion Opinion piece about eco-friendly gardening and molluscs June 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1729874739666-VQ648L5BS06DZ5EL8C93/Screenshot+2024-10-25+at+17.45.15.png Words - Brooklyn Botanic Garden Feature on ‘Getting Into Edible Container Growing’ for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1729873548442-JEYELMT9YZJQTIMFTEGT/Screenshot+2024-10-25+at+17.25.31.png Words - Toast Magazine Feature on nature charity Grow2Know for Toast Magazine February 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1690561275475-4L31TQMKX25CNXYC5NDR/IMG_1912.jpg Words - G2 in the Guardian A feature length piece about gardening for little to no cost. July 28th 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1678191833844-V243QBEPKYJGBR6OVBY3/IMG_9828.jpg Words - What Gardeners Grow - Bloom Magazine Books Contribution to this compilation of growers and gardeners’ favourite plants. Published by Bloom Magazine in March 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1677675069322-WBYJ5HS19XKWJJOPMPN2/IMG_9756.jpg Words - The Guardian - Opinion March 1st 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1676393198665-XNPV597ZT0UG6SZLBAGU/IMG_6751.jpg Words - The Guardian - Why I Quit Article about how I changed careers from working in the media to growing food. October 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1676397210480-1MLBISJ4D414UV7PDM9X/IMG_5464-1.jpeg Words - BBC Radio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time OCTOBER 2022 - Interview with Jon Stokes from The Tree Council and Sinéad Fortune of Seed Sovereignty UK about seed saving. FEBRUARY 2022 - Interview with Helen John and Lucy Coleman-Talbot of the Crossbones Garden, Southwark JANUARY 2022 - Interview with Curator Dr Ekua McMorris and Contributor Ras Prince Morgan about the ‘Sowing Roots: Caribbean Garden Heritage in London’ exhibition at the Garden Museum OCTOBER 2021 - Interview with Dr Hazel Jackson about parakeets OCTOBER 2021 - Jobs in the vegetable patch in October FEBRUARY 2021 - On growing organically GQT is a Radio 4 institution with over 2 million listeners tuning in a week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1676398164055-COBQK0TWGB05INI0S8LZ/IMG_4893.jpg Words - BBC Radio 4 - Start The Week A revolution in food and farming - alongside Sarah Langford and George Monbiot June 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1676398428821-UHLOSYA646K0C3RA8P8C/p09bxjlg.jpg Words - BBC Radio 3 - Free Thinking Conversation on the significance of soil alongside researcher Dr Jim Scown, art historian Vid Simoniti, and Anna da Silva from Northern Roots. May 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1676397418454-8JOI8AIJOBF6IW3BL446/IMG_1160+Edited.JPG Words - Yeo Valley Social media contribution to Yeo Valley’s ‘Save Our Soils’ campaign December 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674133112762-7NQ6UR413TMK2DZEFU87/IMG_1648.jpeg Words - Edible Flowers - How, Why, and When We Eat Flowers Essay about the growing and eating of an okra flower for Edible Flowers - How, Why, and When We Eat Flowers by Monica Nelson. An illustrated guide to the use and cultural history of edible flowers - published by Monacelli Press / Phaidon Press November 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674133233882-P4N06T6PDG96EPUO451N/IMG_0709.jpeg Words - Citizen Magazine Essay about the work of growing food and the myth of self-sufficiency for the first issue of Citizen Magazine. September 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674133303833-YFQWNHKZMHBMEN83SWDS/79720D23-F92D-46A4-982E-5DF41C757F6C.jpeg Words - Waitrose Food Magazine Four-page feature for Waitrose monthly food magazine about summer jobs in the vegetable garden. July 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1676397742107-UYKVA7L36WVOGYBPM6XR/042FF5C3-B89B-48D9-ACF4-92EAE847F16C.jpg Words - Barbour Social media contribution to Barbour’s ‘Barbour Way of Life’ campaign July 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674133351294-AEYUJSL8ZCSZTYRZGR0R/902A1B5F-E645-486D-A912-B7C2B0AEC5A4.jpeg Words - Horticultural Appropriation: Why Horticulture Needs Decolonising Horticultural Appropriation: Why Horticulture Needs Decolonising (published by Rough Trade Books) is a pamphlet containing a conversation between an organic food grower and an artist discussing the possibility and necessity of bringing a decolonial lens to the practice of horticulture. This pamphlet explores how recent attempts to decolonise the collections of arts and cultural institutions might inform the interrogation of the colonial history at the heart of Britain’s gardens. April 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674133433692-FHH2VJ0FHTQFKYDIRM8N/E618CF68-9D93-4B4E-B294-0929780D37B7.jpeg Words - The Modern House Journal: Edition Two Four-page feature giving a month-to-month guide to what I love to grow and eat through the warmest months of the growing season. April 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674133679328-O7YEF8I5CG8QFNLKQZNJ/IMG_7413.jpeg Words - Waitrose Food Magazine Three-page spread for Waitrose