Earth Tenders is a Black-led organisation committed to strengthening local food systems and community health for the long term.

At the core of our work is a deep celebration of land practices, traditional knowledge systems and relationships with the earth. We believe that reconnecting with the land is an act of resistance, healing and self-determination.

Our mission is to nurture spaces where everyone, particularly Black and Global Majority communities can reclaim land-based knowledge, build collective power and shape a future where we thrive on our own terms.

 our team

  • is a community grower, food educator and creative producer with over a decade of experience within horticulture and community organising. She was a sous chef who decided to train in horticulture eight years ago and has been engaged in land-based work in various capacities since.

    She is currently training to become a community archivist with Decolonising The Archive - learning ethical methods to honour, document + archive Afro-Carribbean and Celtic contributions to landwork.

    Ali is the operational director and an educator at Earth Tenders. She was the caretaker of the lead grower role in 2024.

  • Working in community gardens, food aid initiatives and nature connection projects for the past 7 years. Idman is a space holder, creative and grassroots organiser, actively involved in community-led and NGO sustainable food coalitions and partnerships advocating for positive social and environmental change. Idman curated the 2021 Bloom programme which was aimed at platforming black women and gender non-confimring nature practitioners in London, it was through this programme that Idman and Ali’s friendship and collaborative efforts began to flourish.

    Idman supports Earth Tenders with strategy, programme development, funding and wellbeing, always centering the needs and desires of our communities.  

    “I draw on the teachings of African and indigenous practices, decoloniality and black feminist thought. I believe that by connecting with the earth, we can deepen our connection to our true selves and our communities. This is the essence of Earth Tenders: finding our way back to what truly matters”

  • Rapper and illustrator hailing from East London. With a background in Graphic design producing branding/marketing material for his own releases as well as a range of other artists both underground and commercial alike. Clients include: GUAP, The Premier League, Warner Records UK, EMI Records, Adidas, Nike & more.

    Kieron produces the graphics and artwork that encompasses Earth Tender's visual identity and encapsulates the spirit of the communities, both plant and human, we represent. 

    “I’m excited by the growth of the organisation, the education of local people and the environment it creates - it’s a space that gets people to recognise the often overlooked and to embrace what's within their grasp.”

  • is a gardener and landscape architect whose work weaves together ecological restoration and cultural memory. As co-founder of ULAP Kollective, he supports community-led land practices that nurture biodiversity and honour Filipino-American ancestral knowledge. His practice spans garden design, habitat restoration, and climate justice, with roots in the San Francisco Bay Area. Yoni is currently deepening his horticultural practice, guided by a commitment to land as a site of community stewardship, experimentation, and storytelling.

    Yoni is joining Earth Tenders as the lead grower for the 2025 season.

“We are living through multiple crises at the moment, from economic to health crisis to ecological collapse. Now more than ever, we need to find our way back to ourselves and re-connect to the source, to what matters. I believe that for example the climate crisis is of course a crisis driven by racial capitalism, but it is also a crisis of disembodiment and disconnection. Many African and Indigenous worldviews and spiritual teachings often illustrate the importance of interdependence, meaning - the importance of seeing nature as kin - as an extension of the self. These traditions and belief systems often regard nature with deep respect and connect the health of the self and community with the health of the planet. This in turn creates a strong sense of place and belonging in a world that prioritises separation and domination. Separation and domination as we know, fuel white supremacy and capitalism. Choosing to find our way back to ourselves, each other and the land is a beautiful act of resistance.”

- Idman Abdurahaman