# Event Details - **Event Name**: NORTHERN FLOWERHOUSE ASSEMBLY - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 09:30 am – Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 04:00 pm - **Event Description**: A seminal day in the building of our Northern Flowerhouse movement. Hear from Fergus Garrett, the Singh Twins, Nantes, Sheffield and moreAbout this EventOur Northern Flowerhouse is a movement born from conversations, exchanges, visits, goodwill and, above all, from collective action. Born from a meeting in Everton, reflecting on our experience of the Grow Wild England Flagship wildflower programme with Hulme, the concept of wildflowers as essential infrastructure, requiring serious investment and care has spread. In Liverpool schools and community groups of all sizes have joined in sowing events, workshops, celebratory events and harvests, leading us to establish Scouse Flowerhouse as a charitable co-operative. We believe that Beauty is a Birthright, as Jamie Reid wrote, and subscribe to working with our hands, minds and hearts in equal measure.Scouse Flowerhouse members love to connect with like-minded groups across the North and beyond: like Talking Plants in Sheffield, Manchester Green Infrastructure Network, Groundwork, Kendal's Nature Recovery Network, gardeners and artists and ecologists and people passionate about their local neighbourhoods like GalGael in Govan and Aproxima Arts in Glasgow. The Northern Flowerhouse is not about one size fits all, it is about creating connections and a magnetism to invite curious folk to assist in restoring wildflower habitats across our cities and edgelands. It's not difficult work, but it does require powers of observation and a sensibility to nurture rather than tame our wild habitats. Nature does a lot of the work in producing the seed and creating the beauty, given the right starting points and substrates, most often readily available close to home.Fergus Garrett, our Patron, will share his generous insights into what makes a garden, and the Singh Twins will speak about how their artworks depict flowers and nature in symbolic, political and personal ways. We will hear from inspirational work in cities across Northern Europe: Nantes, Sheffield, Doncaster and Manchester, and Alistair McIntosh will close the day talking about the possibilities of land reform from a Scottish perspective. So this Assembly is about growing our movement and sharing ideas and practice to make our green spaces, parks and gardens more beautiful and better interconnected. We'd love you to come and help to weave a web of biodiversity across the North with the grit and spirit, the ambition and humour which our communities are so well-known for. If we are to reverse biodiversity loss, we need to act boldly and collectively. We're delighted that the RHS, the Eden Project and PlanIt are backing the day on June 18th.On the 19th we'll continue with action and workshops at St Vincent's School and you are welcome to stay for a community build over the weekend if you would like to. Please email any queries to events@scouseflowerhouse.org and we will keep updating this page over the next few days and weeks. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/5830d960-6a8f-11f1-b387-ab66cbeeb1fa-rimg-w1110-h740-dce0eff9-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/586afc30-6a8f-11f1-b387-ab66cbeeb1fa-rimg-w1200-h696-dcecf2f5-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/58be2540-6a8f-11f1-84dc-45f3f336a641-rimg-w1110-h740-dc485f2f-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/58fc66c0-6a8f-11f1-b387-ab66cbeeb1fa-rimg-w436-h740-dceaebdb-gmir.jpg Agenda?: 09:40 AM - 09:50 AMWelcome addressHost: Kim Johnson MPInfo: Kim Johnson MP will open this event with news of a new programme of work from the RHS and will set the scene for the day. Kim has supported the work of Scouse Flowerhouse, and sown seeds locally with us and local school-children on several occasions. Kim Johnson, born and raised in the Liverpool Riverside constituency, was elected as the City’s first Black MP in 2019. Liverpool has the oldest Black community in Europe, and Kim’s election marked a historic milestone. A proud Scouser and lifelong justice campaigner, she has dedicated her career to tackling inequality and amplifying the voices of marginalised communities. With a background in trade union activism, Kim has served as a shop steward and as Vice-Chair of UNISON’s National and Regional Black Members Committees. In Westminster, she continues to champion social justice, protect public services, and build a fairer future for Liverpool. Kim has secured £20m for the Everton East Pride in Place programme over the next 10 years.?: 09:50 AM - 10:10 AMTalking Plants & Sheffield's Ongoing Greening Work and Collective VisionHost: Elisa OlivaresInfo: Elisa Olivares Esquivel is the Lecturer in Planting Design at the University of Sheffield. Elisa is interested in designing climate-resilient plant communities for urban areas; her research has focused on testing underused plant species that offer drought tolerance and low maintenance in Mexico and the UK. Elisa will start with a tribute to Nigel Dunnett, her valued colleague, who had agreed to speak at this day, after a long assocation with Landlife, as Trustee and ally. Will Tomson, Katy