Touch Grass Day-Tripper: Wild Creatives (October 3rd)

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.

For the first phase of the afternoon we will take each other on a walk to observe how the trees are entering winter. Throughout the walk, we will be taking a few stops where Yaya will share some specific facts on the trails left by the humus and fallen leaves, and how trees shift into dormancy and ways they may proceed in dialogue with their surroundings about matters of wintering. And participants will be welcomed to share facts & personal stories, create poetry, and reflect together during the one-hour walk. 

We will then enter the second phase of the afternoon where we will find a still spot to make art with clay, altars, offerings, experimentation: post-harvest season might be a good time to choose what we’re keeping as sustenance for winter, and what we’re choosing to let return to the soil as compost for this year's cycle. This will be around another hour.

Both phases have been timed to be around an-hour so there is a bit of looseness if we do run over, taking in account that people’s walking pace and resting needs may vary.

This session is facilitated by Yaya. Yaya-海 is a London-based artist and community facilitator in outdoor spaces. They nurture a strong interest in tracing back archives of queer and underrepresented cosmologies, learning about traditional medicines and herbalism, especially from their Southern Chinese heritage, that is deeply resonant to their current ecological in the outdoors.

Their practice centers creation in outdoor community-spaces, inviting conversations around relationship to the Land, queer futurities and recentering mutual aids found in ecosystems.

This workshop and several others are being hosted to celebrate the launch of our first exhibition, Earth to Us. An archive of queer folk of colour in nature. You can find out more about the exhibition here.

Location: Firepit Art Gallery and Studios CIC, Ground Floor, Retail Unit, 10 Cutter Ln, London SE10 0XX (nearest station is North Greenwich)

Date: Saturday 3rd October 2026

Start time: 1:30pm

Materials provided, as well as light refreshments

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.

Please familiarise yourself with our Community Agreement

Cost: This workshop has been made possible by funding from the Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund, Groundwork London.

If you are struggling to attend this gathering, please reach out and we will be able to contribute to the cost. Financial aid is available.

What to bring:

🌼 Water bottle

Accessibility

The nearest station is North Greenwich which has step free access. From there to the venue there's one set of steps in the street but there is a ramp option. The ground floor is accessible and has 1 accessible toilet with wheelchair space.

There are 2 steps down to the room we will be using. There is a foldout ramp available which has a 77cm clearance at the bottom of it to navigate the stone firepit in the room. The room we will be using has plenty of soft furnishings and seating.

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 — they're about empowerment, healing, and forging meaningful connections.

Our vision is for queer people of colour to see the outdoors as a space where we belong. A 2020 report by Friends of the Earth found that nearly 40% of people from minority ethnic backgrounds in England live in the most green space-deprived neighbourhoods, compared with only 14% of white people — and that people from minority ethnic backgrounds are significantly less likely to spend time in the countryside than white people. We want to change this. We deserve joyful, safe access to the emotional well-being and physical health benefits of nature 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]