This time of year , is the time to gather in the seeds  There are so many different ways that seeds inspire me but most of all it is their power to restore and nourish. I often hold cupped in my hands a bundle of acorns and I am left in awe as I contemplate that within my grasp is a forest waiting to be restored.

Waking  the Seeds is an invitation to restore and be restored and to  hold a collective vision for nature restoration through creative practice. Communities in North Kilkenny and beyond are  invited to participate in co creating  an intergenerational textile piece in which we will explore how we can  stitch back together our habitats  and ecosystems by holding a collective vision  for nature. Through a series of nature based workshops that support connection to nature , we will explore how we can as communities come together to support a vision for  nature restoration? Workshops wi include foraging, seed saving, exploring natural found materials and processing plants for food and pigment.

To Book a place or receive more information, register your interest. Workshops can be attended as a stand alone or as a series.

www.theacornproject.ie

at The Old Workshop, Graine, Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny

Workshop 1  Sept. 14.  : Waking the Seeds : Botanical Dyeing,  exploring natural fibres, Seed Saving.

Workshop 2  Sept. 21 : Story Exchange: Repeat Patterns for Restoration :Stitching  with the 4 C’s of the Acorn Project and Processing Acorn Flour .

Workshop 3 Sept. 28 Tools to Nourish Ourselves :  Natural Clay vessels  Autumnal Wild Medecine making.

Workshop 4:  Oct 5 :Singing with the Seeds Celebration , Stitching it Back Together. Acorn Flour Bread on the Fire.