Details
Facilitated by
Katie Jesurun
Date/Time
Saturday | 9:00am - 11:30am | Jan. 17
Cost
$39 to Members | $49 for Non-Members
Location
The Hive: A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action | In Person
1628 Hoffner St Cincinnati, OH 45223
About the Class
Domains
Description
The seeds have so many stories to tell. They invite us to listen, and reflect, and consider how their stories are intertwined with our own.
This workshop will engage both the mind and the heart. There will be technical and hands-on learning about the core principles of seed saving, great for any home gardener or plant lover. And we’ll also allow these topics of seed saving to lead us to a place of deeper self reflection and communal sharing.
What does cross pollination teach us about the joys and challenges of living in community? How does the fermentation process for wet-seeded crops remind us of our own need to digest and metabolize* the past in order to ready ourselves for a future transformation? Why do plants have latin names, and what does the binomial nomenclature system reveal about the power of names both to uplift and to oppress?
We’ll dance on beans, pry open okra pods, thresh sorghum grains, pluck sunflower seeds, and more. Participants are encouraged to take home some of the seeds we’ll clean together to plant in their own garden or share with others.
*”any kind of change process is one of immense growth and it can be so excruciatingly uncomfortable. And we are all collectively going through an immense change threshold. We feel such a spectrum of emotion when we process rapid change, digest life’s complexity, and metabolize all that everyone is having to move through in these times” - seedkeeper Rowen White"
This Class Is For:
Home gardeners, plant lovers, and seed savers curious about the technical and ancestral wisdom of seeds
Those drawn to hands-on learning that engages both the mind and the heart
People navigating personal or collective transformation who seek metaphors rooted in nature
Community members longing to reflect on belonging, naming, and the complexity of change
Seekers who find spiritual insight in soil, fermentation, and the quiet stories of plants
Anyone ready to explore how ecological practices can become pathways to healing, connection, and cultural repair
Intention of the Hive
When you join a Hive experience, you're invited into our intention to create a group experience that's inclusive, rooted in mindfulness, and dynamically relational. We aspire for each Hive experience to model these intentions, and even to refine them as we continue to learn how to gather in a way that's transformative! The embodiment of these intentions by Hive facilitators, Members, and class participants is what makes the Hive the unique and healing social container that many experience it to be. To view our Hive Intentions for gathering, click here.
More About the Facilitators
Katie Jesurun
is a farmer, seed saver, and chef. Her love of plants and people has led her on a journey across the local foodshed of Cincinnati and abroad to farms and kitchens in Morocco, Martinique, and the south of France. She is passionate about helping people connect deeply with the natural world and believes the humble acts of saving a seed or cooking a meal have the power to heal, transform, and reconnect us to our shared humanity.