Exhibition of Lemon Tree Trust work 8th – 14th December
Exhibition at Depot Cinema, Lewes, East Sussex, UK
Lemon Tree Trust are holding an exhibition at Depot Cinema, Lewes, UK 8th – 14th December 2017 under the title Growing Food, Growing Home, Growing Dignity. This exhibition focuses on recent work with Syrian communities living in the north ofIraq, Kurdistan region. It will open with a small reception on 8 December between 6.00 and 8.00 pm and remains on display in the Studio until Thursday 14 December at 8.00 pm. The exhibition will include photographs that document our agricultural projects, as well as a short film made by refugees about their life in the camp. We will also premiere our new multimedia project, Cultivating in Crisis which tells the in depth stories of 13 families in Domiz Camp.
Lemon Tree Trust’s work evidences the importance of gardens, green spaces and food production at the heart of this process and they advocate for the inclusion of greening innovation and urban agriculture in all crisis response planning. For further reading please visit our publications page here.
Staff from the Trust will be on hand in Depot’s Gallery to discuss their work on Friday evening and at times throughout the exhibition. If you wish to arrange a meeting please email us [email protected]. The exhibition will support the launch of Ai Wei Wei’s film Human Flow which will be screened 8th – 14th December.
Aveen Ibrahem is Operations Manager at Lemon Tree Trust, overseeing our community gardening and cooking programmes across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Her work supports activities in Azadî Community Garden in Domiz 1 camp, as well as outreach and coordination across the nine camps where Lemon Tree Trust currently operates. Having lived in Domiz 1 … Continued
Inside the polytunnels at the Hêvî Community Garden in Gawilan refugee camp, Garden Manager Othman Qewas carefully selects fruit trees and flowering plants grown from seed. Joined by Hamid Abdullah, Lemon Tree Trust’s Horticulture and Landscape Consultant, the plants are loaded into the car before setting off to visit families across the camp. As part of our ongoing children’s outreach programme in Gawilan camp, … Continued
Bringing together residents to celebrate the home gardens they have grown, tended and transformed over the past year, Lemon Tree Trust’s 2026 Annual Garden Competitions have taken place across nine refugee and IDP (internally displaced people) camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. This year’s competitions introduced a greater emphasis on welcoming new participants alongside … Continued