monthly food magazine about growing herbs. April 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674133828563-5WBQR5VHKZTAMAGR3YG4/Screenshot+2021-03-25+at+10.25.51.png Words - Anna Jones - We Are Food Newsletter Chef and writer Anna Jones’ invited me to takeover her newsletter to share reflections on the act of growing food and my recommendations for what I’m watching, reading and supporting. March 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1676398812658-6LPT4HXFKUGUZR6WDMRP/5B14FDCD-C558-4141-9DA2-BD48ED93D51A.jpg Words - Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine Profile piece about Land In Our Names entitled ‘Farming for Justice ‘ February 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674134116399-D3253VQSWMQ1GC6F9R2E/IMG_7105.jpg Words - Waitrose Food Magazine Three-page spread for Waitrose monthly food magazine about compost. February 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674134165687-XKFO9IP2MVUF7WQV6537/Feb-2020-950x1425.jpeg Words - The Modern House Journal: Gardener’s Diary Monthly column on edible gardening for The Modern House’s Online Journal. FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL - WINDOWSILL HERBS MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674141564226-NWKXC2B8N282FZIQ93FU/IMG_6160-1.jpg Words - Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine Feature about gardening with the moon for the magazine’s Night Sky edition. October 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674141627321-9WX1DYVQ36DYUZBGXRVH/Screenshot+2020-08-19+at+16.41.25.png Words - Good Housekeeping Online How to get started with organic gardening – useful tips and advice - August 2020 Everything you need to know about mulch’ - October 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674141779782-88G7QH2IR8KM3Y0WD9RE/CZMZ9070.JPG Words - Gardening Etc The no dig gardening method: your complete guide to getting started Growing vegetables in pots: everything you need to know Keeping chickens: tips on how to get started https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674141938796-ZAR892WYZ9DONYWYH7TT/Screenshot%2B2020-09-14%2Bat%2B14.18.53.png Words - The Modern House Journal: Edition One Four-page feature on starting a vegetable patch for the first edition of The Modern House’s Journal. September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674142010929-QPGEFTXED416MG0ISEXT/Screenshot+2020-09-14+at+14.12.39.png Words - Waitrose Food Magazine Four-page spread for Waitrose monthly food magazine about what to sow in September to grow over winter. September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674142101641-72OBTJZXDFPQQG48BXMD/Screenshot+2020-08-19+at+16.44.32.png Words - New Statesman Online This piece was taken from the edition of my newsletter entitled, I Don’t Belong Here. July 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674142237991-Z3VNCRZIR3Y4BDTADFR7/82712FDC-D56B-46F7-B1AF-33C4886B6199.jpeg Words - Bloom Magazine Feature about belonging and land, and the way in which my work with plants intersects with my race and identity for Issue Six of this horticultural quarterly. June 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674142630095-3MRAKX80NTW8V9ZS6X5V/IMG_8554.jpeg Words - Bloom Magazine Four-page spread for Issue Three of horticultural quarterly, Bloom Magazine about what to sow and grow if you’re getting started in June or July. June 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674142690800-1OCXVMIIZEAZ7B8PL2GG/IMG_8558.jpeg Words - Waitrose Food Magazine Two-page spread for Waitrose monthly food magazine about growing salad leaves on a sunny windowsill. May 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/b8c21000-9cde-44a0-ac36-f3e0a7b7ac20/64620004.jpg Words Photo Credit: Christian Cassiel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/b922116c-20bb-4f38-a914-202f6ab85e14/31222C95-BDE2-4CB5-B63D-667B5577EF8A.jpg Words - Unearthed: On Race and Roots, and How the Soil Taught Me I Belong In June 2022, my second book, Unearthed: On Race and Roots, and How the Soil Taught Me I Belong was published by Chatto & Windus (an imprint of Vintage Books). This book is a work of nature writing, storytelling and memoir, and it charts our first year of making a life in the countryside while reflecting on my journey into food growing, the stories of my family and the history of Mauritius. It explores how, in coming back to the earth, I have found a sense of homecoming, defiant ancestry and deep purpose in the company of the roots, leaves and fruit that I grow. It is a book about how the alchemy of growing plants has changed me from the outside in. Click here to order https://www.claireratinon.com/plants daily 0.75 2025-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/a4b8125b-289a-46af-a71a-35d56161eda4/WILTSHIRE+MONTAGE.png Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/27f0b57b-a0f4-463b-9e98-28464886cd7b/64640004.jpg Plants - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Christian Cassiel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/f4837389-3b6d-475e-b16f-332775439eaf/Screenshot+2024-06-01+at+17.51.57.png Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.claireratinon.com/talks