The Garden Gathering - Soil Session

maandag 17 april 2023, 16:30 - 18:30 uur
Academie voor Theater en Dans
Jodenbreestraat 3
1011 NG Amsterdam

There is an idea growing within a group of people within the academy: to build a garden on the rooftop. We have the privilege to have free space in the middle of the city, a beautiful view, and yet, we put nothing else except five tables with benches on it: it could be so much better! Let us activate our imagination and turn the rooftop into a garden!

With spring approaching, the GARDEN PROJECT is on its way to finally take form on the rooftop! The next step now is to prepare the home for our plant friends: For this, it is with joy that we invite you to the GARDEN GATHERING on the 17th of April from 16:30 to 18:30.

This event will be centered around SOIL(S) - after a storytelling and earth-tasting session by artist masharu, we will be filling the raised beds with soils!

Firstly, Dr. masharu is going to host a storytelling and earth-tasting session for us: masharu is an artist who has been working with earth(s) and the sensorial apparatus for many years - they will attune us to the composition of soils, and guide us into an embodied relationship with the soils that will feed our garden.

After this, we will be collectively filling up the five different raised beds with different soils to prepare the ground for our green friends to thrive. So it's a good idea to not wear fancy clothes - get ready to get your hands dirty! :

This will be our first open event, so feel free to share this with friends and folks that might be interested!

Reservation information:
Please do sign up via this google sheet, so we can estimate how many we will be.

If you have any questions, feel free to write to tonikritzer@gmail.com

Practical Information:
Collaborating departments: DAS Lectorate, Huismeesterij, Platform Sustainability ATD, and everyone that is part of the GARDEN TEAM!
With kind support from: DAS Lectorate and the Academy Council
Contributors: masharu + the garden team
Venue: on the rooftop, Academy of Theatre and Dance, Jodenbreestraat 3, Amsterdam
Admission Prices: free

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