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Blick Projects

A selection of our different creative projects, programmes and events

Current Projects

Belfast Community Plant Library

We are super excited to work on an exciting collaborative project Belfast Community Plant Library with Belfast Design Week

Belfast Plant Map

A map of plants found growing naturally in Belfast and places to pause that have a little bit of nature (but mostly not enough) in Belfast City Centre curated by...

Design After Dark

Design After Dark is an evening celebration of contemporary design in Belfast, delivered as part of Belfast Design Week and Blick Shared Studios. The programme brings together workshops, talks, installations,...

Womenfolk X Kitsch Sisters Collab Workshops

For our Womenfolk project for creative women, we are excited to have an ongoing collaboration with Kitsch Sisters Belfast. Working together on a series of workshops to bring together creative...

Design Hothouse Residency

Design Hothouse is a new Blick Shared Studios X Belfast Design Week collaborative residency, that will support two emerging designers from different disciplines as they work together over a 2-month...

Belfast Design Week Photo credit: Joe Laverty

Belfast Design Week

Belfast Design Week celebrates design in all its forms in an annual week-long series of events encompassing talks, workshops, pop-ups, exhibitions and interactive elements focusing on design.

Womenfolk

Womenfolk is a project celebrating creative women entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland. The project aims to encourage more women to start up their own creative businesses through showcasing the profiles of...

The Time is Now Talks for Creatives

Blick Creative Talks

We host talks from local creatives talking about their creative journey regularly. Check out the events section of our website for the next available event

Flock NI

Flock NI is the trading arm of Blick. Flock is a company that delivers multidisciplinary creative projects. Flock brings together the creative talent involved with Blick to work on creative...

Womenfolk Peer Mentoring

It’s very simple, but also very effective. On the last Tuesday of each month we host a get together with a small group of self-employed creative women or women in...

Exhibitions at Blick

Exhibitions at Blick include current residents “Our Time is Now”, “Urban Design Callenge”, “Womenfolk”, “Refugees Welcome T-Shirt Design Challenge”, “The Art of the Comic” and “Failures” and aim to support...

Past Projects

Belfast Community Plant Library at Culture Night

On Friday 18th September we had the best time hosting Belfast Community Plant Library at Bankmore Square for Culture Night 2026 Belfast Community Plant Library was a collaborative project all...

Design Stories Motion Graphics Showcase at the Belfast Stories Building

Design Stories was a collaborative project with Belfast School of Art Year 2 Graphic Design students and Belfast Design Week with support from Golden Studio which engaged local design students in a placemaking and communication project. This...

Onebite Student Design Workshop Irish Design Week

As part of Irish Design Week 17th – 21st November 2025 we worked with Belfast Design Week, onebite Design and Future Island-Island to organise a creative workshop for both Belfast...

Irish Design Week Islands of Design Talks

As part of Irish Design Week 17th – 21st November 2025 we worked with Belfast Design Week, onebite Design and Future Island-Island to showcase creative projects and stories from the...

Irish Design Week RSUA Design Box Exhibit

For Irish Design Week 17th – 21st November 2025 with Belfast Design Week RSUA kindly let us use their Design Box for one of our pop-up designers Kristen Robb @worthyearthapparel...

Irish Design Week Future Island-Island Exhibition

As part of Irish Design Week 17th – 21st November 2025 with Belfast Design Week we collaborated with Future Island-Island on an event with design talks and an exhibition on...

Exhibition at Irish Design Week November 2025

Islands of Design Pop-up Design Museum Irish Design Week 2025

As part of Irish Design Week 17th – 21st November 2025 with Belfast Design Week we co-organised and co-curated a pop-up exhibition in Belfast School of Art featuring the work...

Nurture Creative Incubation Program

Nurture Support for Emerging Creatives

An 8-month program providing bespoke meaningful business support within a nurturing creative environment to help 4 emerging freelance or self employed creatives to successfully establish their creative practice and to...

