Edible Ecology Walk
The fair-weather being

£24 – General
£12 – 18 to 25 / Student
£12 – Disabled Admission
£12 – Universal Credit or Pension Credit recipients
£0 – Essential Companion discounted with tag

Join artist Rain Wu and Eastbourne-based ecologist Laura Blaker for a leisurely walk bringing together food, nature and conversation. Following the lives of butterflies and caterpillars, explore the landscapes around Black Robin Farm, the future site of Towner Seven Sisters. Along the way, you’ll discover the plants, habitats and seasonal rhythms that sustain these important species.

You will enjoy edible creations by Rain, inspired by the eating habits of butterflies and caterpillars that call chalk grassland their home. Together we’ll explore another way of moving through and experiencing the landscape.

The walk begins at the Black Robin Farm bus stop (nearest parking: Warren Hill Car Park) and follows public footpaths and bridleways past dew ponds, fields, grassland and hedgerow.

This event is part of Digging Horizons, a series of autumn talks, walks and events exploring new approaches to landscape, ecology and archaeology. Together, these events will test and shape future activities for Towner Seven Sisters, Towner's forthcoming site at Black Robin Farm. Meet, experiment and engage with the cultivation of a cultural site stitched into the landscape.

Rain Wu is a Taiwanese artist and architect based in London. Her work is conceptually driven and materialises in different forms and scales from drawings, sculptures, food performances, essay films to installations.

She works with the temporality of perishable materials to instigate discussions around our manifold relationships with nature.

She graduated from the Royal College of Art and The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Her artwork has been exhibited in Sharjah Biennial, Taipei Biennial, The Palestinian Museum, London Design Biennale, The Shape of the Circle in the Dream of the Fish, and she is currently a lecturer at University of the Arts London and Goldsmiths University.

The event includes a walk in the South Downs. The route includes uneven terrain and some inclines and declines. It follows a small public footpath as well as a bridleway. Appropriate footwear is advised.

We have a budget available to make this event as accessible as possible – this can include interpretation services or other access needs we can meet to enable you to participate. If you require access arrangements, please email programme@townereastbourne.org.uk two weeks before the event date so that we can book a service if needed.