Biodiversity and Fungi

A session to explore fungi decomposition and its relationship with biodiversity. Join us to learn more about the diversity of fungi and their connections with the plants in our garden.

The workshop will be facilitated by Johana Koen, Royal Botanic Gardens Edingburgh freelancer. (Please see Johana's biography below).

We will be assembling at 10.20am so please arrive 10 minutes before the start of the workshop for a prompt start.

Teas and coffees will be provided. Please bring your own snacks, and bottle of water. You're welcome to bring your own cup too.

We recommend wearing suitable clothing and sturdy shoes for gardening. As the Glasgow weather is quite unpredictable, please bring warm layers of clothing, and a hat.

All gardening tools will be provided.

Access information

The Wash House Garden is sloped with rough ground, and may be suitable for off-road wheelchair users. There is a composting toilet on site, with public accessible toilets in a nearby pub around 100m away.

Please email satya.dunning@glasgowfood.net for more information or to make an access request.

Getting here:

Closest transport links are: The garden is located a 2 minute walk from bus stops serving buses 61, 240, 255 from the city centre going down Gallowgate. Carntyne train station is a 15 minute walk away. There is free on-street parking just outside the garden. Bikes can be brought in and stored in the garden.

About the organisers:

The Wash House Garden are a Workers Co-operative of Queer Community Growers, stewarding a beautiful piece of land in East Glasgow. We seek to actively contribute to the struggles for food sovereignty and land justice in Glasgow, Scotland and beyond.The Wash House Garden was borne out of a desire to feel a sense of mutual support and solidarity in a society in which communities have been decimated across the generations, and to grow and eat delicious food that nourished body and soul, soil and planet in spite of our globalised, environmentally damaging, and frankly bland modern food system.Faced with these at times overwhelming issues, and in the hope of inspiring ripples of change, here in Glasgow’s East End we are taking a small step in the direction we would like to see our society, environment and economy move in.

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a leading Botanic Garden and a global centre for biodiversity science, horticulture and education. These two sessions are part of Planting Connections project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Glasgow Community Food Network's Food and Climate Action project, funded by The National Lottery, the Food & Climate Action Project is a five year partnership between Glasgow Eco Trust, St Paul’s Youth Forum, Central and West Integration Network, The Wash House Garden & Urban Roots, and is led by Glasgow Community Food Network.

The FCA project aims to co-design alongside communities a kinder, fairer & more resilient food system for Glasgow.

Project activity spans across 3 main strands of work: Movement Building, Food Education & Urban Agriculture.

Johanna is a community gardener, forager and wildcrafter. She runs workshops, walks and creative projects that connect people with plants, folk knowledge and land-based practices. Through tending gardens, reclaiming herbal traditions and sharing skills, her work supports collective care, resistance and ecological connection.