daily 0.75 2025-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/9c787b36-3868-4149-b417-653b979b3ec4/64630005.jpg Talks Photo Credit: Christian Cassiel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1764932958551-VV9IOVY6NRBR57L2ZRJ5/IMG_1267.jpg Talks - BBC Radio 3 Next Gen Producers Hosted a live pitch event where 10 young people pitched their ideas in front of Radio 3 commissioners and industry professionals, and a live audience at Brighton Dome's Studio Theatre. November 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1763379306380-X5GN5NMAW4A4FWLIHNJE/IMG_1021.jpg Talks - Canterbury Festival A conversation with Olia Hercules, exploring the stories and themes in her book ‘Strong Roots’ October 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1763379304305-9ZRU5F8ZJMP5JGPZPJH2/IMG_4740.jpg Talks - Charleston House - Festival of the Garden 2025 Returned to the Charleston House Festival of the Garden for the fifth year running to chair three panels - Alys Fowler in conversation about her book, ‘Peatlands’, James Canton and Poppy Okotcha on nature-led gardening and Monique Roffey and Jason Allen-Paisant about the relationship between plants, land and their writing. July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1763379298819-2QBPBHHFEH9XJ7T049MR/IMG_9572.jpg Talks - Know Your Rights Workshop An extended workshop leading conversations and learning around workers’ rights in land-based trades for BPOC workers. This was a collaboration between the trade union, SALE and Land In Our Names. June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1763379308290-5X77XQ3KOB2L0V5L23UI/IMG_1020.jpg Talks - Writing Workshops at Flatlands The second year of leading two writing workshops for the Flatland Projects' Artist Writing Forum. May & July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1763379297797-HWCD1ZEB4OYQ545UORAB/image3.JPEG Talks - Hay Festival Panel talk for Hay Festival of Literature entitled ‘How Should We Feed Britain?’ curated and chaired by author and farmer, James Rebanks. May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1763379313477-1JWO1II0O2020W0RR9VC/IMG_3709.jpg Talks - Soil Sunday in Ghent, Belgium Panel talk as part of a community building day for Back2SoilBasics and Crip Earth (Re)Generation that took place in Ghent, Belgium. May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1747412350495-GJHYYE2HOOPRIKJH6R6R/Screenshot+2025-05-16+at+17.18.36.png Talks - Arts in the Park Author talk for the Grow Project for Arts in the Park exploring my journey into growing alongside the themes in my book Unearthed. April 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1747412100632-9A6AXMAPZ383Z3RZ6C8M/Screenshot+2025-04-16+at+10.58.30.png Talks - Garden Museum Spring Plant Fair 2025 A talk focused on workers’ rights and labour organising in the horticulture sector April 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1741093845151-2T29AK07FYQILBTKI12L/IMG_7817.JPG Talks - Oxford Real Farming Conference 2025 A SALT workshop on the intersections of workers’ rights and racial justice and a panel discussion on workers’ rights in the agricultural sector. January 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1741093741122-7JEQ0T5Y9CV39L49BTVO/GdY1NewW4AEUQ5D.png Talks - Locating The Agrarian Struggles For Land A symposium organised by Root and Branch Collective November 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1729873040446-8E8T97A1AKFXCL5D0ET2/IMG_6467+2.jpg Talks - Into The Wild Festival In-conversation with Michael Kennard of the Compost Club. August 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1729872360244-4G978L8QWQPSH9LU6JOL/IMG_5644+2.jpg Talks - Horniman Museum Plant Fair Talk as part of the Horniman Museum’s Annual Plant Fair August 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1729872646936-CRHGKUCXWD9MBU2YH685/IMG_5849+3+Edited.JPG Talks - Charleston House Festival of the Garden 2024 Chaired a conversation about brownfield gardening between John Little and Cleve West. The following day, I chaired a wide-ranging conversation with Chris Packham, stepping in at the last minute. July 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1717258141509-6RC1B5NJ1433B2YMAJYR/Screenshot+2024-06-01+at+17.08.28.png Talks - Writing Workshops at Flatlands Writing workshops for the Flatland Projects' Artist Writing Forum. May 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1717257781378-ZC9EAWUWMW5WVKDRUDSC/f6edc052-6abd-4446-965d-630d5f3407b7.JPG Talks - Central St Martins Delivered a session titled 'Narrative Writing as Reparative Practice' for the BA Culture, Criticism and Curation course at Central St Martins. April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1717257073293-WUMMUF49SI82XBXT7GC3/Claire+Ratinon.jpg Talks - Books in the Park Festival In conversation about Unearthed for the Books in the Park Festival at Beckenham Place Park April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1717257273788-MU8I6A5KPMRAR4K329BC/IMG_4649.jpg Talks - Tate Britain Alternative tour