At the end of spring I will be again in Denmark. Let me share a bit more about the second edition of the Rooted Festival, where I am invited to host a writing(with)plants session. This […]
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Where History Takes Root: Seville’s Gardens
I went to Seville to escape reality – a stressful job in a start-up, a recent break-up, the looming threat of losing my visa, the geopolitical quagmire flirting with World War III, and the existential […]
You are invited to join Writing(with)Willow on March 22 and April 12th – and create a multispecies family portrait
This spring I’m inviting you to two special Writing(with)Willow sessions on March 22 and April 12. They are part of the growing writing(with)care project … and also connected to the crowdfunding campaign for the upcoming book. Why willow? Yes, there is a willow […]
Co-creating an apothecary experience with design students (and Celtic birth trees?)
Last week, together with Vitalija Povilaityte-Petri, I facilitated a design workshop in Antwerp, Belgium, with Master’s students in architecture, interior architecture, product development, drawing, and the arts. The overarching theme? Be+longing. There were eighteen workshops running […]
Branching out: A Tree Pageant
Each year, the Belgian Tree of the Year is elected. This is not necessarily the most beautiful or oldest tree, but it is a tree with a special story. Actually ‘pageant’ might not be the […]
My first #Virtual Forest Therapy Walk was in San Diego, New York, Denver, Toronto and in Belgium – at the same time
In times of corona, I get to know the garden and forest surrounding my family homes better. I needed also time for myself to heal some inner wounds, but from the middle of April I […]
Written in the Trees: Celtic Tree Astrology (1/2)
Did you know that the ancient Celts based their astrology on the flowering period of trees? They translated the characteristics of the prevailing trees into characters. The tree calendar is divided into 39 periods. There […]
Stories from the Wood Wide Web 