The workshop will take place outside by the Avon riverside. We’ll start with a foraging walk to find edible and medicinal plants of early summertime - expect flowers, leaves and the first of the seeds emerging for us to learn about. We’ll find out how to use them in every day recipes and medicinal makings.

After we make tea with what we’ve found, we’ll be introduced to the creative world of cyanotype, a

Victorian photographic process that uses the sunshine to make Prussian blue prints.

Daisy will give a brief introduction into the process of cyanotype and demonstrate how to make a print. Then she’ll guide participants with their own print process, in which they can use some of her pressed flower collection or the plants they foraged in the first part of the workshop. It’s one of the safest photographic process’ and was made popular by Victorian botanist Anna Atkins, who printed the first photographic book, which was of seaweed.

All materials will be provided but you are welcome to bring any plants or items would like to print like photo negatives, stencils, lace, pressed flowers.

Access: we will keep on well trodden paths mainly but may stray off these, get in touch if you have any specific access needs so we can adjust accordingly.

Concessions: please use the code CONC-CYANO if you’d like to book a concession ticket (£58), we prioritise these for those on low wage or anyone from an underrepresented group.