about us
Earth Tenders is a black-led community garden and hub based in south-east London.
We are an 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 BPOC 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.
We began as a roaming workshop provider in communities across London, created in response, to the collective call for more BPOC-led affirming spaces within earth practices. We offer low or no-cost workshops and training in food growing, medicine making, nature walks, crafts and wellbeing practices for our communities.
“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