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beneath a vast concrete underpass with a canal cutting through

Tickets are available now

Throughout July all women are invited to attend four bespoke raves.
Acoustic drum and brass rave in a treelined clearing in Pennington Flash, a rave for older women at a riverside park in Hounslow with vinyl DJ Texas Ranger, a canal side rave under a flyover in Campbell Park in Milton Keynes with 
Queer Rave Sound System and a tournament finale site on a football pitch in Brent and hosted by community change makers and activists.

Book free tickets to attend

Physic Garden Network
A website rooted in a garden

Medicinal Plant Studies 
A collection of short videos to introduce some of the medicinal plants that grow around us and their uses.
Growing Knowledge 
Insights gathered through the process of growing medicinal plants and relationships on windowsills, in yards and on WhatsApp.
Full Moon Reflections 
A growing collection of digital arts residencies.

Power Tools

Fifteen building tutorials for every woman.
How to remove a wall plug, fix a dripping tap, change a light bulb, wire a plug, paint a unicorn mural, use a drill, put up a shelf, smash a window, paint an interior wall, reseal a sink, brick lay, drill into a brick wall, make a toolbox with a tenner...
A screenshot of a webpage with an audio file and the name Kinsi Abdulleh

Dazzle Audio Companions

A walk, an observation, a project, a meditation, a revelation, a moment of fear, a moment of freedom. 

Waterside audio companions - works made by and for women during the confinement of lockdown in early 2021 using pocket technology.

A moment of belonging to download or stream.

Not for Profit Shop

Visit our not-for-profit shop to pick up observation posters, love and solidarity pickle recipe cards illustrated by Nadia Rice,  Herb cards and  Idle Women on the Water: A brick throwin', hijab-wearin', hairy-legged, space-takin' odyssey graphic novel by Candice Purwin

A graphic novel titled Idle Women on the water resting on the front of a muddy narrowboat
a kettle is boiling on a gas stove inside a narrowboat
COMING SOON: Visit the Physic Garden in Nelson
The first young plants will welcome women to the physic garden from summer 2022.

COMING SOON: ​Selina Cooper residencies
Details of how women can stay on board Selina Cooper coming soon.


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​PO Box 354
Accrington, Lancashire
BB5 9FQ
United Kingdom
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