The Sustainable Pop Up Design Musuem

Pop Up Design Museum

As part of our work with The Design Salon we have been helping to curate the 3rd Pop Up Design Museum on the 12th & 13th November at The Europa...

Designing Your Life through Doodles and Drawings to Improve Your Health and Wellbeing

Design your life to improve your health and wellbeing through doodling, drawing and collaging in this interactive visual journaling workshop. In this workshop illustrator Kylie Chan will share her own...

Our Time is Now

A video podcast series sharing the stories of 5 Belfast creatives. Exploring how they have built their businesses, overcome challenges and navigated the shifts and changes throughout their creative journeys....

Blick Summer 2023 Events

We developed a new summer 2023 program of support for creatives in Belfast. Focusing on informal action-led practical and inspiring workshops and get-togethers, bringing creatives together to meet, connect, and...

Grow Your Own Way

Grow Your Own Way was a collaborative project we developed with Belfast Design Week and VentureFolk combining design and growing to explore the potential for supporting residents to grow their...

Belfast Design Popup Museum Window Design of Oh! Donuts by Alex Synge First47 photo by Joe Laverty Photography

Popup Design Museum

The Popup Design Museum involved a design trail and exhibition as part of Belfast Design Week within shop windows and local independent small businesses and hotels.

Big Design Day Out

The Big Design Day Out was a project we developed for Belfast Design Week with over 50 different city centre design related events and activities for people of all ages...

Urban Design Challenge

The Urban Design Challenge sponsored by Destination CQ was a project we developed to bring together emerging designers to come together to design Urban Design ideas and interventions for the...

The World Turned Upside Down

Rewriting the Narrative was a 4-part audio documentary series exploring the experiences and personal stories of creatives during the Covid-19 crisis. Looking at how the pandemic impacted on the work,...

Womenfolk Industry Expert Videos

We created a series of free industry expert videos in collaboration with Creating A Space for Ulster Bank on topics including managing your finances, design thinking, developing your brand and...

Design Business Bootcamp

The Design Business Bootcamp was a short course with a leading design expert to develop design startups and give them the support and ideas for the next steps of their...

My Block

My Block

My Block celebrates and showcases independent businesses and culture and is supported by Innovate UK.

Design Startup: Build Your Own

Design Startup was a 3 day business start-up program covering three of the key elements of getting your business off the ground – ideation, prototyping and selling your work. This...

Womenfolk Dig Deep

Dig Deep

Dig Deep was a creative enterprise support program that brought young women (18 – 30) from different backgrounds NI & BAME together in a supportive and nurturing environment over a...

Great Creators Podcast

Great Creators Podcast was a series sharing the diverse stories of design and entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland. Featuring start-ups, community-led projects, and established businesses which together make up the rich...

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The Time is Now

The Time is Now was a collaborative project with Creating a Space focusing on honest and meaningful conversation style events for early stage creative entrepreneurs. Keep an eye on our...

Small Town Big Dreams

Small Town Big Dreams is a collaborative project between Blick Shared Studios, Karishma Kusurkar and Graeme Watson. A podcast celebrating Northern Ireland’s creative entrepreneurs and telling their stories. Small Town Big...

The Design Salon

A design collective for people in the design industry in Northern Ireland, to discuss projects and plans that are contemporary, cutting-edge and promote design locally and internationally.

Late Night Design

A chance to see behind the scenes of some of Belfast’s most creative design studios and meet and connect with other design industry professionals

Blick Academy

Blick Academy was an ongoing series of events and workshops for creative industry start-ups, freelancers and small businesses all about sharing skills and knowledge within the creative community to help...

Share 6

At Share 6, 6 creative speakers share their stories over 60 minutes on a theme with an audience Q&A at the end. Previous topics have included “Fashioning the future,” “Made...

NEST Creative Incubation Programme

The NEST program was a bespoke business support program we developed and managed for Eighty81 Creative Workspace in Derry-Londonderry for creative and digital start-ups. The program included affordable workspace, industry...

