Ecology

Mobile Apothecary — call for fundraiser pledges!

Sun 10 May 2026

Since 2018, the Mobile Apothecary has been creating homemade herbal remedies for free distribution to local community members in Bethnal Green who face barriers to health, food, and shelter.Due to...

About the Experimental School of Urban Ecologies

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Bethnal Green Nature Reserve is launching a new learning space, the Experimental School of Urban Ecologies.We call it experimental because the environmental challenges we face today demand new ways of...

Foraging and Land Stewardship Course

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Bethnal Green Nature Reserve is excited to launch its first course from the Experimental School of Urban Ecology: Foraging and Land Stewardship. This six-module course offers a holistic and integrated...

'How To Build A Clay Pond'

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Why Build A Clay Pond? In 2024 Bethnal Green Nature Reserve and the Hollybush & Teesdale Tenants and Residence Association started a food growing space called Bethnal Green Ecology Garden...

Billboard Commissions Open Call 2026

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Bethnal Green Nature Reserve (BGNR) invites artists, designers, writers, poets, illustrators, and creatives working across disciplines to apply for one of four micro-grants for billboard commissions to be presented throughout...

Land-Body-Minds Meeting

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Thu 11 September 2025 10.15am – 3.30pm

About The Land-Body-Minds Meeting brings together four London-based grassroots collectives led by Black and People of Colour: LION (Land In Our Names), Earth Tenders, misery medicine, and the Bodyminds study...

Bethnal Green Ecology Garden

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The Bethnal Green Ecology Garden (formerly James Middleton House Food Hub) is a new green space rooted in collaboration, urban food growing, and ecology. Located at the corner of Middleton...

About Community Ecologies

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The Community Ecologies 2026 programme will focus on climate change and climate adaptation. Climate change can often feel overwhelming and abstract, which can lead people to disengage from the conversation...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service — March 2026

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Sun 29 March 2026 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 29 March @ 7pm – 8pmWe will be...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - February 2026

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Sun 22 February 2026 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 22 February @ 7pm – 8pmWe will be...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - January 2026

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Sun 25 January 2026 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 25th January @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - September 2025

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Sun 28 September 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 28th September @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - November 2025

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Sun 30 November 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 30th November @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - October 2025

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Sun 26 October 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm

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

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - July 2025

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Sun 27 July 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 27th July @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - June 2025

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Sun 29 June 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 29th June @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - May 2025

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Sun 25 May 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 25th May @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - March 2025

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Sun 30 March 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 30th March @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - February 2025

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Sun 23 February 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 23rd February @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - April 2025

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Sun 27 April 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 27th April @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - January 2025

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Sun 26 January 2025 7.00pm – 8.00pm

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...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - November 2024

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Sun 24 November 2024 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 24th November @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - October 2024

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Sun 27 October 2024 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 27th October @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service - September 2024

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Sun 29 September 2024 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Cambridge Heath Rd + Roman Rd, opposite Bethnal Green Tube Station: Sunday 29th September @ 7pm – 8pm We will...

Mobile Apothecary - July Street Service

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Sun 28 July 2024 7.00pm – 8.00pm

The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Bethnal Green Rd + Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green: Sunday 28th July @ 7pm – 8pm We will be serving...

A Guide to:

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A guide to creating a guide to creating a guide! Caretakers Project was initiated by the team at Bethnal Green Nature Reserve to a) pool the collective knowledge and...

A Guide to: The Oak & The Jay (a symbiosis)

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Download PDF Jays are colourful members of the Corvid family, related to Crows and Ravens. They inhabit most of mainland UK year round, in woodlands and forests in both...

A Guide to: Whiling away the hours in nature

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Download PDF Birds, bugs, grubs, and mud! Nature can be a source of truly endless fascination if you look closely enough. Watching the vast array of living organisms and...

A Guide to: Coppicing

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Download PDF Coppicing is an ancient woodland management technique.You harvest wood from the tree by cutting trunk(s) close to ground level and then allow it to regrow without needing...

