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Image description: approximately fifty square pieces of quilt are lying on a table, arranged in a grid. Each piece is different. Some are collages of flowers and natural forms, created with textiles; some are woven from felt; some are drawn with inks. There are drawings of birds, plants and flowers, and prints of natural forms. The colours are varied, and include lots of shades of pink, blues, light green, reds, yellows, and purple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/d99e0b2e-1f8c-4d78-b125-174b75750a02/ClubCreateWorkshopDetail.jpg news - Make it stand out SNAPSHOT: our Studio Artists busy working on the Community Quilt for Marsh Hill, 2019-20. Image description: the table of an arts and textiles workshop, with images of flowers and butterflies printed on square sheets of paper, pencils, printmaking materials, and square pieces of textile material that geometric and natural patterns have been printed on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/39d53323-1715-498e-b62c-0eb6f0407ee1/Our+Art+School+by+Daniel+Baker+2.jpg news - Make it stand out SNAPSHOT: decorated pots created by residents for the gardens at Link Street Supported Housing Image description: a collection of decorated terracotta plant pots are standing on a table in the sunlight. Each pot has been decorated by hand in different colours, with geometric and organic shapes. There are lots of bright colours, reds, yellows, blue, green. In the background is handmade bunting in green, yellow and pink. The bunting has been cut-out to show stars and other repeated patterns. 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Activities are queer affirming and queer-led, the programme is designed to be as open and accessible as possible. In 2024-5 we made a zine together. In Summer 2026 we’ll be making a banner together- for pride parades later in the year and 2027. To join our mailing list drop us a line: socialmaterialcic@gmail.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/bc44fe0e-7c55-4b5c-b764-a3eb0c75fd92/Queer+Nature+Club+Autumn+Programme+2026 Queer Nature Club - Queer nature Club: Autumn programme 2026 Join us this Autumn for a programme of events across the South West of England, including - explorations of animal and insect hibernation at Moors Valley, Dorset - dolphin watching & incredible insects at Berry Head, Devon - creepy, ghostly and haunting stories of nature at Arlington Court, Devon - encounters with centuries old trees at Horner Wood, Somerset - nature by night on Portland (booking coming soon!) - meeting remarkable bats at Ninesprings park, Yeovil, Somerset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/b7d90f08-7244-4273-b319-6bb24c0728cd/QNCSW_Flyer_MoorsValley2026.jpg Queer Nature Club - Where the Wild Things Sleep: Trip to Moors Valley DATE: Saturday 19 September TIME: 1.30 - 4pm LOCATION: Moors Valley Country Park, Dorset Booking required in advance. Pay what you can; Free places available An exploration of hibernation, burrows and winter-hideouts for insects, mammals & reptiles. Led by a ranger, with Swan Club. Option to meet us there or join a minibus from at Lighthouse, Poole at 1pm link.outsavvy.com/burrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/f9334668-1c39-4daf-8d2e-5d54f9e8edee/QNCSW_Flyer_BerryHead2026.jpg Queer Nature Club - TRIP TO BERRY HEAD, BRIXHAM, Devon DATE: Sunday 20 September TIME: 11am - 1pm LOCATION: Berry Head, Brixham, Devon Booking required in advance. Pay what you can; Free places available Berry Head is a beautiful, historic site and nature reserve. Delightful cirl buntings are resident year-round, whilst peregrine falcons, sparrowhawks and kestrels can be found circling the headland and out to sea, fulmars, kittiwakes and gannets can be seen foraging for fish. If we're lucky we'll also see schools of dolphins feeding below the cliffs. link.outsavvy.com/berry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/7d8f37a3-ae93-4bf1-9e97-71d9950ed216/QNCSW_Flyer_Arlington2026.jpg Queer Nature Club - Haunting nature at arlington court, north devon DATE: Saturday 24 October TIME: 3pm - 7pm LOCATION: Arlington Court, nr. Barnstaple, Devon Booking required in advance. Pay what you can; Free places available A walk through the woods discussing the mythical and murderous tales in which our trees, plants and animals played central roles. Followed by a creative writing session led by Queer Nature Club, accompanied by hot soup and marshmallows.tell your story online can make all the difference. link.outsavvy.com/haunting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/88f7c3f9-473f-42be-855f-e33b54e943d5/QNCSW_Flyer_Woodland.jpg