The Burning Question

The Burning Question is a panel discussion with design industry leaders. This interactive event seeks to find out the human element behind businesses through the sharing of stories as well...

Eighty81 Club for Creative Startups

Eighty81 Club for Creative Startups was a community for startups, entrepreneurs and small businesses in Derry-Londonderry. It was a series of events including workshops, clinics and case studies with industry...

Graduate Entrepreneurs in Residence

The Graduate Entrepreneurs in Residence programme is designed to support newly creative graduates to develop their business ideas with the help of free studio space and mentorship. Keep an eye...

25 Pop Up

25 is a design-led pop up showcasing and retailing independent design brands with products all priced at £25 or under, making it affordable for everyone. 25 Pop Up has been...

The Faculty

The Faculty was a collaborative project with Seedhead arts offering courses and workshops designed to teach you a new creative skill – be it photography, film-making, street art, flower arranging, stand-up...

Belfast Plant Map - The Places We Included

Here`s the places with (varying amounts of) nature we found in Belfast City Centre where you can pause, sit and enjoy a moment of nature and the benefits it brings to your wellbeing.

Belfast is in many ways a pretty green city, but there’s definitely room for improvement. We’ve got around 2,390 hectares of open space across the city, but it’s not spread evenly. Some inner-city areas have just 1–7% tree cover, while some outer areas have as much as 43–49%.

So, while Belfast is already green in places, there’s a real opportunity to bring more trees, plants and green space into the areas that need them most.

Which is your favourite place to take a break in nature in the City Centre and are there any we missed?

- City Quays Gardens
- Cathedral Gardens
- Writers Square
- Jubilee Square
- Titanic Memorial Garden and Garden of Remembrance, Belfast City Hall
- Oxford Street
- Lanyon and Donegal Quay
- Queen’s Quay and maritime mile
- Pocket Gardens Adelaide Street
- Bankmore Square
- Crescent Gardens
- Botanic Gardens
- Palm House and Tropical Ravine

Oct 12

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Belfast Plant Map - The Places We Included

Here's the places with (varying amounts of) nature we found in Belfast City Centre where you can pause, sit and enjoy a moment of nature and the benefits it brings to your wellbeing.

Belfast is in many ways a pretty green city, but there’s definitely room for improvement. We’ve got around 2,390 hectares of open space across the city, but it’s not spread evenly. Some inner-city areas have just 1–7% tree cover, while some outer areas have as much as 43–49%.

So, while Belfast is already green in places, there’s a real opportunity to bring more trees, plants and green space into the areas that need them most.

Which is your favourite place to take a break in nature in the City Centre and are there any we missed?

- City Quays Gardens
- Cathedral Gardens
- Writers Square
- Jubilee Square
- Titanic Memorial Garden and Garden of Remembrance, Belfast City Hall
- Oxford Street
- Lanyon and Donegal Quay
- Queen’s Quay and maritime mile
- Pocket Gardens Adelaide Street
- Bankmore Square
- Crescent Gardens
- Botanic Gardens
- Palm House and Tropical Ravine

Belfast Plant Map - The Plants We Included

The plants we included in the Belfast Plant Map are all plants we found within a 10 minute walk of our Hill St studios in Belfast`s Cathedral Quarter in the City Centre.

As this project is all about Belfast and its relationship with plants we wanted to look into some of the plants that you see growing naturally in Belfast (usually growing as weeds along the edge of streets, in car parks and fenced off areas). To explore the value some of them have the potential to offer both culturally through folklore and history and heritage as well as their benefits to biodiversity and as potential foodsources (if pollution wasn`t an issue).

We have included some interesting facts and stories we found about the plants and they have also been beautifully illustrated by Thomas Bannon @thomasbannondraws in the Plant Map.

Oct 10

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Belfast Plant Map - The Plants We Included

The plants we included in the Belfast Plant Map are all plants we found within a 10 minute walk of our Hill St studios in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter in the City Centre.