of the Tate Britain's permanent collection through a botanical lens alongside artist, Sam Ayre, as part of the Sunday Social: If Plants Could Talk programme. March 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1717257552368-T28CU35PWYRS4AKJDJE4/IMG_4362.jpg Talks - Toast In-person and online workshop about growing edible plants in containers delivered for the clothing brand, Toast. February 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1707762397273-5WTK8GPFEJBH1MARZPKY/394841801_821365016450586_2307128698975030217_n.jpg Talks - Wimbledon Book Festival In-conversation with Alice Vincent and Maya Thomas October 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1707764890044-BZ4SL5I9R1PWT46UJDCI/375624116_293520816635495_522141387888845071_n.jpg Talks - Growhampton Talk given as part of Growhampton’s 10th Birthday October 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1707761812798-Z1P7RKQHPZOLPFCBOXKJ/IMG_2621.jpg Talks - Reasons To Be Cheerful Festival In-conversation about Unearthed September 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1707761986451-4AKATTVDFOZJA4EAEW4M/IMG_7183.jpg Talks - Tetbury Book Festival In conversation with author Michael Malay about Unearthed at Tetbury Book Festival (organised by Yellow-Lighted Bookshop) September 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1707761092951-1LDX5XLYGW3Q6PXJ8LY4/IMG_7036.jpg Talks - In-conversation at Afri-Co-Lab In-conversation about Unearthed with Sarah Gwonyoma at Afri-Co-Lab September 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1690559336044-4QKSU7H4D3H2ILAEM9DN/5B379C54-A7B9-47D2-8D15-355520D4887B.JPG Talks - In Conversation with Jamaica Kincaid Charleston House’s Festival of the Garden In conversation with legendary Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener and gardening writer Jamaica Kincaid exploring gardens, growing and writing July 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1690560455830-PICYCNG0GD5BEV63LJVV/IMG_5941.jpg Talks - Charleston House Festival of the Garden The Resilient Garden Chaired a conversation exploring what gardening can teach us about resilience in a changing world and how the way we garden might give hope for a fairer future and a flourishing planet - with garden designer Tom Massey, horticulturist Danny Clarke and botanist Dr Sandra Knapp. July 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1690559474677-61HR8ICL90VAZRO6BN42/IMG_6085.jpg Talks - Glastonbury Festival This Land Is Your Land: The Fight For Nature A panel conversation hosted on Billy Bragg’s Leftfield Stage alongside Black Girls Hike, Surfers Against Sewage and Right to Roam. June 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1690559475378-DK16BZ7D85U5DWJ9C1TN/IMG_1268.jpg Talks - Spots On My Apples Festival In conversation with Lucy Hines about Unearthed for the Spots On My Apples Festival hosted by Futtle Organic in Fife. June 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1685527538141-HYMJ1D2095N6D3FIAGWI/IMG_0924.jpg Talks - Tate Lates - Art Chat Subversive Gardening A conversation exploring the process of connecting with land, community, ancestry and deep psychotherapeutic healing alongside Bakul Patki and Marchelle Farrell. May 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1685526522774-82NUI729TQK3ZWNLEKV3/CF1.jpeg Talks - Charleston House Festival Chaired a conversation between gardening legend Sarah Raven and Ukrainian chef, activist and author of ‘Mamushka’, Olia Hercules, as they share the pleasures and benefits of embracing the seasons in our gardens and our kitchens. May 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1685526811825-OAI3BZW9DRH7OJ2CWB9L/Image.JPEG Talks - Free Books Festival Talk and workshop as part of the Free Books Festival held in Deptford. Sponsored by Vintage Books. March 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1680016922176-QTC4J855F07U916RRFHZ/IMG_0109.jpg Talks - Oxford Literary Festival Conversation with Adam Alexander (The Seed Detective) and chaired by Dan Saladino (BBC Food Programme) exploring how growing food from around the world protects the history and heritage of cultures and encourages a deeper connection with our past, present and future. March 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1680016374102-X4OYWBW7Q47EJNKGRFSY/Claire+Ratinon.jpg Talks - Gardens Illustrated’s 30th Anniversary To celebrate Gardens Illustrated’s 30th Anniversary, this panel discussion looked at the ways our gardens and gardening have changed over the past three decades, the most pressing issues we face now and what the future of horticulture may hold. Alongside editor Stephanie Mahon, Dan Pearson and Tom Massey. March 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1677583972037-A06JC4ALH20CQB6M5LAB/885C8EC6-70F2-4FA0-AECD-122A42830358.JPG Talks - Afrori Books In conversation with Melissa Thompson (author of Motherland) hosted by Afrori Books in Brighton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1676738339776-NHC2ZIU0M7C03OU69ZRH/IMG_9486.jpg Talks - Exeter City of Literature In collaboration with Rough Trade Books, this conversation with