Bethnal Green Nature Reserve

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

Statement from Trustees

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Dear friends and supporters of Bethnal Green Nature Reserve,On Monday 29 May, an email was brought to the attention of the Board of Trustees that we understand people may have...

Phytology Medicinal Garden

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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...

'We Extend Ourselves Towards Each Other's Aliveness'

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Wed 1 February 2023 Wed 1 February 2023 — Wed 31 May 2023
Farzana Khan was artist in residence at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve during 2022, and part of, ‘We Speak In Tongues About The Thing(s) We Love’ programme curated by...

George Chakravarthi

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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...

Forest Fridays - After School Club 2023

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NEXT DATE:
4.00pm – 5.30pm
Fri 9 June 2023
Forest Friday’s is a free, weekly forest school for local children and families to explore the wonders of nature on your doorstep. School aged children and their families can learn...

Nature Reserve Volunteers Sessions

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NEXT DATE:
11.00am – 1.00pm
Sat 10 June 2023
In 2023 we will be hosting weekly volunteer sessions 11am – 1pm each Saturday from 6th May - 25th November 2023. These sessions are for both new and regular volunteers...

Bethnal Green Nature Reserve ~ Opening times

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NEXT DATE:
2.00pm – 5.00pm
Sat 10 June 2023
The Nature Reserve will be open for drop-in visits each Saturday 2pm – 5pm, 6th May till 25th November, 2023. No prior booking is required during this time. We host...

Forest Friday's

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Forest Friday's is a free, weekly forest school for local children and families to explore the wonders of nature on your very own doorstep. School aged children and their families...

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...

Ecstatic Rot:

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Artist Michelle Atherton (she/her) will be in residence during 2023, spending time researching our relationships with transience, decomposition and re-composition as more-than-human activities. She is interested in finding experimental ways...

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...

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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