Polly Brannan

27 August 2025
10am – 12pm
Millmead Community Centre

A pop-up poster-making and planting workshop at the Mobile Growing Unit, led by OSE’s Artistic Director Polly Brannan as part of OSE’s 2024-26 Civic Programme Home is where the garden is.

During the workshop participants learnt how to take plant cuttings and shared their own gardening knowledge. They planted these in pots that they decorated with abstract images inspired by organic forms. 

Participants were also invited to make posters responding to the questions:

What is a home? What does it mean to have roots? What connects you to home? How does home change? What does a garden mean to you? Who/what is a garden for? 

Typography used in the posters was co-designed by Despacito Art School with Polly and OSE’s in-house graphic designer George Harding, who also designed the base poster motif, in response to Despacito’s designs.

The posters were exhibited as part of Despacito Art School’s 2025 Summer Exhibition Home is where the garden is at Roland Ross gallery on Northdown Road in Cliftonville.

The workshop was supported by Guest Artist Jas Dhillon in a facilitator role.

This Civic Programme event is part of OSE’s two-year thematic cycle Home is where the garden is – find more events: https://openschooleast.org/home-is-civic