The Binks Hub Co-Director, Dr. Autumn Roesch-Marsh, began collaborating with Trellis Scotland in 2023 when they reached out for some support to write up their evaluation of the Birkhill Dye Garden project for peer review. This was an initiative exploring gardening and art-making as forms of care for women with lived experiences of sexual violence. Since then, this partnership has grown to include connections with REALITIES, the Yellow Tulip Project, and Universitas 21, creating a vibrant network of research and practice.
Key outputs from this collaboration include:
Looking ahead, future work will explore the integration of STH into general practice and broader health and wellbeing contexts.
Funded in 2022, this innovative programme brought together experts from the University of Edinburgh, Trellis Scotland, and Birkhill House to create a natural dye garden. Women participating in the programme planned, cultivated, harvested and transformed plants into art, combining social and therapeutic horticulture, green prescribing and arts-based social work.
You can find a co-authored journal article here:
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