Cooking with Nettles

Maia Magoga & Thamesmead Social Gardens

  1. 2023
  1. Beneath the Pavement, The Marshes

    Sunday 30 July, 11 am to 1 pm
    At the Edible Garden, Maran Way DA18 4BP

    "Cooking with Nettles" was a workshop led by artist and cook Maia Magoga and Thamemsead Social Gardens to learn how to make pasta from scratch but with a twist!

    Together we used a common yet overlooked weed that grows all over Bexley, nettle, to make our pasta dough, before cooking, eating and sharing wild recipes together. 

    This was the third event for "Beneath the pavement, the Marshes", a new creative programme bringing artists, activists and ecologists together with local environmental and community groups working in north Bexley, to explore the ground beneath our feet.⁠

    Maia Magoga is an artist and cook who works primarily with food as both subject and object. She’s interested in the social and ecological dimensions of food; and how it connects communities while also shaping the landscapes around us. She considers food to be her love language: a ritual tool for sharing magic and a space for collective healing. 

    Thamesmead Social Gardens

    Joseph and Anne oversee the programme, engagement and management of two community gardens, utilising co-production to test forms of participation and governance to ensure long-term community stewardship.