As this project is all about Belfast and its relationship with plants we wanted to look into some of the plants that you see growing naturally in Belfast (usually growing as weeds along the edge of streets, in car parks and fenced off areas). To explore the value some of them have the potential to offer both culturally through folklore and history and heritage as well as their benefits to biodiversity and as potential foodsources (if pollution wasn't an issue).

We have included some interesting facts and stories we found about the plants and they have also been beautifully illustrated by Thomas Bannon @thomasbannondraws in the Plant Map.

Seaside Books - Intermediate Poetry Workshop

Join Blick residents @seasidebooksni for a six-week poetry workshop in our Great Northern Street Studios starting October 13th. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:00 pm GMT. £40 per person

This workshop is suitable for those who want to build upon an existing writing practice. We will focus on workshopping, editing, and preparing work for publication. Participants will be asked to bring work to discuss with other participants each week.

https://blickstudios.org/events/intermediate-poetry-workshop-3/

Oct 9

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Seaside Books - Intermediate Poetry Workshop

Join Blick residents @seasidebooksni for a six-week poetry workshop in our Great Northern Street Studios starting October 13th. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:00 pm GMT. £40 per person

This workshop is suitable for those who want to build upon an existing writing practice. We will focus on workshopping, editing, and preparing work for publication. Participants will be asked to bring work to discuss with other participants each week.

https://blickstudios.org/events/intermediate-poetry-workshop-3/

Blick Virtual Office Space

Whether you are just starting out and can’t yet afford workspace or are happy to work from home but seeking a professional public image for your business. Our professional business address creates a confident and trusted first impression for your clients and keeps your home address private and separate from your business.

Monthly Business Address Service

We will redirect up to 15 items of regular and standard large letter-sized business mail to the address of your choice monthly for £22.50 a month or £200 a year

Weekly Business Address Service

We will redirect business mail to the address of your choice weekly. Up to 25 items of regular and standard large letter-sized mail per calendar month for £30 a month or £300 a year

You can find more info on our website (link below and in profile): https://blickstudios.org/virtual-services/

Oct 8

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Workspace Available This Month!

About the workspace
We have two dedicated deskspaces available in our Cathedral Quarter studios this October
– One dedicated desk in our Cotton Court Studios shared creative coworking space at £130 per calendar month
– One dedicated desk in our Hill Street Studios hared creative coworking space at £165 per calendar month
– Prices are per calendar month all inclusive utilities, rates, broadand etc (No VAT)
– Cathedral Quarter locations
– Minimum 3 months contract then on a rolling monthly contract
– 1 months rent required as a deposit
– Email christine@blickstudios.org for more info or to arrange a viewing

Oct 7

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Workspace Available This Month!

About the workspace
We have two dedicated deskspaces available in our Cathedral Quarter studios this October
– One dedicated desk in our Cotton Court Studios shared creative coworking space at £130 per calendar month
– One dedicated desk in our Hill Street Studios hared creative coworking space at £165 per calendar month
– Prices are per calendar month all inclusive utilities, rates, broadand etc (No VAT)
– Cathedral Quarter locations
– Minimum 3 months contract then on a rolling monthly contract
– 1 months rent required as a deposit
– Email christine@blickstudios.org for more info or to arrange a viewing

Our latest roundup of funding and opportunities for NI Creatives.

01. The East Light Prototype: Designing Sustainable Residencies
Over the course of one year, the selected Producer will engage with NAARCA partners, learn how each institution operates, and receive support to establish a new sustainability-centred pilot residency programme on Rathlin Island.
Closing date: 19th October 5pm

02. Propositions for Design Beyond Growth
They invite designers, researchers, makers, repair practitioners, architects, economists, activists, policy makers and manufacturers and anyone curious about how design and degrowth intersect, to share tactics and strategies for moving design beyond growth-driven production and consumption, towards sufficient, durable, repairable and equitable material practices.
Closing date: 22nd October

03. No Harm in Waiting
The RSUA/JP Corry Design Competition for 2026 challenges Early Career Architects to propose creative ideas for a specific bus shelter that explores the potential of gender equity and inclusivity within public realm design.
Closing date: Sunday 11th October 11.59pm.

04. Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Cultural Grant Aid and Bursary Programme
Are you an individual or a constituted group based in Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough with a cultural project or creative idea?

05. Groundwork NI Freelance Tutors and Facilitators

06. Belfast City Council End Violence Against Women & Girls 2026-2027 Local Change Fund
Closing date: Friday 9th October 12pm

07. The DAS Home Residency
Closing date: Wednesday 14th October

08. Anthology Creative Competitions 2026
Offering a variety of competitions established to encourage and promote visual artists and writers, the Anthology Creative Awards provide a platform for emerging creatives to publish their work.

09. Artists Now Bursaries
Artist members you can apply for £500 to £1,500 to support the development of your practice, from building skills and knowledge to growing networks and creating new professional opportunities.
Closing date: Thursday 15th October 12pm

Full listings including links on our blog ✨️
https://blickstudios.org/blog/14521/

Oct 6

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Our latest roundup of funding and opportunities for NI Creatives.

01. The East Light Prototype: Designing Sustainable Residencies
Over the course of one year, the selected Producer will engage with NAARCA partners, learn how each institution operates, and receive support to establish a new sustainability-centred pilot residency programme on Rathlin Island.
Closing date: 19th October 5pm

02. Propositions for Design Beyond Growth
They invite designers, researchers, makers, repair practitioners, architects, economists, activists, policy makers and manufacturers and anyone curious about how design and degrowth intersect, to share tactics and strategies for moving design beyond growth-driven production and consumption, towards sufficient, durable, repairable and equitable material practices.
Closing date: 22nd October

03. No Harm in Waiting
The RSUA/JP Corry Design Competition for 2026 challenges Early Career Architects to propose creative ideas for a specific bus shelter that explores the potential of gender equity and inclusivity within public realm design.
Closing date: Sunday 11th October 11.59pm.

04. Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Cultural Grant Aid and Bursary Programme
Are you an individual or a constituted group based in Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough with a cultural project or creative idea?

05. Groundwork NI Freelance Tutors and Facilitators

06. Belfast City Council End Violence Against Women & Girls 2026-2027 Local Change Fund
Closing date: Friday 9th October 12pm

07. The DAS Home Residency
Closing date: Wednesday 14th October

08. Anthology Creative Competitions 2026
Offering a variety of competitions established to encourage and promote visual artists and writers, the Anthology Creative Awards provide a platform for emerging creatives to publish their work.

09. Artists Now Bursaries
Artist members you can apply for £500 to £1,500 to support the development of your practice, from building skills and knowledge to growing networks and creating new professional opportunities.
Closing date: Thursday 15th October 12pm

Full listings including links on our blog ✨️
https://blickstudios.org/blog/14521/

What`s Happening at Blick This Month

- Blick Creative Fieldtrip – Pricing Your Creative Work - Tuesday 6th October

- Seaside Books Intermediate Poetry Workshop - Tuesday 13th October

- Womenfolk Peer Mentoring - Tuesday 27th October

Visit the events page of our website for more info:

https://blickstudios.org/events/

Oct 5

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What's Happening at Blick This Month

- Blick Creative Fieldtrip – Pricing Your Creative Work - Tuesday 6th October

- Seaside Books Intermediate Poetry Workshop - Tuesday 13th October

- Womenfolk Peer Mentoring - Tuesday 27th October

Visit the events page of our website for more info:

https://blickstudios.org/events/

Blick Creative Fieldtrip – Pricing Your Creative Work

In this Creative Fieldtrip, designed specifically for Ulster University Enterprise Placement Year students, we’ll tackle one of the biggest challenges facing creatives starting out: How to Price Your Creative Work, whether you’re selling products or services.