Shillingford Organics Farm School founder, Fatma Sabet addressed how my writing explores growing food, identity, ancestry and land justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1676394170983-B01E7E4MX5JVOP9X5SRO/677cfc7b-4cf3-4ead-8be9-39b3f3774940.JPG Talks - Oxford Real Farming Conference Cultivating Belonging: Exploring diasporic relationships to land Chaired by Jo Kamal, this conversation explored the convergence between Claire’s Mauritian Kreyol heritage and Rachel’s Jewish Diasporist identity in order to explore what it means to work the land when our ancestral relationship to the earth has been disrupted and how diasporic peoples might – in reclaiming the role of land steward – cultivate rootedness and belonging wherever they find themselves. Later the same day, Claire was in conversation about Unearthed with researcher and writer, Anna Sulan Masing. January 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674578779730-RP8XBLJ5XHZII6WZQE4H/IMG_8181.jpg Talks - Hidden Gardens Glasgow Panel event to discuss the legacies of colonialism in horticulture, and explore how we can make gardening more inclusive and ethical. October 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674579573005-MG1JOZNXH2S27AWQHF9A/88E51C9F-9EB4-4456-A306-AAE3CEEB3032.JPG Talks - Edible Bristol In conversation with Sara Limback as part of Edible Bristol’s Winter Talks series October 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674578580890-VC4T91U5RIAIPMN1SU3B/IMG_7992.jpg Talks - Bookhaus Bristol In conversation about Unearthed at Bookhaus Bristol. October 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674579306714-VWHR4AT5FMBKDCOTALIB/IMG_7845.jpg Talks - Central St Martins A session entitled “Writing from the Self: Reclaiming Black British Ecologies” as part of the module Curating Otherwise Worlds taught by artist and writer Ama Josephine Budge Johnstone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674576294792-5AISPYTONVQSN42WCNUM/IMG_7519.jpg Talks - Lighthouse Books In conversation about Unearthed at Lighthouse Books, Edinburg'h’s radical bookshop. September 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674575957231-IVKUCTL0JWVBOIR5H2L0/014c7a53-e6d7-4af8-980c-f9250189ad83.jpg Talks - Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh Chairing the panel conversation ‘Planting the colony, displanting the narrative’ featuring artists Annalee Davis, Keg de Souza, and Shiraz Bayjoo exploring the urgent issues of coloniality, environmental justice and indigenous rights through a botanical lens. September 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674575855711-6I6HANZQSL6YBC73HJQX/IMG_7474.jpg Talks - South London Botanical Institute In conversation about Unearthed September 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1676397895880-7H4A1AZAQ58A9XBUNFA4/IMG_2841+Edited.jpg Talks - Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow In conversation about Unearthed as part of the programming for the ‘We are Compost / Composting the We’ exhibition September 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674498526297-2JOWTU8F5ZBBT9397P21/IMG_6159.jpg Talks - Wellcome Collection A Breath Of Fresh Air Festival Participated in an in-conversation and delivered a workshop exploring nature connection and climate change action as part of this festival designed for young people and in response to the ‘In The Air’ exhibition. August 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674498383775-JS8XVXYCNGAM8T0IHMEF/IMG_6073.jpg Talks - Wellcome Collection Rooted Beings Delivered a perspective tour of the Wellcome Collection’s ‘Rooted Beings‘ exhibition offering personal views and insights into the objects and themes explored in the exhibition. August 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674497849766-3T6FFKU0X3MGW8JFS7E3/e6a2716d-798f-479c-9d43-a2daeac61f9e.JPG Talks - Liznojan Books In-conversation with author Sophie Pavelle hosted by Liznojan Books in Devon. July 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674498032814-NOKFB1KIZED9JH6UQ4CU/F907A24D-C8F3-427A-842F-C9EB0389CF61.JPG Talks - Land Skills Fair In conversation about Unearthed for the Land Skills Fair in Gloucestershire. July 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674497494540-636IIEU09MAD6YW5QT30/IMG_5923.jpg Talks - Wysing Arts Centre Delivered a nature writing workshop as part of the Wysing Arts Centre’s ‘From The Ground Up’ event which explored topics including land rights, ownership and access, sustainability, environmental time and crip time, growing, wildness and racial justice. July 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674496522155-KU4YBA5HN92OVF28AEKA/74DC97AF-DE5C-4981-8E3E-447C9F2FCAAA.JPG Talks - Charleston House Festival of the Garden Charleston Trust’s Festival of the Garden 2022 A Modern Kitchen Garden - chair of a conversation between Poppy Okotcha and Charlotte Harris about reimagining kitchen gardens. Race and Roots - in conversation with Alice Vincent about Unearthed, exploring the intersection of growing, race and privilege. July 