Bethnal Green Nature Reserve

Bethnal Green Nature Reserve

Bethnal Green Nature Reserve

Bethnal Green Nature Reserve

A cultural institute focused on ecological research and community learning in the heart of East London.

Phytology Medicinal Garden

The Phytology Medicinal Garden was established at Bethnal Green Nature Reserve in 2014. This urban physic garden provides free food and medicine for local and surrounding communities. Generally regarded as...

George Chakravarthi

George Chakravarthi has always been his own muse. In life, and professionally as an artist since the mid 1990s, Chakravarthi has been creating provocations around historical, contemporary and emerging notions...

Caretakers Project

Stories, guides and offerings for London’s green & blue spaces. The Caretakers Project was set up to capture and archive valuable local knowledge on community-led land stewardship. The project aims...

Winter volunteer dates 2024 / 2025

Sat 18 January 2025 11.00am – 1.00pm
Sat 18 January 2025

Over the winter months we take some time off to rest and restore the land. This dormancy period is also when the site team plan for the spring and summer...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - January 2025

Sun 26 January 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm
Sun 26 January 2025

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 26th January @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Forest Fridays

Forest Fridays is a free, weekly forest school for local children and families to explore the wonders of nature right on your doorstep. School-aged children and their families can learn...

Wetland Enhancement Report

Reflections on the Wetland Enhancement project This is the first of a 9-part post series by Tyra Enchill celebrating the Wetland Enhancement project and insights from the report, and her...

Mobile Apothecary

About us The Mobile Apothecary is a growing network of volunteers spanning the areas of herbalism, horticulture and the arts. Since April 2019, we have been bringing people together to...

Sam Wallman

So Below is a graphic essay by cartoonist and journalist Sam Wallman. Exploring the idea of land ownership, Wallman melds the political with the poetic, connecting both historical and contemporary...

Mycelium Ecology Project

In the Autumn of 2022 Revoke & Bethnal Green Nature Reserve co-hosted an eleven-week research, design and build project exploring mushroom and mycelium ecologies. The project was designed as an...

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