Touch Grass Day-Tripper: Wild Creatives (Community Flag Making)

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.

Collaborate with nature to discover unique eco-print and embroidery techniques to create your own unique textile memory archive, as part of the Touch Grass community flag.

Drawing on abstracted stories, the earth and ancestral memory. A meditative, creative tactile workshop.

You will learn the art of Hapazome (flower pounding) an instant botanical printing technique where the natural pigments and shapes of fresh flowers and leaves are transferred directly onto fabric through hammering.

This workshop is facilitated by Jaixia. Jaixia Blue is an interdisciplinary storyteller and facilitator of meditative creative workshops, whose artistry bridges textile art, song, poetry, and film into a deeply emotive practice. Born in West London, (MA Royal College of Art) her works explore themes of her matrilineal ancestry, ecology, dreams and diasporic memory through the slow processes of natural dyeing, and screen printing. Working with foraged flora and healing herbs, she creates textiles that become living archives.

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

Date: Saturday 19th September 2026

Start time: 2pm

*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: There is a sliding pay what you can cost for this event, as well as a pay it forward option for those in the community who can afford to give a bit more. If you're unable to attend because of cost, please reach out via email and we'll help. This system means that we can continue to put on low cost and/or free events, support those in our community who are financially constrained and compensate our facilitators.

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

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 — 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 info@touchgrasscamp.com