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Orakle Community Qi Gong – Summer Term - Facilitated by bones tan jones

Sun 20 July 2025 12.00pm Sun 20 July 2025 — 1.30pm Sun 14 September 2025
Orakle Community Qi Gong – Summer Term Facilitated by bones tan jones Dates + times12pm - 1.30pm, 20th July12pm - 1.30pm, 27th July12pm - 1.30pm, 17th August12pm - 1.30pm, 7th...

Community Ecologies - The Colours of Herbs

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

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...

Community Ecologies - Embodied Drawing Workshop

Sat 4 October 2025 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Sat 4 October 2025
Join artist-researcher Kirsty Badenoch for an experimental drawing workshop exploring the life-cycles of the nature reserve. Through intuitive, mediative, and playful forms of mark-making, we will engage with death as...

Community Ecologies - Collective Cartographies Mapping Workshop

Sat 18 October 2025 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Sat 18 October 2025
Join us for 'Collective Cartographies Mapping Workshop' Saturday 18th October. workshop invites participants to make a large-scale collective map of Bethnal Green Nature Reserve – as it is, and as...

Community Ecologies - Butoh Movement Workshop

Sat 1 November 2025 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Sat 1 November 2025
Join Elspeth Chan for a unique movement workshop inspired by Butoh, the post-war Japanese avant-garde dance form. In this session, Elspeth will guide participants in exploring how our bodies can...

Community Ecologies - Unravelling the Patterns of Nature Workshop

Sat 15 November 2025 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Sat 15 November 2025
Join us for 'Unravelling the Patterns of Nature' Workshop on Saturday, 15th November. Step into a playful, multi-sensory exploration of nature's patterns through listening, making, and seeing. Discover the living...

Community Ecologies - Wild Food Walk

Sat 29 November 2025 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Sat 29 November 2025
Join us for this late autumn walk looking at the wild plants growing at Bethnal Green Nature Reserve with Than Gunabalasingham of Nourish the Wild CIC. We will be looking...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 6 September 2025 — 1.00pm 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...

Bethnal Green Nature Reserve - Opening Hours 2025

Sat 3 May 2025 2.00pm Sat 3 May 2025 — 5.00pm Sat 29 November 2025
2pm – 5pm Saturdays 3rd May - 29th November 2025 ~The Bethnal Green Nature Reserve is open for everyone to explore each Saturday across the Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter...

Misery - In Residence 2025

12.00pm Sat 1 February 2025 — 3.00pm Mon 1 December 2025
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...
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Community Ecologies - Singing with the Birds of Bethnal Green Nature Reserve with Catherine Clover

3.00pm – 4.00pm
Sat 26 July 2025
Join artist Catherine Clover on 26th July for a playful, informal, and participatory workshop exploring the voices of wild birds in Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. No experience or skill is...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 19 July 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 11 October 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Community Ecologies - Solitary Bees Hotel Workshop with Eamonn

3.00pm – 4.00pm
Sat 12 July 2025
Join us on Saturday 12th July to discover the world of Solitary Bees and help build a Solatary Bee Hotel! Europe has just one hive bee species, but hundreds of...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 12 July 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 4 October 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 5 July 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 27 September 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 28 June 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 20 September 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Community Ecologies - Creative Plant Naming Walkshop with Yaya

3.00pm – 4.00pm
Sat 21 June 2025
Join us for a plant-naming walk on Saturday 21st of June, where we will come together to meet with the different plant residents at the heart of the Bethnal Green...

Mobile Apothecary Annual Daisy Picking

11.00am – 1.00pm
Sat 21 June 2025
We are holding our annual Mobile Apothecary daisy picking sessions this Saturday! Many hands will make light work, so please come! When - 11am - 1pm Saturday 21st June Where...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 21 June 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 13 September 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 14 June 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 6 September 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term - Facilitated by bones tan jones

12.00pm Sun 8 June 2025 — 1.30pm Sun 3 August 2025
Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term Facilitated by bones tan jones Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese energy movement practice that’s accessible to all bodies and abilities. In these...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 7 June 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 30 August 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term - Facilitated by bones tan jones

12.00pm Sun 1 June 2025 — 1.30pm Sun 27 July 2025
Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term Facilitated by bones tan jones Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese energy movement practice that’s accessible to all bodies and abilities. In these...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 31 May 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 23 August 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 24 May 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 16 August 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term - Facilitated by bones tan jones

12.00pm Sun 18 May 2025 — 1.30pm Sun 13 July 2025
Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term Facilitated by bones tan jones Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese energy movement practice that’s accessible to all bodies and abilities. In these...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 17 May 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 9 August 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 10 May 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 2 August 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term - Facilitated by bones tan jones

12.00pm Sun 4 May 2025 — 1.30pm Sun 29 June 2025
Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term Facilitated by bones tan jones Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese energy movement practice that’s accessible to all bodies and abilities. In these...

Weekly Volunteer Sessions 2025

11.00am Sat 3 May 2025 — 1.00pm Sat 26 July 2025
11am - 1pm Saturdays 3rd May - 26th July 2025 ~A weekly activity where people can connect and help care for the Nature Reserve. We have x10 places each week...

Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term - Facilitated by bones tan jones

12.00pm Sun 27 April 2025 — 1.30pm Sun 22 June 2025
Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term Facilitated by bones tan jones Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese energy movement practice that’s accessible to all bodies and abilities. In these...

Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term - Facilitated by bones tan jones

12.00pm Sun 20 April 2025 — 1.30pm Sun 15 June 2025
Orakle Community Qi Gong – Spring Term Facilitated by bones tan jones Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese energy movement practice that’s accessible to all bodies and abilities. In these...

Pink Moon Qi Gong for Claudia

12.00pm – 1.30pm
Sun 13 April 2025
On the 4th of March 2025, radical herbalist Claudia Manchanda passed away. For those who knew Claudia, and were touched by their power, this loss is immense and profound. Claudia...

Winter volunteer dates 2024 / 2025

11.00am – 1.00pm
Sat 12 April 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...

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