Touch Grass Day-Tripper: Wild Creatives (January 17th)

Explore, create, and connect in nature's boundless playground. Our curated day events are designed to immerse you in the beauty of nature while igniting your creative spark.

How do our memories of wild places live in the body? How do they shape the way we move through the world, even when we’re back in the city, on the bus, in front of a screen?

This gentle, creative workshop explores the relationship between nature and memory through visual journalling, guided sensory exercises and a little bit of speculative imagination.

✨ You don’t need to “be good at art” to join – if you can trace a rock and write a few words, you’re in the right place.

This workshop is facilitated by Tori. Tori bio

Location: QUEERCIRCLE, B4, 3 Barton Yard, Soames Walk, London, SE10 0BN (nearest station is North Greenwich)

Date: Saturday 17th January 2026

Meeting time: 2pm

Agenda:

🌼 Visual Journalling

🌼 Creating a memory landscape cartography kit

Age: 18+

Who is this for? This is an exclusive event for queer women, trans and non-binary people of colour. Refunds will not be given if you ignore this message.

Refund Policy: All sales are final. No refunds unless event is cancelled.

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What to bring:

🌼 Tin or small box shaped container for the memory landscape kit

🌼 Any favourite pens, washi tape, or stickers you enjoy using (optional)

*Other materials (natural objects, paper, collage bits, pens, paints) will be provided, as well as light refreshments

Accessibility

QUEERCIRCLE has step-free access throughout our gallery, reading room and project spaces. There is also step free access across the Design District. We will be in the project space on the first floor, a lift is available. The lift has key card access which is available from the person leading the workshop. The lift dimensions are 150 cm x 108 cm x 213 cm. The lift door dimensions are 90 cm x 200 cm.

Accessible toilets and baby change facilities are available on the ground and first floor. All our toilets are self-enclosed and all-gender.

Full access statement is available here.

About Touch Grass

Touch Grass is an outdoor community for queer women, trans and non-binary people of colour.

We are committed to fostering community growth through outdoor gatherings and wellness-focused trips that encourage us to rekindle our relationship with nature. Our immersive experiences go beyond relaxation—it's about empowerment, wellness, and forging meaningful connections.

Our vision is for queer people of colour to see the outdoors as a space where we belong. A Natural England study found that White people are 70% more likely than Black and Asian people to spend time in the countryside. We want to change this. We deserve to reap the benefits of improved emotional well-being and physical health too.

We believe creativity and nature go hand in hand, which is why most of our events encourage you to embrace nature and your inner creative spirit.

For any enquiries please reach out to [email protected]

Info: We’ll start with a gentle introduction to visual journalling, with examples of how images, words and shapes can be used to hold memories of time spent outdoors.

Then we’ll move into a guided sensory activity using natural materials (rocks, twigs, twine, leaves) to explore how our bodies remember nature.

From there, you’ll begin creating the outline of your own memory map. This will be a reflective part of the workshop. There'll be gentle prompts to help you recall moments from this year where nature grounded, held or shifted you.

Info: Using pens, pencils and collage materials, you’ll create a visual journal spread based on a favourite memory (or a series of small moments) spent in nature this year. There’ll be the option to add cut-outs of trees, plants and landscapes from a collage pile if that helps bring your memory to life.

We’ll then have an optional sharing circle, where we can lay everyone’s pages together to form one collective “memory map” of the wild places and moments that have held us.

Info: To close, we’ll turn towards the future.

You’ll make your own memory landscape cartography kit – a small, portable container designed to help you collect traces of nature over the coming year. This final section is about preparing ourselves to keep noticing, collecting and honouring our future nature memories, not just the ones we already hold.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

QUEERCIRCLE, 3 Soames Walk, London, United Kingdom

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