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674495922656-YIRYQ58HLTOVKQ7FYBOL/F9D40D43-80B4-45A9-80C9-FC286ECC371E.JPG Talks - Barbican Centre Chair for a conversation entitled ‘Planting a Seed: Gardening as a Gateway to Nature’ between Errol Reuben Fernandes and Poppy Okotcha discussing gardening as a means for connecting with the natural world. July 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674495130648-BUHC3Z98NCRP6JZBXLR4/IMG_5796.jpg Talks - Tate Liverpool Finding Common Ground A presentation about the themes and arguements in Unearthed offered as part of this two-day symposium which was organised by Tate Liverpool and the Paul Mellon Centre in response to the Radical Landscapes exhibition. July 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674495577596-8KSS05M902E0W9ZDCHJB/IMG_5659.jpg Talks - Timber Festival In-conversation about Unearthed for Timber Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674494804980-NBSGWRO8RKEZ74UEBIFY/IMG_5592.jpg Talks - Harewood House & Intelligence Squared Reclaiming The Earth. Panel discussion at Harewood House (in partnership with Intelligence Squared) exploring how the movement towards a more sustainable future can no longer be divorced from the movement for racial justice. Alongside Spandana Gopal and Ligaya Salazar, and chaired by Dipo Faloyin June 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674494472619-J9K0216PXA27HWBXSG2Z/847D74F7-F049-435C-A201-52AA16627830.JPG Talks - Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Thinking Green Panel discussion as part of the programming for artist Owen Griffith’s exhibition, Thinking Green. The conversation considered the responsibilities involved in creating a garden, exploring the importance of bringing deeper connections with the land and its histories, especially those of colonialism and industry, to the fore when developing green spaces. June 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674486839068-58SBQXFLFOHVNAUDPGDC/IMG_6811+6+Edited.JPG Talks - BPOC Growers Retreats Conceived of, co-organised and facilitated three weekend retreats for BPOC growers and land workers in the Gloucestershire countryside. Spring, Summer and Autumn 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674488376803-7FUROMS69MSGUQK2YMOI/A0715B54-1CC1-43CE-9A43-99E8A9EFB0C5.JPG Talks - National Botanical Garden of Wales In-conversation with Tina Pasotra on the occasion of Tina’s week-long residency at the National Botanical Garden of Wales, titled ‘Mycelium’. June 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674488625265-NB1NSP1BSOGEHAHAR1VW/IMG_5025.jpg Talks - Kite Festival Panel discussion entitled ‘Is Rural Life a Relic Worth Saving?’ alongside journalist Anna Jones and restauranteur Mark Hix June 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674487446537-LP18FBX050GW2RQSMPGV/IMG_3759+Edited.JPG Talks - Rough Trade Books Birthday Party for the Garden Museum Series Panel event alongside the other pamphlet authors in the Garden Museum series May 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674486022044-H8H16IQ24WS24IGT0NZK/E188A150-78D8-4A9F-A0C5-F11F519D5A5E.jpg Talks - BBC Love Your Plants An online panel about growing for the members of the BBC's Young Talent Network March 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674485525073-MSVGA4JWM0PKKME59RD3/IMG_3137.jpeg Talks - JC Niala: 1918 Allotment Contribution to an afternoon of talks discussing JC Niala’s project recreating a 1918 allotment in Oxford with those whose work informed her research. March 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674162215692-TDKMELOQ7FXADRQEQA3E/Screenshot%2B2022-01-11%2Bat%2B10.44.20.png Talks - Whitechapel Gallery Terra Firma: The Politics of Earth An interdisciplinary panel event that explored the political, cultural and social meanings of earth from a variety of distinct perspectives: as commodity, as matter, and as sustenance, and considering the powerful and creative ways we might re-imagine earth and land. Chaired by Angela YT Chan, with Kathryn Yusoff and artist Phoebe Collings-James. November 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674165432840-6MXYNWEEN5R0V08S39VY/PHOTO-2021-10-31-19-58-11.jpeg Talks - Tate Modern Pour Decisions workshop for Tate Late's Power to Change A workshop that (re)used discarded items collected by Tate Modern that asked big questions about how we can radically re-imagine our relationship to the natural world in the context of the climate crisis - with artist Sam Ayre. October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674165617323-KWWR38VG46LQ2IARH82V/IMG_EA82723C3D2B-1.jpeg Talks - Toast Growing in Cities and Small Places As part of Toast’s Creative Residency, this workshop demonstrated how to grow crops in containers and how to grow microgreens. October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674162326717-ALYWJDXM2J2811856NAY/ETTTTKSXsAYyvzj.jpeg Talks - Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh Climate House presents 'Horticultural Appropriation' A conversation with Head of Creative Programmes, Emma Nicolson about the possibility and necessity of bringing a decolonial lens to the