London Gatherings
In 2022 we built an eco-house in North London, designing the simple living space so that it was adaptable for us to run small gatherings and activities. This ‘Gathering Space’ was launched in November 2025 with a one day workshop to celebrate the end of Autumn and the turn to winter.
Rachel will be hosting regular workshops in the Gathering Space throughout 2026, each of these will involve taking part in creative and thought provoking activities. The aim of these one day gatherings is to work together to find deeper meanings in our increasingly technological driven, polarised lives, connect to nature whilst living in an urban environment, and build our resilience for the future.
Each gathering will include some time spent outdoors (weather permitting), some writing and sketching, and an arts and craft making session (using the artist’s mixed media material collection, including clay and textiles). There will be opportunities to share ideas, stories and thinking in response to the themes, and a celebratory seasonal meal together.
Please note that we have two small cats who might come in and out of the Gathering Space. If you are interested in attending but allergic or concerned about this please contact us. The Gathering Space has limited access for wheelchair users but we are working on improving this, please contact us to discuss this further if required.
Next London Gatherings
Spring, Maying and Place Making – Saturday 30th May, 10.30am – 4.30pm
Focusing on the turn from spring to summer, exploring the themes of place making and belonging. We will celebrate the specific abundance of flowers, growth and energy that emerges at this time of year and how things are changing, before summer fully sets in.
We will be making maps using arts, craft and storytelling, as a way to focus on place-making and think about our own human rootedness, belonging and thriving. Digging down, letting in, letting go and letting be.
Celebrating Summer, Our Bodies and Energy – Saturday 20th June, 10.30am – 4.30pm
Celebrating the summer by focusing on our bodies, food and energy. Thinking about energy as something that we experience within us, between us and around us – how our personal and collective energy can be impacted by the seasons, nature and non-human life, our senses and experiences of the world, and the narratives and stories we tell ourselves and each other, as well as our physical health.
There will be some physical activities designed to be accessible and respond to each participants’ abilities, mobility, comfort and energy levels. Please get in touch if you have any questions or want to discuss the activities in more detail.
Preparing for Summer’s End – Saturday 5th September, 10.30am – 4.30pm
We will find ways to celebrate the end of summer, the coming Autumn equinox and the days getting shorter. Creating patchworks together that marks where we are, where we’ve come from and where we are going to… preparing for the future.
If you would like to book a place on any of these gatherings or have any questions please complete the form below.
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Past London Gatherings
Celebrating Signs of Spring 2026
The Spring Gathering took place on Saturday 28th February
A one day gathering to celebrate the early signs of spring – full of conviviality, eating good healthy, seasonal food and taking part in creative and thought provoking activities. This gathering focused on storytelling, myths and rituals, creating and collaborating, with spring being on the way we searched for signs of flowers, growth and change.
Launch of the Gathering Space – Autumn 2025
The first gathering took place on Saturday 29th November.
“The Autumn Convivial Gathering yesterday was such a brilliant event, not like anything I have experienced before. It felt like you invited us to follow you out of the mundanity of everyday life to create something really special together. You gave us so much – the warmth and safety that allowed a group of strangers to almost immediately connect and be open with one another, rich new ways of thinking about how we live our lives (including through making shared artworks – that was quite a revelation!), the space to stop and experience nature. The amazing home-made lunch and sweet treats throughout the day were an added and extremely delicious bonus – all part of the care and generosity that made it such a memorable experience. It was a day of light, revelation, colour, laughter, play and connection – truly convivial. I left feeling that you had helped us to discover a doorway into the possibility of more meaningful ways of living. What a gift, thank you Rachel.” (Posted with permission from the participant)