A guide to: Taking on the icky jobs!

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Download PDF Some of the work necessary in natural spaces enables our appreciation of these environments’ beauty and tranquillity. Tending to spectacular flowers! Supporting charismatic wildlife! This is what...

A Guide to: Caring for Mushrooms

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Download PDF What you will need Garden rake - Used for maintaining the substrate and creating a suitable habitat.Hose pipe - To control humidity and moisture levels.Mulch - Provides...

A guide to being invited in

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Download PDF I remember walking into the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve for my first session as a volunteer on a warm June day in 2019. I’d been living near...

A guide to watering and letting things flow

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Download PDF One of the most important parts for any garden or living plant is water. The right amount of water, not too little not too much, just enough...

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...

'Feedback' by Polly Townsend

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Wed 1 November 2023 — Sat 30 December 2023

Polly Townsend’s billboard is inspired by her recent experience as Artist in Residence in the Antarctic in January 2023. The billboard work uses acrylic and watercolour paint, both long-standing mediums...

Dawn Chorus Bird Walk with Jane Mutiny

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Sat 17 June 2023 5.30am – 7.00am

Join our bird survey team for a dawn chorus walk led by environmentalist and bird enthusiast Jane Mutiny.The dawn chorus is the outbreak of birdsong at the start of each...

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...

Wetland Enhancement Report

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

Forest Fridays 2025

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

Forest Saturdays - September 2025

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Forest Friday 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...

Forest Fridays - September 2025

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Forest Friday 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...

Forest Saturdays - August 2025

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Forest Friday 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...

Forest Fridays - August 2025

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Forest Friday 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...

Forest Fridays, 25th April - 18th July 2025

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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 doorstep. School aged children and their families can learn...

Forest Fridays - After School Club 2025

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Fri 11 April 2025 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Forest Friday’s is a free forest school for local children and families to explore the wonders of nature on your doorstep. School aged children and their families can learn about...

Forest Fridays - After School Club 2025

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Sat 15 March 2025 11.00am – 12.30pm

Forest Friday’s is a free forest school for local children and families to explore the wonders of nature on your doorstep. School aged children and their families can learn about...

Forest Fridays - After School Club - Autumn 2024

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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...

Forest Fridays - After School Club 2024

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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 doorstep. School aged children and their families can learn...

Forest Fridays - After School Club 2023

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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 doorstep. School aged children and their families can learn...

OPENING TIMES

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10.00pm Sat 7 May 2022 — 12.00am Sun 11 December 2022

The Bethnal Green Nature Reserve will be open each Saturday; 2pm - 4pm 7th May till 10th December Come and explore this small but mighty urban Nature Reserve, an oasis...

George Chakravarthi - AUM Billboard

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Thu 1 September 2022 — Wed 30 November 2022

George Chakravarthi is an artist in residence at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve during 2021-2022 and part of the, We Speak In Tongues About The Things We Love project...

Mushroom and mycelium inoculation workshop pt.3

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Sat 26 November 2022 7.00pm – 10.00pm

Our 2022 Ecology research project looks to explore the complex relationships between our bodies and mycelium communities for food, medicine, habitat, spiritual and ecological connections. Due to popular demand...

Bethnal Green Nature Reserve - Weekly Volunteer Sessions

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In 2022 we will be hosting weekly volunteer sessions 11am – 1pm each Saturday from 7th May till 19th November 2022. These sessions are for regular volunteers who have previously...

EARTHSHAPES #8 CHERISHING - SAMHAIN - NOVEMBER

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Fri 4 November 2022 1.30am – 3.00am

We have reached the eighth and final turn of the wheel! High autumn, Samhain, Hallowe’en - it’s the season of remembering, recomposing, re-generationing and holding our arms out wide to...

Ecology as Boundless Presence: Mindful Observation and Writing Workshops

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For this second experimental wetland survey, we will practice presence as a gateway to ecological knowledge. We will begin with a mindful observation workshop held by interdisciplinary ecologist Tyra Enchill...