Pricing your creative work isn’t easy, and there’s no one-size-fits-all formula. It’s about finding a balance between your costs and time, what other creatives charge, your level of experience and what people are willing to pay. It can also depend on how much you want to take on a particular project and the opportunities it might offer you to learn, develop your skills or build your portfolio.

Ultimately, pricing is a personal process, and one you’ll need to regularly review and revisit as your creative practice grows and evolves.

This is a closed event for Ulster University students

https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-creative-fieldtrip-pricing-your-creative-work/

Oct 5

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Blick Creative Fieldtrip – Pricing Your Creative Work

In this Creative Fieldtrip, designed specifically for Ulster University Enterprise Placement Year students, we’ll tackle one of the biggest challenges facing creatives starting out: How to Price Your Creative Work, whether you’re selling products or services.

Pricing your creative work isn’t easy, and there’s no one-size-fits-all formula. It’s about finding a balance between your costs and time, what other creatives charge, your level of experience and what people are willing to pay. It can also depend on how much you want to take on a particular project and the opportunities it might offer you to learn, develop your skills or build your portfolio.

Ultimately, pricing is a personal process, and one you’ll need to regularly review and revisit as your creative practice grows and evolves.

This is a closed event for Ulster University students

https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-creative-fieldtrip-pricing-your-creative-work/

Some weekend reading our final plant stories for this iteration of Belfast Community Plant Library, this time with the amazing Lauren McFarland from The Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland - @tcv_ni where she tells us about their brillianf work on Green Gyms and community gardens, conservation, native trees and more.

You can also read the interview on the blog on our website (link in profile)

Oct 4

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Belfast Plant Stories - Hardest plant to keep alive

Oct 4

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Belfast Plant Stories - Hardest plant to keep alive

Belfast Plant Stories - We asked the people of Belfast about their favourite plants

Oct 3

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Belfast Plant Stories - We asked the people of Belfast about their favourite plants

We are almost finished our Community Plant Library project, just a couple of Plant Stories left to share, today we are asking the people of Belfast how can humans work better with plants to fix environmental problems?

Oct 2

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We are almost finished our Community Plant Library project, just a couple of Plant Stories left to share, today we are asking the people of Belfast how can humans work better with plants to fix environmental problems?

Our final Belfast Community Plant Library Team Plant Stories today sharing my own. I`m not a great gardener, but I love plants (as anyone who has been in our studios will know - they are filled with plants). We have loads of plants in Blick, because I belive they really contribute to a good productive, creative and calm working environment. It wasn’t a conscious design decision when we started the studios to have so many plants. It was only when we started adding them that we realised the value they had to the atmosphere and ambience of the space. Taking care of the plants in the studio is also an added benefit and one of the nicest parts of the job. It always makes you feel better and gets you away from staring at a screen.

Being closer to nature is also a large part of why I moved back to NI (we have so much beautiful countryside here and so close to the city) and I consider myself very fortunate to get to work in the city, but live in the countryside and benefit from that nature everyday. But working in the City Centre and having studios in both the Cathedral Quarter and leafy South Belfast has really highlighted to me the disparity in the access to green spaces for people living in Belfast, with the City Centre having such a shortage of green spaces and plants and trees.

Oct 1

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Our final Belfast Community Plant Library Team Plant Stories today sharing my own. I'm not a great gardener, but I love plants (as anyone who has been in our studios will know - they are filled with plants). We have loads of plants in Blick, because I belive they really contribute to a good productive, creative and calm working environment. It wasn’t a conscious design decision when we started the studios to have so many plants. It was only when we started adding them that we realised the value they had to the atmosphere and ambience of the space. Taking care of the plants in the studio is also an added benefit and one of the nicest parts of the job. It always makes you feel better and gets you away from staring at a screen.

