Bethnal Green Nature Reserve

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

Phytology Medicinal Garden

Project
Phytology is an urban physic garden established in 2014. The 30+ species of plants that we grow here are known for their historical and ongoing use in phytotherapy*, as well...

George Chakravarthi

Project
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

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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...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

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NEXT DATE:
11.00am Sat 6 September 2025 — 2.00pm Sat 29 November 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 6th September - 29th November 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Misery - In Residence 2025

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NEXT DATE:
12.00pm Sat 6 September 2025 — 3.00pm Mon 6 July 2026
Misery in residence at Bethnal Green Nature Reserve throughout 2025. Misery is a mental health collective centring healing for queer / trans / non-binary black people and people of colour.Bethnal...

Community Ecologies - The Colours of Herbs

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Sat 6 September 2025 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Sat 6 September 2025
Join us for 'The Colour of Herb's' walk on Saturday 6th September. We will walk among the plants, looking at their various colours and what they might tell us. This...

Community Ecologies - Forage & Preserve: Wild Food Skills for Urban Ecology Led by Magdalena

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Sat 20 September 2025 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Sat 20 September 2025
Join us for a Forage & Preserve making workshop on Saturday 20th September. This is a hands-on workshop where you’ll explore the edible urban abundance growing all around us.. Learn...

Forest Fridays

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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