Queer Nature Club - ancient woodland walk at the holnicote estate, somerset DATE: Sunday 25 October TIME: 11am - 1pm LOCATION: Cloutsham, nr Porlock, Minehead, Somerset Booking required in advance. Pay what you can; Free places available Join East Quay Watchet, Queer Nature Club South West and the Holnicote Estate (National Trust) for an autumn walk through the beautiful Horner Wood to explore stories and ecologies of the ancient and veteran trees. link.outsavvy.com/oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/9d8a8021-f8eb-417c-861d-40f0a7c105ed/QNCSW_Flyer_Bats2026.jpg Queer Nature Club - bat walk at ninesprings park, yeovil, somerset DATE: Monday 2nd November TIME: 6.30pm - 8pm LOCATION: Ninesprings Park, Yeovil, Somerset Booking required in advance. Pay what you can; Free places available Join Queer Nature Club for a walk with Yeovil Parks to encounter the wonderful local bats at Ninesprings Park, Yeovil. We'll be led by a knowledgeable local ranger, and be able to listen to the bats through special listening devices as they hunt at night using echolocation. link.outsavvy.com/bats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/b9b9ce36-8616-4cac-a925-b8adc3fe5bb5/QNCSW_EQ_20JuneFlyer001.jpg Queer Nature Club - Queer Nature Club X East Quay: Midsummer Meadow Walk DATE: Saturday 20 June TIME: 3pm - 7pm LOCATION: Holnicote Estate, Exmoor (near Selworthy, Minehead) Booking required in advance. Pay what you can (suggested cost £5 - £10) A special midsummer event in the meadows at the Holnicote Estate in Exmoor, led by artists Ione Maria Rojas and Daniel Baker-Wells, in partnership with East Quay. The event will include a guided walk of the stunning meadows, creative workshops in colour-making and painting, an exploration of the Holnicote rewilding project, and a visit to the beaver enclosure. link.outsavvy.com/midsummermeadow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/43334e1b-cb95-4c9e-b393-b406cbeb1c8b/QNCSW_EQ_27JuneFlyer001.jpg Queer Nature Club - Queer Nature Club X East Quay: Artist-led Workshop Day DATE: Saturday 27th June 2026 TIME: 11.30am - 4pm LOCATION: East Quay, Watchet, Somerset TA23 0AQ Booking required in advance. Pay what you can (suggested cost £5 - £10) East Quay and Queer Nature Club South West will host an informal, relaxed day of practical hands-on workshops, including creative writing, drawing & printmaking exploring queer birds, animals and ecosystem. The session will be led by artists Sixto-Juan Zavala and Daniel Baker-Wells. link.outsavvy.com/queernatureworkshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/a6e90b0f-cc9b-4fed-a332-e32980d256d4/QNCSWPromo_Flyer_v4_back_cover.jpg Queer Nature Club Queer Nature Club South West is curated by Daniel Baker-Wells, design by Sixto-Juan Zavala. The programme was seed funded by the John Lewis Foundation Nature Fund in 2025. The Queer Nature Club Autumn Programme organised in partnership with Arlington Court, Holnicote Estate, East Quay Watchet, b-side, Swan Club, Lighthouse Poole, Moors Valley, Proud2Be, Yeovil Diversity Project and Yeovil Town Council, thanks to the support of Sovereign Network Group; Dorset Community Foundation; South Devon National Landscape through the Life on the Edge with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund; and Awards for All using public funding through the National Lottery Community Fund. https://www.socialmaterial.org/queernatureclubpast daily 0.75 2026-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/0cb50967-2664-459d-b04a-2e31eeae0e55/QNC_EQ_DooneValley_flyer.jpg QNC Past Events - doone valley river walk, exmoor DATE: Thursday 25th August 2026 TIME: 12.30pm - 4pm LOCATION: Doone Valley, Exmoor Booking required in advance. Pay what you can / Free Join East Quay and Queer Nature Club South West for a late-summer walk through the beautiful Doone Valley, following Badgworthy Water through the heart of Exmoor and ‘Doone Country’. The walk will be led by East Quay Curator and Wild Swimming writer and guide George Harwood Smith, alongside artist and Queer Nature Club founder Daniel Baker-Wells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/303d7340-a100-4b13-b730-f5b138aa4f4c/QNCSW_Hengistbury_August02.jpg QNC Past Events - a summer afternoon on hengistbury head, dorset DATE: Thursday 9th July 2026 TIME: 6.30pm - 8.30pm LOCATION: Sherborne, Dorset Booking required in advance. Pay what you can / Free Hengistbury Head is a beautiful, wild headland, to the east of Bournemouth town. Its diverse habitats are home to over 500 plant species, 300 types of birds, a superb variety of insects, reptiles and small mammals. We might spot stonechats, stag