Feathered: Art Workshop with Jane Mutiny

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10.00pm Sat 15 October 2022 — 1.00am Sun 16 October 2022

Join the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve Bird Survey team for an afternoon of learning and creativity with local artist, environmentalist and bird enthusiast Jane Mutiny. For centuries, feathers have long...

mulch

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Thu 15 September 2022 — Sun 2 October 2022

mulch is a new living installation by artist, writer and gardener Sean Roy Parker created in, with and for plants at Phytology. Working amongst the ruins of a former market...

EARTHSHAPES #7 Re-storytelling, Autumn Equinox

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Join Becky Lyon / ELASTIC FICTION for the seventh in a series of 8 art-practice-led gatherings following and drawing attention to seasonal rhythms, patterns of place and earth-centric chronology. ...

Re-Turning to Earth (Grief Circle for BPOC)

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Earth, an in-person grief circle to acknowledge ecological loss. 6PM BST, Wed 28th Sep, Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, London, E2 9RRTickets - www.eventbrite.co.ukPlease note, this session will be for...

Experimental Wetland Ecology Survey: Herbarium Workshop with Mila

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10.00pm Sat 24 September 2022 — 1.00am Sun 25 September 2022

Herbaria are collections of dried plants that can be stored, catalogued and arranged by family, genus and species, capturing the community of a time and place. As part of the...

Insect Survey Workshop - Surface, Soil & Leaf litter Invertebrates

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Our local insect expert, Gino Brignoli, will be hosting a series of insect (invertebrate) workshops across summer. The workshops will celebrate local invertebrate fauna by providing first-hand knowledge on how...

Open House Festival 2022

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A self-guided tour of Old Bethnal Green’s Social Spaces - how places shape people and people shape spaces. This self-guided walking tour is a short stroll through the little-known but...

Pesticide-Free London Event - Botanical Mixer

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Come and find out about London’s urban pesticide problem and how, together, we can make the city greener and more diverse. We invite local green organisations, Pesticide-Free London campaigners and...

Herbal Uprising Part 4: Herbal Community Care Toolkit for BPoC

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Join us for Herbal Uprising Part 4 (BPOC only). About this event In collaboration with Herbal Blessing Clinic’s Rabiah Mali & Healing Justice LDN, ‘Herbal Uprising’ is a series...

Herbal Uprising Part 3: Herbal Community Care Toolkit for BPoC

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Join us for Herbal Uprising Parts 3 (BPOC only). About this event In collaboration with Herbal Blessing Clinic’s Rabiah Mali & Healing Justice LDN, ‘Herbal Uprising’ is a series...

Insect Survey Workshop – Aquatic Invertebrates

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Our local insect expert, Gino Brignoli, will be hosting a series of insect (invertebrate) workshops across summer. The workshops will celebrate local invertebrate fauna by providing first-hand knowledge on how...

Learning from herbs: tea tasting and plant observation with Mila.

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As part of the ongoing experimental ecology survey at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, this workshop will be looking at the physical and emotional responses that plants generate within us...

New Volunteers Session – 30th July 2022

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In 2022 we will be hosting monthly volunteer sessions for new volunteers at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. The next session will take place 2pm – 4pm Saturday, 30th July...

Forest Friday’s - free, weekly forest school

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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 doorstep. School aged children and their families can learn...

Cyanotype Workshop by Hayley Harrison & Melanie King

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Cyanotype type printing is an alternative photography process using chemicals that create blue prints when exposed to sunlight. You’ll learn how to make one-off Cyanotype prints from flowers, leaves and...

The Gardening Drawing Club: VOL. 1 Summer

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Founded in 2021, The Gardening Drawing Club is a series of unique events with a holistic approach offering free access to arts and horticulture in Britain. With monthly happenings, The...

Experimental Ecology Survey Workshop; ‘A morning with Terry Lyle & Izzy Johnson: Stories and Flora of the BGNR from 1970's to now'

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As part of an ongoing experimental ecology survey at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, this workshop will be centered around sharing stories about the history of the Reserve as...

