Building Community Through Botanicals with Stillgarden Distillery's Connor Howlett
Futurist28 Mar 2022

Building Community Through Botanicals with Stillgarden Distillery's Connor Howlett

Stillgarden is not your run-of-the-mill distillery. Homed in Dublin 8, the team here has cultivated a community-led garden from which they are proudly sourcing botanicals for their range of fresh and sustainable libations.

What began as gifting a handful of out-of-work bartenders some grow kits during the first COVID-19 lockdown has blossomed into their Social Botanists Project, with herbs, fruit trees, berries, and more grown, cultivated, and nurtured by the local community, with a little help from Stillgarden’s gardener in residence, Connor Howlett.

Connor joins me today to offer his expertise on how we can all encourage nature to bloom in even the most inhospitable of locations and shares how the ingredients grown at the garden are translated into delicious cocktails and spirits. Warning; you will be thirsty after this chat!

From their tree-planting initiatives and nature walks to group gardening sessions and national pollinator plans, Stillgarden is inspiring residents to get their hands dirty, in the best way.

Find out more about Stillgarden and Connor's work here

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