beetles, skylarks, sand lizards and even natterjack toads- one of the UK's rarest amphibians. Join us to discover and discuss ideas of queer nature together on a relaxed summer afternoon stroll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/7281af50-8916-4294-81eb-823ff1c82150/QNCSW_Birdsong_Sherborne.jpg QNC Past Events - the secrets of birdsong DATE: Thursday 9th July 2026 TIME: 6.30pm - 8.30pm LOCATION: Sherborne, Dorset Booking required in advance. Pay what you can / Free Join Daniel from Queer Nature Club to explore the queer lives of birds and an introduction to birdsong identification and the secrets of birdsong, why they sing and how they learn, including some queer nature poetry & creative writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/cc16fa6a-2571-4ad1-8494-fda3941d8b2e/QNC_Bournemouth_Walk_29June.jpg QNC Past Events - Queer Nature Meet-up and Walk in Bournemouth DATE: Monday 29th June 2026 TIME: 6.30pm - 8.30pm LOCATION: Central Bournemouth Booking required in advance. Pay what you can / Free A creative, relaxed, queer-led meet-up and walk to explore queer nature on our doorstep. You might have heard about gay penguin couples or polyamorous dolphins, but gay nature is all around us! Birds, plants, animals, mosses all exhibit extraordinary diversity of sexual behavour, relationships and reproductory methods…including those in our towns and villages and back gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/b0d65212-282b-40e0-95c8-27238410b38c/QNCSW_EQ_27JuneFlyer001.jpg QNC Past Events - QUEER NATURE CLUB X EAST QUAY: ARTIST-LED WORKSHOP DAY DATE: Saturday 27th June 2026 TIME: 11.30am - 4pm LOCATION: East Quay, Watchet, Somerset TA23 0AQ Booking required in advance. Pay what you can (suggested cost £5 - £10) East Quay and Queer Nature Club South West will host an informal, relaxed day of practical hands-on workshops, including creative writing, drawing & printmaking exploring queer birds, animals and ecosystem. The session will be led by artists Sixto-Juan Zavala and Daniel Baker-Wells. link.outsavvy.com/queernatureworkshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/3672eb55-2343-4692-98ec-a474ad93c629/QNCSW_MidsummerKingsbridgeJuneFront03.jpg QNC Past Events - Make it stand out DATE: Sunday 21st June 2026 TIME: 12.30pm - 5pm LOCATION: Kingsbridge / Malborough, South Devon Booking required in advance. Pay what you can A ramble through inner and outer landscapes… Join Queer Nature Club South West for a creative, relaxed, queer-led midsummer ramble through the incredible species-rich meadows of the South Devon coast. Supported by South Devon National Landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/8f159208-3166-4746-8893-5e96c7136370/QNCSW_EQ_20JuneFlyer001.jpg QNC Past Events - QUEER NATURE CLUB X EAST QUAY: MIDSUMMER MEADOW WALK DATE: Saturday 27th June 2026 TIME: 11.30am - 4pm LOCATION: East Quay, Watchet, Somerset TA23 0AQ Booking required in advance. Pay what you can (suggested cost £5 - £10) East Quay and Queer Nature Club South West will host an informal, relaxed day of practical hands-on workshops, including creative writing, drawing & printmaking exploring queer birds, animals and ecosystem. The session will be led by artists Sixto-Juan Zavala and Daniel Baker-Wells. link.outsavvy.com/queernatureworkshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/fe1db6ef-d550-4186-bfda-97e4fedea5c5/QNCSW_EQ_13MayFlyer003.jpg QNC Past Events - The snow goose and the albatross: An Introduction to Queer Nature DATE: Wednesday 13th May 2026 TIME: 7pm - 9pm LOCATION: East Quay, Watchet, Somerset TA23 0AQ Join us for an introduction to 'queer nature', and a creative writing workshop to ignite the imagination with Queer Nature Club founder, filmmaker and artist, Daniel Baker-Wells. BOOKING LINK: link.outsavvy.com/snowgoose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/8dbc9f59-b06a-4c33-ae11-978b035be07f/QNCSW_Flyer_Lighthouse_May4th.jpg QNC Past Events - Queer Nature Club Meet-up at Lighthouse, Poole, DORSET Join us for an introduction to ideas of ‘queer nature’, and a creative writing workshop with filmmaker and artist, Daniel Baker-Wells, at Lighthouse, Poole. The event will include a chance to learn more about the Queer Nature Club and explore and share ideas of ‘queer nature’, participate in optional creative writing exercises and an exploration of Poole Park. We’ll also be planning some Queer Nature Club summer trips together. This event is supported by Sovereign Neighbourhood Group and in partnership with Lighthouse, Poole. link.outsavvy.com/lighthouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/855a3252-dff0-4086-95bd-23b9b4b76edf/QNCSWPromo_Flyer_Horner001.jpg