Herbal Uprising Part 2: Herbal Allies for Speaking into Truth

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Join us for Herbal Uprising Part 2 (women and trans femme people only). About this event In collaboration with Herbal Blessing Clinic’s Rabiah Mali & Healing Justice LDN, ‘Herbal...

EARTHSHAPES #5 - Digesting Summer

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Join Becky Lyon / ELASTIC FICTION for the fifth in a series of 8 art-practice-led gatherings following seasonal rhythms. About this event Join Becky Lyon / ELASTIC FICTION for...

Experimental Ecology Survey Workshop; 'What’s your herb culture'?

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Mixing our medicine ways and sharing our plant love. As part of the experimental Ecology Survey at the Bethnal Green Natural Reserve, we are gathering with community herbalist Rasheeqa Ahmad...

Insect Survey Workshop - Invertebrates on Plants & Flying Invertebrates

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Our local insect expert, Gino Brignoli, will be hosting a series of insect (invertebrate) workshops across summer. The workshops will celebrate local invertebrate fauna by providing first-hand knowledge on how...

Insect Survey Workshop - Recording data, keeping a field notebook, & using identification guides and keys

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Our local insect expert, Gino Brignoli, will be hosting a series of insect (invertebrate) workshops across summer. The workshops will celebrate local invertebrate fauna by providing first-hand knowledge on how...

New Volunteers Session – 25th June 2022

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In 2022 we will be hosting monthly volunteer sessions for new volunteers at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. The next session will take place 2pm – 4pm Saturday, 25th June...

Herbal Uprising Part 1: Plant Medicine As a Guide to Deep Rest

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In collaboration with Herbal Blessing Clinic’s Rabiah Mali & Healing Justice LDN, ‘Herbal Uprising’ is a series of 3 sessions that will explore the potential of plant medicine to deepen...

New Volunteers Session – 28th May 2022

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In 2022 we will be hosting monthly volunteer sessions for new volunteers at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. The next session will take place 2pm – 4pm Saturday, 28th May...

Re-turning to Earth: Grief Circle for BPoC, Farzana Khan x Phytology

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‘What happens if the hollowness we feel is the prolonged absence of hearing birdsong?’ - Francis Weller On Wednesday 25th May at 6PM, Healing Justice Ldn’s monthly grief circle will...

Insect survey workshop pt.1

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Our local insect expert, Gino Brignoli, will be hosting a series of insect (invertebrate) workshops across summer. The workshops will celebrate local invertebrate fauna by providing first-hand knowledge on how...

Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds album launch

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Singer, song writer Merlyn Driver will be hosting a one-off album launch in collaboration with the RSPB 7pm - 10pm, 12th May 2022 Merlyn Driver's love for one of the...

Earthshapes #4 Resonating

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Join Becky Lyon / ELASTIC FICTION for the fourth in a series of 8 art-practice-led gatherings following and drawing attention to seasonal rhythms, patterns of place and earth-centric chronology. Time...

Volunteer Session – April 2022

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We are holding monthly volunteer sessions at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve across the winter months. The next session will take place 11am – 1pm Saturday, 9th April 2022. You’ll...

An Evening of Listening

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The evening will include ‘Projection’ a participatory interspecies performance led by Hayley Harrison, bat echolocation led by Michael Smythe - accompanied by fresh nettle pakora, herbal tea & a...

Rights for Weeds – Foraging Walk pt.3

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Izzy Johnson aka Rights for Weeds will be hosting a series of foraging walks through Spring and early summer within the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. 1pm – 3pm, Saturday 2nd...

Healing Justice LDN - Fire Ceremony

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Join Healing Justice LDN for a Fire Ceremony 6pm - 8pm, 30th March 2022 Bethnal Green Nature Reserve This event kicks off our monthly healing and grief space, intended to...

