30/04/2026
Planting Palestine. A garden planted from love. And from solidarity.
Palestinian food culture is one of the richest in the world — deeply tied to land, season and memory. Thirteen thousand years of agriculture. A land that gave the world its first cultivated chickpea. A culture of foraging from shared communal land, masha'a, open to everyone — a tradition now largely forbidden by the occupation.
So we planted. A Palestinian heritage garden at the heart of the Silent Garden at Food Design Playground in Dordrecht. Za'atar, nigella, lathyrus, saffron, sumac, a fig tree that was already waiting.
This garden grew from a collaboration between , permaculture designer, food designer of , food writer , and the knowledge and generosity of and of the — whose way of seeing the land as relationship rather than resource shaped everything.
The full story on Palestinian garden traditions, ba'al farming, wildforaging, and the little paradise garden el-jneini is now on the Cityplot blog. www.cityplot.org
On Saturday 13 June, this garden becomes the backdrop for a Palestinian lunch experience hosted by the Hummus Academy. Inspired by Een Palestijns Diner — cooking, clay, story and scent. Keeping a culture alive.
13 June, 13.00–17.00 Tickets via fooddesignplayground.nl
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