Join us for a glass of wine or a cup of tea and conversation with Barkandji woman Zena Cumpston, accomplished writer, researcher, curator and storyteller who will be chatting with us about her book, Plants: Past, Present and Future – co-authored with Wiradjuri geographer and scientist Michael-Shawn Fletcher and geographer Lesley Head.

We’ll also leaf through Zena’s beautiful publication, ‘Indigenous plant use: A booklet on the medicinal, nutritional and technological use of indigenous plants’ - and spend a little time looking at, smelling and eating some recommended plants together.

In the meantime, please visit the stunning website for the exhibition ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together, co-curated by Zena and her sister, the artist, curator, writer and educator Nici Cumpston.

In the exhibition, Zena presented her stunning artworks that further engage with her deep passion for plant knowledge and the foodways of her people.

Note:—
—1) We stock limited copies of the book in-store. To pre-purchase your copy and collect on the day, head to our online shop.
—2) Your ticket sales help us to subsidise our next writer in conversation event. We thank you for your support.

Bio
Zena Cumpston is a Barkandji woman who works as a writer, artist, researcher, curator and storyteller. Her work centres around her interest in plant knowledge. Through her multi-disciplinary storytelling, she illuminates the innovation of her people, shining a light on the ways Aboriginal peoples have used plants for nutrition, technologies, and medicines over many thousands of generations.

Acknowledgements & Credits
We respectfully acknowledge the Sovereign Custodians of the land and waters upon which we live and work, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. We extend this respect to all First Peoples.