Rights for Weeds – Foraging Walk pt.2

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Izzy Johnson aka Rights for Weeds will be hosting a series of foraging walks through Spring and early summer within the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. 1pm - 3pm, Saturday 26th...

EARTHSHAPES #3 - Spring Equnox

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Join Becky Lyon / ELASTIC FICTION to celebrate the long awaited arrival of spring! About this event Join Becky Lyon / ELASTIC FICTION for the third in a series...

Rights for Weeds - Foraging Walk pt.1

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Izzy Johnson aka Rights for Weeds will be hosting a series of foraging walks through Spring and early summer within the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. 1pm - 3pm, Saturday 19th...

Volunteer Session – February2022

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We are holding monthly volunteer sessions at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve across the winter months. The next session will take place 11am - 1pm Saturday, 26th February 2022. You’ll...

Volunteer Session – February2022

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We are holding monthly volunteer sessions at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve across the winter months. The next session will take place 11am - 1pm Saturday, 26th February 2022. You’ll...

Healing Herbalism - Mushroom Medicine Making Workshop

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Create Conscious Community presents Healing Herbalism: Mushroom Magic Healing herbalism is a series of workshops that teach people how to collaborate with the earth's treasures and make healing medicines...

EARTHSHAPES #2 AWAKENING - FIRST SHOOTS - FEBRUARY

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Join Becky Lyon / ELASTIC FICTION for an early morning gathering marking the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. About this event Join Becky Lyon...

Volunteer Sessions – January 2021

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We are holding monthly volunteer sessions at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve across the winter months. The next session will take place 11am - 1pm Saturday, 29th January 2021. You’ll...

Volunteer Sessions – December 2021

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We are holding monthly volunteer sessions at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve across the winter months. The December session will take place at 11am - 1pm, Monday 27th December 2021...

EARTHSHAPES #1 REPLENISHING - MID-WINTER

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Join Becky Lyon / ELASTIC FICTION for the first in a series of 8 art-practice-led gatherings following and drawing attention to seasonal rhythms, patterns of place and earth-centric chronology. ...

Forest Friday's

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Tue 22 March 2011 7.00am – 7.00am

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 about...

Volunteer Sessions – November 2021

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We are holding monthly volunteer sessions at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve across the winter months. The next session will take place 11am - 1pm Saturday, 27th November 2021. You’ll...

Volunteer Sessions - September till October 2021

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Join our weekly medicine garden volunteer sessions each Saturday 11am - 1pm throughout September & October. You’ll learn how to identify, nurture and harvest a wide variety of medicine plants...

Forest Friday - October Half Term Session

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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 doorstep. School aged children and their families can learn...

Letters to the Earth: A Creative Workshop

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Time to Pause. Time to Connect. Time to Listen. Connect with others to share your responses to the current crises we face: climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice and our...

August Holiday Nature Club

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Forest Friday's is a free outdoor learning opportunity for local children and families to explore the wonders of nature on your doorstep. We will be holding a week long Nature...

Leaf Hearing Blue, Moss Tickling a Soil by Becky Lyon

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Join Becky Lyon + ELASTIC FICTION for three experimental workshops inviting you to re-sensitise, re-tune and imagine-with the ecology found within the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. This forms part of...

The London Moth Project: Live event and ID session

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Join Katherine Pogson as she surveys and documents month populations living in the heart of Bethnal Green! Meet some of the surprising hidden creatures that live in the local...

Ecology Internship - Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, Tower Hamlets

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We are recruiting an Ecology Intern aged 18 – 25 years old from underrepresent groups within the conservation sector i.e. BIPOC, ethnic minorities, people from working class backgrounds & LGBTQ+...

PRIMORDIAL SKY

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Primordial Sky is an experimental performance of music and movement taking place across the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve woodlands. A symbiosis of music/dance/sculpture will correspond with above-ground and soil ecologies...

Wild Walk Workshop

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This workshop will take you into the depths of the woods, looking closely at the flora and fauna of Bethnal Green. The workshop will explore the rich biodiversity living in...

