My name is Matilya. I am a horticulturalist, artist, workshop facilitator and community gardener. I have spent most of my waking moments over the last 8 years tending to and communing with plants.
My work is centred around building relationships between people and plants and creating spaces for healing, care and memory work. I explore diasporic ways of communing with plants and reconnecting with the traditions of my Kenyan and Tanzanian ancestors. This takes many forms through garden and place-making, collaborative workshops and archival research.
Work
Recent Projects
‘Herbal Skincare Lab’ at at Thackray Museum of Medicine’s ‘Thackray Lates’
Co-design and build of the Rowland Road Play Patch + Sensory Garden commission 2025
Tea Ceremony Facilitation at ‘Sustenance’ with Edible Archives, Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
Upcoming events