Merrington and Amy Langton founded Talking Plants in 2022 and have shared a wide range of plant expertise with visiting speakers and an inspirational Symposium in September 2025. Katy is the Cultural Gardener at the Hepworth, Wakefield, Amy is a Landscape Architect and Co-Director of Hortus Collective and Will is a garden designer and plantsman with international experience, having worked with Chris Beardshaw, and returned to run his own practice in Sheffield.?: 10:10 AM - 10:30 AMProspect and RefugeHost: Karen LloydInfo: Karen Lloyd celebrates restorative ecology and signals routes to a flowerful future. An author, editor and teacher, Karen's work addresses human interactions with landscape and nature. Her first book, The Gathering Tide (Saraband, 2015) was an Observer pick of the year and Abundance: Nature in Recovery (Bloomsbury, 2021) was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize. Karen’s work has been commissioned and published internationally including the Guardian, BBC Wildlife, BBC Countryfile, LitHub, Dark Mountain... She is an honorary researcher with the Institute of Science and Environment at the University of Cumbria and was previously senior researcher and writer in residence with Lancaster University's Future Places Centre. She lives on the edge of the English Lake District and is the lead author of a number of reports into land use in the Lake District including the 2025 World Heritage Watch Annual Report. Her latest book is Earthworks: Land and Nature in Uncertain Times (Saraband, 2026).?: 10:35 AM - 10:50 AMScouse Flowerhouse - the first 3 yearsHost: Scouse Flowerhouse PeopleInfo: Directors, John Hutchison, Christine Leung, Ray Quarless and Anne Fahy will give a snapshot of their experience of working with the young Community Benefit Society. Made up of a mix of artists, botanists, gardeners, artists, craftivists and people involved in protecting and caring for their local green spaces, Scouse Flowerhouse is consistently growing, with ideas sprouting up from people who have one thing in common - wanting more flowers in their gardens and neighbourhoods...?: 10:50 AM - 11:05 AMGreater Manchester Green Spaces FundHost: Grace O'LearyInfo: Grace is the Programme Manager of the Greater Manchester Environment Trust. It is a small charity that was created as a partnership between The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside, and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to bring together communities and funding bodies keen to channel their resources into addressing environmental problems. The Trust has distributed funding from the Green Recovery Challenge, managed and administered the Renew Community Fund and since 2022 has delivered the Green Spaces Fund in Greater Manchester. The way in which this fund is distributed innovatively builds in skills and support for community groups from larger agencies. Grace works closely with partners and key stakeholders and delivers impact reports as well as promoting GMET for future funders and investors. She likes to spend time running on the Saddleworth canals!?: 11:30 AM - 11:50 AMNantes: European Green Capital to City in a Garden and BeyondHost: Jacques Soignon?: 11:50 AM - 12:35 PMThe Symbolism, Politics and Culture of FlowersHost: The Singh TwinsInfo: The Symbolism, Politics and Culture of Flowers This illustrated in conversation with The Singh Twins will explore how flowers and plants have played an essential role in their creative practice, including their newest series of artworks “Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire”.?: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PMWhat Makes A Garden? Lessons from Great Dixter and Other PlacesHost: Fergus GarrettInfo: The team at Great Dixter is led by Chief Executive and Head Gardener, Fergus Garrett. Fergus has held the position of Head Gardener for the internationally acclaimed Great Dixter Garden in Northiam, East Sussex, UK since 1993. In 2006, Fergus took over the position of CEO of The Great Dixter Charitable Trust.In the early days of Scouse Flowerhouse as a Community Benefit Society, a group of directors and members descended on Great Dixter for a magical few days. The bond between Christopher Lloyd and Landlife has sustained through our friendship with Fergus and we are so honoured that he ha generously agreed to be our first Patron for these three years, each summer coming up to give a lecture which has been warmly received in Liverpool. In 2025 the theme was successional planting and has influenced the look and feel of many of our public spaces. This year Fergus will talk about the mix of the social, ecological and horticultural commitment and sensibility it takes to make a garden.?: 03:00 PM - 03:15 PMWildflowering Polish Cities: Fundación LakaHost: Maciej PodymaInfo: https://laka.org.pl/english/ ?: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PMRegenerative Design by Putting Plants FirstHost: Jonny Helm Info: PlanIt-ie designs landscapes across the North and Jonathan Helm is their lead ecologist based in Liverpool, working on the North Docks Central Park - https://www.planit-ie.com/case-studies - amongst other large-scale schemes. Camellia has volunteered with Scouse Flowerhouse before taking up the landscape architect role at PlanIt and both will give examples