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    Picking elderflower during Foraging for Mental…

    Elder is a tree found throughout the Netherlands. In the spring, the tree produces small, white elderflowers and in the summer, dark purple berries. Both elderberries and elderflowers have been used...

  • Distress / Depression
  • Female reproductive system
  • Plant
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  • Self
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Foraging for Mental Health

    with Lynn Shore

    Did you know that many plants that grow in the city can help to boost your mood and support mental health? In this workshop Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session around Dijkspark and...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Plant Properties

    Starting from Dijkspark, we are mapping plants in the city

    A big variety of plants is growing around our Biotoop, from healing to toxic, from dark green to purple. You can visit the Hortus Dijkspark at any moment. Come to learn more about the different...

  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Foraging for Mental Health

    with Lynn Shore

    Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...

  • Black Horehound

    Ballota nigra

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • “Anxiety is the Japanese knotweed of mental…

    Presumably, anxiety is a challenge we all have dealt with at one point in our lives. Be it caused by the pandemic, wars, our fast paced lifestyles, our own personal challenges, or… THE JAPANESE...

  • exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Hortus Dijkspark

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    أيار / مايو 2018
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    أيار / مايو 2028

    Rondom onze Biotoop groeit een grote verscheidenheid aan planten, van genezend tot giftig, van donkergroen tot paars. Je kunt Hortus Dijkspark op elk moment bezoeken. Klik hier om meer te weten te...

  • Shrinking Sustainability

    Experimenting with making bioplastic

    Designer of the Herbal Thai Sauna, Waew, is currently in the process of experimenting, she was able to make numerous different kinds of bioplastic, in an attempt to see if they would be able to...

  • Fear of the Unknown

    What are you most afraid of?

    Fear of the unknown is a common phenomenon.  Throughout history we can find a lot of evidences of how much destruction this fear can create.  However, we are not only afraid of each other. For...

  • Evening primrose

    Oenothera biennis

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • Scotch Broom

    Cytisus scoparius

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Meme Therapy

    with Lucie Chateau and Holly Foxton

    How are you feeling about climate change? Are you a doomer or a bloomer? Whatever you feel, you are probably not alone. Countless memes are made and posted onto the internet that express emotions...

  • Meditating with Plants

    You Are Not Alone When You Have Your Little Green Friend

    During these uncertain and difficult times with video calls replacing actual human contact, many people have turned to meditation to cope with loneliness, anxiety, and depression. Meditation and...

  • Knowledge Page Alix Briere

    Hortus Dijkspark Knowledge

    What is the Hortus Dijkspark project?

    This project is used to keep tract of the extensive list of plants we have growing here at Mediamatic. We tract their growing location (see 'Hortus Map'), some general plant information such as their...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Building With Mycelium

    with Arne Hendriks

    Pigeon towers used to exist everywhere to produce extra fertiliser needed to support growing populations. When artificial fertiliser was discovered most towers became neglected, as did their...

  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Wormwood

    Artemisia absinthium

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • Borage

    Borago officinalis

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • Narrow-leaved ragwort

    Senecio inaequidens

    This plant, also known as South African ragwort, is native of South Africa and widely naturalised in Europe. Senecio species have been used as food and in folk medicine in the Mediterranean area in...

  • Dill

    Anethum graveolens

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • Yarrow

    Achillea millefolium

    In the Middle ages Yarrow was thought to have subtle powers for wounds and help with mitigating fevers.   Yarrow tea is a good remedy for severe colds, being most useful in the commencement of fevers.

  • Purple loosestrife

    Lythrum salicaria

  • Safflower

    Carthamus tinctorius

  • Marjoram

    Origanum majorana

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia . 

  • Lemon balm

    Melissa officinalis

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • Black Cohosh

    Actaea racemosa

    This plant has been traditionally used to relieve menstrually related headaches. It was a favorite herb of the native North Americans and Eclectic physicians for amenorrhea, the absence of...

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