Being closer to nature is also a large part of why I moved back to NI (we have so much beautiful countryside here and so close to the city) and I consider myself very fortunate to get to work in the city, but live in the countryside and benefit from that nature everyday. But working in the City Centre and having studios in both the Cathedral Quarter and leafy South Belfast has really highlighted to me the disparity in the access to green spaces for people living in Belfast, with the City Centre having such a shortage of green spaces and plants and trees.

As part of our plant stories from the plant library project we also got some tips from local people on how to take care of plants 🪴

Sep 29

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As part of our plant stories from the plant library project we also got some tips from local people on how to take care of plants 🪴

Belfast Community Plant Library 🪴 event at Bankmore Square for Culture Night 🌙

Sep 28

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Belfast Community Plant Library 🪴 event at Bankmore Square for Culture Night 🌙

Belfast Community Plant Library Team Plant Stories - today with Rosy James the person who does all the important financial work for Blick and Belfast Design Week so these kind of projects can happen, she is also largely responsible for most of the plants in Blick!

Here you can read a bit about Rosy and her interest in plants.

Sep 28

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Belfast Community Plant Library Team Plant Stories - today with Rosy James the person who does all the important financial work for Blick and Belfast Design Week so these kind of projects can happen, she is also largely responsible for most of the plants in Blick!

Here you can read a bit about Rosy and her interest in plants.

Belfast Plant Stories - First plant to make you fall in love with taking care of plants

We asked the people of Belfast what was the first plant to make them fall in love with taking care of plants

Sep 26

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Belfast Plant Stories - First plant to make you fall in love with taking care of plants

We asked the people of Belfast what was the first plant to make them fall in love with taking care of plants

Our first Belfast Community Plant Library event was completed last Friday at Culture Night, but we still have some plant stories to share including from the main team, starting with Karishma Kusurkar @karishmasworld who shares with us here a bit about her love for plants!

Sep 25

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Our first Belfast Community Plant Library event was completed last Friday at Culture Night, but we still have some plant stories to share including from the main team, starting with Karishma Kusurkar @karishmasworld who shares with us here a bit about her love for plants!

Last Friday we had the best time hosting Belfast Community Plant Library at Bankmore Square for Culture Night 2026!

Belfast Community Plant Library was a collaborative project all about connecting people, place, plants and creativity and had lots of parts including:

- Plant Furniture Installation created by @d.keyssustainablewoodworking and the @greenremakehub

- Plant Clinic with @jillydougan

- Co-design workshop, Zine and Flax Seed Kits with @onebite.design

- Exhibition and origami plant pot making with our Design Hothouse Residents @rachelcowie_graphics and @beth__schmidt

- Belfast Plant Map of plants found growing naturally in Belfast and places to pause in Belfast City Centre illustrated by @thomasbannondraws

- Leaf rubbing and interactive information gathering posters

Event funded by Belfast City Council and venue provided by @linenquarter

Photos kindly taken by @creativedavephotography

Sep 23

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Last Friday we had the best time hosting Belfast Community Plant Library at Bankmore Square for Culture Night 2026!

Belfast Community Plant Library was a collaborative project all about connecting people, place, plants and creativity and had lots of parts including:

- Plant Furniture Installation created by @d.keyssustainablewoodworking and the @greenremakehub

- Plant Clinic with @jillydougan

- Co-design workshop, Zine and Flax Seed Kits with @onebite.design

- Exhibition and origami plant pot making with our Design Hothouse Residents @rachelcowie_graphics and @beth__schmidt

- Belfast Plant Map of plants found growing naturally in Belfast and places to pause in Belfast City Centre illustrated by @thomasbannondraws

- Leaf rubbing and interactive information gathering posters

Event funded by Belfast City Council and venue provided by @linenquarter

Photos kindly taken by @creativedavephotography

Beautiful light in our Hill Street studios this evening ✨️ 💛 ✨️

Sep 22

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Beautiful light in our Hill Street studios this evening ✨️ 💛 ✨️