of innovative work underway and their visions for a more enabling contracting system which puts plants first - something the Northern Flowerhouse can aspire to achieve.?: 03:30 PM - 03:45 PMForegrounding Communities for Gardens to ThriveHost: Sarah GalvinInfo: Sarah Galvin, Head of National Community Programmes, RHS Sarah has 15+ years’ experience designing and delivering programmes that connect people, organisations and ideas to create lasting social impact. Beginning her career working on school attendance initiatives, she developed a strong foundation working with communities to address inequality. She has experience facilitating education, health and livelihoods programmes in Cambodia, Nepal, Uganda, Tanzania and India. In her role before the RHS she brought together global corporations and NGOs to develop purpose-driven leaders and co-create innovative solutions to complex social challenges. Her work is rooted in partnership-building, enabling diverse groups to collaborate effectively and strengthening communities at scale. At the RHS, Sarah continues to champion community engagement as a driver for social and environmental change. She combines her academic background with leadership experience and loves her allotment.?: 03:45 PM - 04:00 PMWildflowers Continue to Work - Vision for our Northern FlowerhouseHost: Richard ScottInfo: Richard Scott is a creative ecologist and a co-Founder/Director of the National Wildflower Centre, now homed with the Eden Project. With a background in community-based conservation, he leads transformative wildflower and habitat projects across urban and rural UK landscapes. His work is grounded in the belief that remarkable ecological change can emerge from what may seem unlikely places—driven by ambition, trust, creativity, and a deep connection to place, and making this personal. Juliet Rose is Head of Development at the Eden Project. Juliet has worked with the Eden Project from the beginning originally helping to make the soils to transform this dis-used Cornish China Clay pit into global garden. Now Juliet is growing the programmes and partnerships to support the Eden Project's commitments to nature recovery and social recovery, through the National Wildflower Centre and Nature Connection outreach initiatives.?: 09:25 AM - 09:40 AMIan Prowse: Singer/Songwriter/Band Leader/ActivistHost: Ian ProwseInfo: Ian is a long-time supporter of Scouse Flowerhouse, from playing on the train from Liverpool to Manchester and back during our Tale of Two Cities campaign, to playing in St Vincent's Chapel and having all of us dancing with Ian Byrne MP, to celebrating our new combine harvester on Everton Brow, again with dancing - Ian's music is a tonic and a motivational force. Ian has a Masters in Irish songwriting and his song "Does This Train Stop on Merseyside?" was covered by Christy Moore and has become an anthem for our times. His weekly Monday Club nights and weekly lockdown concerts have supported countless music-lovers and musicians through tough times and, like Fergus Garrett, his leadership style is generous and bold.?: 03:25 PM - 03:35 PMSeeds of ExperienceHost: Alasdair MooreInfo: Alasdair Moore is Head of Estate & Gardens on Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Alasdair first became interested in plants while working on an organic farm in North Yorkshire in the late 1980s and his first horticultural job was as an assistant-gardener at Queen’s Park in London. Previous to returning to Tresco last year, Alasdair was Head of Estate and Gardens at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, working on projects such as restoring Edwardian rockeries, releasing beavers and creating landscape art with Jamie Reid, the National Wildflower Centre and the Scouse Flowerhouse. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/liverpool/northern-flowerhouse-assembly/100001987782851017 - **Event Categories**: art, music, literary-art, entertainment, nonprofit, workshops, concerts, meetups, health-wellness, charities, contests, science-fair - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 1 - **Event Highlights**: - door_time: 2026-06-18T08:00:00Z - Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes - Location: Lutyens Crypt - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 81.96, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Liverpool - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Lutyens Crypt - **lat**: 53.4053994 - **long**: -2.968794 - **full address**: Lutyens Crypt, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: NORTHERN FLOWERHOUSE ASSEMBLY - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/ddea928c0618f239f7eac9f9d95da3252bfa0f46349561361eb86ab6d04f8153-rimg-w1162-h322-dc497645-gmir.jpg?v=1776854888 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is NORTHERN FLOWERHOUSE ASSEMBLY being held? - **A:** NORTHERN FLOWERHOUSE ASSEMBLY takes place on Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 09:30 am to Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Lutyens Crypt, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing NORTHERN FLOWERHOUSE ASSEMBLY? - **A:** NORTHERN FLOWERHOUSE ASSEMBLY is organized by Scouse Flowerhouse - Events. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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