Bird Watching Workshop

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Join Jane Laurie, local artist and bird expert, on a bird watching walk around Bethnal Green. Jane will play her collection of bird song field recordings from her avine archive...

Bushcraft Workshop pt.2

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Learn how to build, maintain and cook on an open campfire this summer. You will learn a range of useful techniques for lighting and maintaining a campfire for cooking up...

Foraging Workshop

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Join Izzy (aka Benevolent Weeds) as she leads a foraging walk throughout the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve's woodlands. You'll learn about the wild sessional food and medicinal plants that can...

Wetland Ecology Survey Workshop

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Take part in an ecological surveying of the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve wetlands. We will pond dip and collect a range of insects, amphibians, animals and plants living in our...

Living Monoliths & Seed Bomb Talk

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Maria Roy Deulofeu & Sean Ross are two sustainable designers from the United Matters design collective currently working within the Nature Reserve. Over the past two months they have been...

Bug Hunt Workshop

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We will look in the woods and the wetlands for the fascinating invertebrates that live in Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. Using equipment, such as microscopes, magnifiers and identification keys. We...

Tree School - Spring Half Term

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Tree School returns to the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve for the spring half-term. Tuesday 1st – Friday 4th June 2021 Tree School is a free, family friendly opportunity for children...

Tree & Urban Forestry Workshop

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Learn more about the ecosystem of trees. One of the planets great food, shelter, carbon regulators, habitat and oxygen providers, trees are an integral part of human and non-human life...

Introduction to Urban Ecology Workshop

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Join Ecologist’s Richard Bullock + Dimuthu Meehitiya to learn about different data collection methods of ecology. Learn about sweep netting, transect walks, pond dipping, and data collation processes. Biodiversity data...

Ecology Workshops

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Wetland/Pond Life 11am - 1pm, 10th April Come and Investigate Bethnal Green Nature Reserve's ponds. Learn about the amazing pond life diversity found in our urban wetlands. Pond-dipping is...

The Squirrel’s Heartbeat by Fiona Banner

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The Squirrel’s Heartbeat ‘The Squirrel’s Heartbeat’ is a series of conversations ruminating on the environment, art and activism, part of Fiona Banners' (aka The Vanity Press) 2020/21 research residency at...

Queer Ecologies: Microbe Disco

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As part of Electric Dreams Online, The Queer Ecologies collective invites you to join us for a multi-species, multi-generational and intersectional virtual disco! Come meet your companion species, move with...

FOREST FRIDAY

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FOREST FRIDAY is a weekly project for local children + families to explore the wonders of nature on your doorstep. Our team will be giving away seeds and soil so...

Woodland Management - Volunteer Day

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We are doing some winter woodland management at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve and would love your help! . 2pm till 5pm, 8th Feb Bethnal Green Nature Reserve . There...

Through The Microscope

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Join the Roving Microscope and LEAP Micro AD for this unique opportunity to look inside Calthorpe’s anaerobic digester. A giant mechanical stomach, the digester produces a rich liquid fertiliser...

Forest Fridays

Project

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...

Lucy Cash

Project

Lucy Cash is a writer and artist with a background in performance and choreography. She has written for radio and sound installations, performance and film. Cash was resident artist across...

DJ Simpson

Project

DJ Simpson is a contemporary artist who was inspired by the non-human architecture found across the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, such as nests, hives and dreys. Across the Summer &...

Bat Sanctuary

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In 2017 the Phytology team launched a new bat sanctuary project - extending the natural resources of the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve to accommodate urban bat populations. The development of...

Phytology Medicinal Garden

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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...

Talya Baldwin

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Talya Baldwin is a British illustrator based in West Yorkshire. Much of her work focuses on the unseen or disregarded, aiming to promote public engagement with contemporary ecological issues. Her...

Institute of Use

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Institute of Use’s (IOU) response to the Phytology project focuses on the history of the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. Throughout their 2014 residency IOU explored the site’s ecology, and the...