QNC Past Events The Magic of Temperate Rainforest Day Trip to Horner Wood One of the largest and most beautiful ancient oak woods in Britain. Including a creative workshop with artist Elizabeth Woodger and complimentary tea and locally made cakes. on Sunday 21st September 2025 Horner Wood, near Minehead, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 8HY BOOKING LINK: link.outsavvy.com/horner-wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/1d4cfaec-7668-4247-acbd-7ec6bc405f8e/QNCSWPromo_Queerdos_Moisturiser.jpg QNC Past Events FORAGING-INSPIRED MOISTURISER WORKSHOP with Nature Queerdos on Sunday 7th September 2025, 13:30-16:30 Eastville Park, Eastville, Bristol BS5 6QG BOOKING LINK: link.outsavvy.com/queerdos-moisturiser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/632856f9-b8dd-495a-9d66-5560b8bdb967/QNCSWPromo_Flyer_YDP_pride001.jpg QNC Past Events QUEER NATURE CLUB at YEOVIL DOES PRIDE with Yeovil Diversity Project on Saturday 6th September 2025, 12:00-15:00 in Yeovil, Somerset Come and say hi, and pick up one of our Queer Nature Zines, made with local folks & YDP for full details of Yeovil Does Pride, visit: https://yeovildoespride.co.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/6d57d8c1-791e-4ba0-8125-fb642635a819/QNCSWPromo_Flyer_P2Be_Website_v4.jpg QNC Past Events QUEER NATURE DAY OUT AT PARKE with Proud2Be and artist Ione Maria Rojas Saturday 30th August 2025 13:00-16:30 Parke, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ13 9JQ MEET US THERE: https://bit.ly/3J3n7Jo MINIBUS from NEWTON ABBOT: http://bit.ly/4maBMkt Wheelchair space available on the minibus: email hello@proud2be.org.uk any questions? email: hello@proud2be.org.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/1ab07eec-2f3d-49be-bb79-e2376dda11ca/QNCSWPromo_Flyer_JAZ001.jpg QNC Past Events AN INTRO TO QUEER ECOLOGY for young people with Jazmeen Isa Qureshi on Tuesday 19th August 2025, 14:00-16:00 in Taunton, Somerset to sign up, please contact 2BU Somerset: www.2bu-somerset.co.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/b94084ff-fa46-4b2b-9367-24179604c137/QNCSWPromo_Flyer_v4_Glastonbury_Pride.jpg QNC Past Events QUEER NATURE CLUB at GLASTONBURY PRIDE with Glastonbury Pride on Sunday 27th July 2025, 10:00-13:00 at the Community Courtyard, outside the Who’da Thought It Hotel, 17 Northload St, Glastonbury BA6 9JJ Come and say hi, and pick up one of our Queer Nature Zines. for full details of the event visit: Glastonbury Pride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/9d0f5c77-2887-4c98-93ce-e20b083f0f5a/QNCSWPromo_Flyer_Proud2Be001.jpg QNC Past Events THE QUEER LIVES OF TREES with Daniel Baker-Wells on Saturday 26th July 2025, 13:00-16:00 Proud2Be Hub, 1 Sheila Robb House, Newton Abbot TQ12 2EX to sign up, please contact Proud2Be: www.proud2be.org.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/a833069f-71af-4eca-acd5-c3127a149f0b/QNCSWPromo_Flyer_CONNOR001.jpg QNC Past Events QUEER NATURE WALK & QUEER BUGS with Connor Butler, @Connor_the_ecologist on Thursday 24th July 2025, 18:00-20:00 in partnership with Yeovil Diversity Project at Westlands Entertainment Centre, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 2DD link.outsavvy.com/yeovil-bugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/a6e90b0f-cc9b-4fed-a332-e32980d256d4/QNCSWPromo_Flyer_v4_back_cover.jpg QNC Past Events Queer Nature Club South West is curated by Daniel Baker-Wells, design by Sixto-Juan Zavala. The programme is supported by the John Lewis Foundation Nature Fund. https://www.socialmaterial.org/qnczine daily 0.75 2026-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/23fab8bb-f2b0-4a32-8d61-5c833acd5f0d/Queer_Ecologies_Zine004_reduced_Page_1.png QNC Zine - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/ee15a404-cfe3-4739-8920-2dd0a4fa5a44/Queer_Ecologies_Zine004_reduced_Page_2.png QNC Zine - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/767ebf6c-ea43-438a-b824-cc960e01c383/IMG_20240829_184216.jpg QNC Zine - Nature held me close and found no fault with me In 2024-5 we made a zine, together with participants from our Queer Ecologies Open Access Learning programme. It was launched during a special evening with queer nature poets at Sutton House, Hackney, and distributed at pride events, book fairs, queer stalls and zine events across the UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b959b44cef372d61c04184b/894482b6-5381-49c2-bf3f-c95433389fe5/IMG_20240829_192650.jpg QNC Zine Performers at the launch event included Elida Silvey, P. Eldridge, Phoenix Yemi, LiLi K.Bright and Jazmeen Isa Qureshi. The poets’ work was interpreted by BSL poet and interpreter Golda Dahan.