Post-prandial Diversion B: ‘Saffron: From Cultivation, to Harvesting, and Steeping’, led by Nader Mehravari
Tehran-born Nader Mehravari will share a video of saffron harvesting in Iran and demonstrate various uses of saffron
Panel 1 – Symbiosis: Plants are Actors, too (Riverside Lecture theatre)
These papers urge us to reconsider the speciesist model of human domination over the floral and faunal environments and to recognize 'geopoetics,' that is, the essential and active role played…
Panel 2 – Ideal and Idealized Gardens (Riverside Room 1)
Notions of the 'ideal' garden can be found in diverse sources, including gastronomic writings, novels, poetry, agricultural treatises and artwork. These papers cover a broad span of time and place,…
Panel 3 – Even the Elite Need to Eat (Riverside Room 2)
These papers take us on journeys through some of the world's most famous gardens, as well as lesser-known ones. All were originally designed to serve the needs and desires of…
Panel 4 – Unlikely Communities, Born from Adversity (Riverside Lecture theatre)
These case studies reveal how strong communities have been created through shared gardens arising in times of economic and cultural stress, whether the Covid lockdowns, migration, or challenges of scarcity.…