practice of horticulture – and what such conversations could offer as a way to counter oppressive systems. October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674162528251-JVHLR6TIZOB4DP4EVOOT/IMG_8720.jpeg Talks - Charleston House Festival of the Garden Charleston Trust’s Festival of the Garden 2021 In conversation with gardener and author, Alice Vincent as she talked about her latest book ‘Rootbound’ in the morning. Then later that same day, participating in a dialogue with Sui Searle and Marchelle Farrell about how considering the legacy of colonialism in horticulture can offer a lens through which to understand (and oppose) the systems of oppression and extraction that persist to this day. July 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674162633481-IPVDC3QI8ALBHZDZXWGX/Screenshot+2021-07-07+at+11.53.52.png Talks - The Glasgow Seed Library Growing Food is a Radical Act A conversation with Glasgow-based grower and writer Martha Adonai Williams about the joy of growing things and rebuilding our ancestral connections to the land. June 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674162724535-D99N9806QGNU9U2UHM32/Screenshot%2B2021-05-20%2Bat%2B10.53.13.png Talks - Rough Trade Books Pamphlet Launch hosted by The Garden Museum Chaired by Sui Searle, this conversation between authors Claire Ratinon, Sam Ayre and Zakiya Mckenzie celebrated the launch of the pamphlets ‘Horticultural Appropriation’ and ‘Testimonies on the History of Jamaica Vol 1.’ May 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674162842344-O0MKHR5KJVCIIA51017L/Screenshot%2B2021-05-20%2Bat%2B10.42.13.png Talks - West Dean College Horticultural Appropriation: A Conversation at West Dean College To mark the publication of the Rough Trade pamphlet, ‘Horticultural Appropriation: Why Horticulture Needs Decolonising’, this online conversation between the co-authors Claire Ratinon and Sam Ayre, and curator Sarah Hughes discussed the themes explored in the text. May 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674165819696-VY1DZIU5JRXG4II3QJNG/5D7FAF71-BEEF-4DD5-B99F-32BCF4D981B4.jpeg Talks - Mitre Houseplants and Microgreens Delivered as part of Mitre’s Winter Celebration, this online workshop covered houseplant care as well as an introduction to growing your own microgreens. January 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674163019108-JY09398SVC1XBVSK1OEQ/Screenshot+2021-02-18+at+14.59.49.png Talks - Anthropologie Growing in Small Spaces A conversation about the possibilities of growing in containers and small gardens with author and gardener, Alice Vincent as part of Anthropologie’s Winter Event programming. December 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674163117063-AAXVYU50MP8W5SPHVLSL/https___cdn.evbuc.com_images_113269007_97767294767_1_original.jpg Talks - Bath Spa University The Pleasures and Politics of Growing Food As part of the Bath Spa Research Centre for Environmental Humanities monthly programme of events, this talk explored a number of subjects including growing food in small spaces, how food growers fit into the wider ecology of environmental activism and the possibility of viewing the practices of horticulture and agriculture through a decolonial lens. October 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674166236717-MIWYTFPYS6WJWG3AA78E/C27A615E-971D-4907-A084-751BE78C2B68.jpeg Talks - Black Google Network Growing Plants Indoors Delivered as part of Google’s Wellness Month, this online workshop covered the basics of indoor plant care as well as an introduction to growing your own microgreens throughout the year. September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674163242800-6K0WEN7IEXPKE91XMQQN/Screenshot+2020-10-10+at+11.41.42.png Talks - Landworkers’ Alliance Building an anti-racist farming movement with Leah Penniman A conversation with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm, Zakiya Mackenzie and Josina Calliste of Land In Our Names hosted by the Landworkers’ Alliance. September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674163329255-SO9EEFP8YCA9VVOX14SN/Screenshot+2020-09-14+at+15.02.18.png Talks - Aecorn Drinks Human. Nature. Happiness As part of the Tales of the Cocktail festival, this film explores the ways in which we can cultivate positive experiences in the natural world and how essential they can be for our physical and mental health. Produced by Aecorn / Seedlip Drinks. September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674163419395-HO7Y6TFPBSRDIK2TZJB6/Screenshot+2020-09-14+at+14.33.57.png Talks - Sustain Diversity and Inclusion in the Food & Farming Sector Panellist in a discussion asking how issues around diversity and inclusion can be addressed in the good food and farming sector. September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674163525057-TCA0S1F9F7YJSDI444PV/216771-west-dean-college-from-the-east.jpeg Talks - West Dean College MFA Lecture As part of the lecture series perma/culture, I was invited to contribute my ideas and experiences around growing food in the city, access and representation, the trouble with horticultural