Last Saturday we walked, once again, for the people of Palestine. There is a ceasefire - that we pray holds - but we have a long way to go before Palestine is liberated.
I have attended the protests with my partner; alone; with the drummers; and for the last six months I have been walking with
@gardenersforpalestineuk . They have created the most extraordinary community of caring people and it is truly an honour to walk alongside them. Some of them are professional gardeners, some of us just love our gardens, but all of us honour the basic human right to grow.
From the Israeli military uprooting thousands of Palestinian olive trees in the West Bank, to a description I heard of a 70 year old man in Gaza with a tiny garden who tends to his herbs and plants every day, in amongst all the concrete and the rubble. It is so easy to be destructive, and it requires so much more strength and imagination to create, to hope - and yet he does. There is an Audrey Hepburn quote I have always loved, “to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow”.
It is truly a joy to see people’s reactions to the “Gardeners for Palestine” banner, every time - delighted smiles at both the message and the beauty of all the different flowers, created by tens of different people. It really is worth taking the time to look at it up close, I am particularly moved by the flower on the second slide, and it’s simple, truthful declaration - created by gardenchallenge23.
Keep marching, keep boycotting (follow
@bds.movement for the latest priority targets, pressure targets and organic campaign targets - plus, I had my eyes opened by the gardeners to boycotting Israeli bulbs, there is a very comprehensive article here: /2025/08/19/boycotting-israeli-bulbs/); keep writing to your MPs; keep signing petitions; keep donating if you are able and most importantly, don’t stop talking about Palestine 🇵🇸
All to London for Palestine march, October 11th, 2025
Images photographed on 35mm film & negatives hand developed in my kitchen.