language, ecofascism and the legacy of colonialism in horticulture and agriculture. May 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674166412495-TXI9L8WJXVNAABB518HP/Screenshot%2B2020-09-14%2Bat%2B14.50.48.png Talks - Greenpeace The Grounded Activism Series A series of activist engagement created for the Greenpeace Activist Network to explore how cultivating and nurturing a connection to the natural world can support and resource their efforts. May 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674163638083-9BSU1RC6MJXR5RHR1SGX/TMH_Brunswick-Centre_Web-23.jpeg Talks - The Modern House Small Space Gardening An hour long online conversation about growing plants in small spaces with balcony gardener and author, Alice Vincent. April 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674166582963-U65TYCNZX9ELEQGT5UWL/403294BF-F4E0-4AF2-B066-138F930F98DD.jpeg Talks - Lionsgate Houseplants for Health Lionsgate invited me to deliver a talk exploring the health benefits of plants as part of their annual Wellness Month. September 2018 and 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674165034712-MS66FQLZXQ296WDN702F/IMG_9400.jpeg Talks - The De La Warr Pavilion Thinking Through Community Gardens A knowledge sharing and Q&A panel discussion alongside grower Hannah Schlotter around themes of growing, harvesting and health benefits of plants within community gardens. August 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674163930711-7EID6ADLKOELHVGWRQMX/image-asset.jpeg Talks - Open Garden Squares Weekend What are Gardens For? Panel Discussion hosted by Open Garden Squares Weekend as part of the Chelsea Fringe Festival exploring the value and purpose of gardens and planted spaces alongside Nigel Dunnett (Professor of Planting Design and Urban Horticulture at University of Sheffield) and Kathryn Rossiter (Chief Executive of the charity, Thrive) where I raised the importance of access and representation in the world of horticulture in order to move towards making green spaces and growing available to everyone. May 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674164255649-VHWE945SPWLQCWOTV5OH/8B8775F6-CF51-4737-9242-4528C2074DA4.jpeg Talks - The Garden Museum Literary Festival Born Again Gardeners As part of the Garden Museum's Literary Festival, I was invited to speak alongside Alice Vincent (Author of How to Grow Stuff and journalist for The Telegraph) about a new generation of growers who are changing their lives and careers to incorporate their love of plants. July 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674164401931-GEPMDUFOV9Q2QO9TTIK3/58E6AECE-AAE6-45DC-AE22-971D8EECCDAF_1_105_c.jpeg Talks - The Garden Museum The Noughticulture Talks - Growing To Eat In Small Spaces In the first of a series of talks curated by Alice Vincent, I was part of a panel alongside gardener Jack Wallington to discuss how to approach growing edible plants in urban spaces. March 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674164656540-OEV6GVE7WHH5BDFIQ37Z/image-asset+%281%29.jpeg Talks - RCA Fine Art At The Chelsea Fringe Festival As part of The Chelsea Fringe Festival, I was invited by the Royal College of Art to speak about growing food in the city. The event included a presentation on my journey from working in media into becoming an organic food grower in London and a conversation with curator, Anne Duffau (pictured) and the audience. May 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1674166941456-TCQ7VSLEL52EUT4XOZQ0/1E42EC6E-E26A-4531-9873-3BBD44D8CF89.jpeg Talks - St Luke’s Community Centre Participatory Nature and Gardening-Inspired Art Sessions - Spring 2019 Workshops aimed at engaging people of all ages within the centre’s Edible Yard through creative activities inspired by the plants growing there. Summer School Gardening Sessions - Summer 2017 Weekly gardening sessions held over the summer holidays for children aged between 7 and 14 years old demonstrating how to grow and harvest produce that they then cooked for their lunch. https://www.claireratinon.com/home-margot daily 1.0 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/3fb641f8-5102-4755-b1a9-c57d0081174b/64780010.jpg Home Photo Credit: Christian Cassiel https://www.claireratinon.com/get-in-touch daily 0.75 2024-02-11 https://www.claireratinon.com/course daily 0.75 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/2604fad8-d459-4484-9b32-535bcd0ee696/2022_08_18_Claire+Ratinon_0929_Options.jpg Online Course - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Create Academy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1707763828546-K7AAUGI49M8B3RKP6KJP/2022_08_18_Claire+Ratinon_0473_Options.jpg Online Course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1707763817930-44GNEI19FEVLF820TDFT/2022_08_18_Claire+Ratinon_0081_Options.jpg Online Course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1707763836765-7ZJ3PJU2O36XUZJK7PYQ/2022_08_18_Claire+Ratinon_0503_Options.jpg Online Course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5646434de4b0e18dd67e5f86/1707763919052-WWU3PJPVMS18PJNO0302/2022_08_18_Claire+Ratinon_0556_Options.jpg Online Course