Mobile Apothecary — call for fundraiser pledges!

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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...

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...

Misery in Residence - Autumn & Winter 2024

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Misery in Residence at Bethnal Green Nature Reserve Autumn & Winter 2024 Misery is a mental health collective focused on healing for queer, trans, and non-binary Black people and people...

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...

Misery Party - 2nd September 2023

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Sat 2 September 2023 12.00pm – 3.00pm
Misery Party in residence at Bethnal Green Nature Reserve this summer. Misery Party is a mental health collective centring healing for queer / trans / non-binary black people and people...

Mobile Apothecary - Street Service

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Sun 24 September 2023 7.00pm – 8.00pm
The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Bethnal Green Rd + Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green: Sunday 24th September @ 7pm – 8pm We will be serving...

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...

Mobile Apothecary - Street Service

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7.00pm Sat 30 April 2022 — 8.00pm Sat 30 July 2022
The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Bethnal Green Rd + Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green: 7pm – 8pm, 30th April 2023 We will be serving alongside...

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...

'We Extend Ourselves Towards Each Other's Aliveness'

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service

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The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Bethnal Green Rd + Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green: Sunday 31st July @ 7pm – 8pm. We will be serving...

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...

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...

The Non-existent Gardener - Artist Talk with Adelaide Bannerman & Eduardo Padilha

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Eduardo Padilha & Adelaide Bannerman will be discussing 'The Non-existent Gardener', the current site wide installation by Eduardo Padilha. The Non-existent Gardener, – an alter ego inspired by the character...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service, 7pm – 8pm, 26th June 2022

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The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Bethnal Green Rd + Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green: 26th June @ 7pm – 8pm We will be serving alongside...

Kupala Mid Summer Festival 

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Kupala Mid Summer Festival is returning to Bethnal Green Nature Reserve for a fourth year! Kupala is a traditional pre-christian Slavic holiday, originally celebrated on the shortest night of the...

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...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service, 7pm - 8pm, 29th May 2022

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The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Bethnal Green Rd + Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green: 29th May @ 7pm – 8pm We will be serving alongside...

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...

Nourishing Ourselves

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A free workshop facilitated by Artists Alaa Alsaraji and Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, who will provide a set of prompts and guided activities to support you in using various art forms...

Floating Margins - Publication Launch

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We are honoured to be hosting the publication launch of ‘Floating Margins’, a collaboration between editors, Rose Nordin, Amrita Dhallu and Priya Jay. Publication Launch, 5pm - 8pm, 15th May...

A celebration of the Eid holiday!

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Bethnal Green Nature Reserve wishes you a peaceful and joyous end of Ramadan and Eid Mubarak, and invite you to join us at our site for a celebration. We welcome...

Mobile Apothecary Street Service, 7pm - 8pm, 1st May 2022

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The Mobile Apothecary will be serving on the Corner of Bethnal Green Rd + Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green: 1st May @ 7pm – 8pm We will be serving alongside...

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...

Mobile Apothecary - Autumn Schedule

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Mobile Apothecary - Autumn Schedule 2021 7th October, Hackney Town Hall @ 8pm – 9pm 4th November, Hackney Town Hall @ 8pm – 9pm 2nd December, Hackney Town Hall @...

Laughter & Nature Comedy Night

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Join us for a night or stand-up comedy at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. 7pm - 10pm, 9th October Laughter & Nature Comedy Night is an experiMENTAL open mic comedy...

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...

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+...

Recipes for Resistance: Migration and un/belongin

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Healing Justice Ldn have teamed up with Recipes for Resistance to offer three workshops exploring Memory, Grief, and Un/belonging in relationship to the politics of food and identity. The third...

Mobile Apothecary Schedule

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Free herbal medicine to support community health. 11th April, Bethnal Green Tube Station @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm 22nd April, Hackney Town Hall @ 8pm – 9pm 7th May, Ridley...

F*Choir Singing Workshop

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Meet F*Choir and explore their music and methods at an ‘Open Singing Session’ within the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. Led by Jenny Moore, we will explore breathing and sounding together...

Create Conscious Community Presents Healing Herbalism! 

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Create Conscious Community & Rebecca Lazerou will be hosting a special online event featuring Rasheeqa Ahmad & Shumaisa Khan. The online event will be broadcast live from the Phytology...

Daze Aghaji + Adelaide Bannerman Billboard pt.2

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This billboard is the second of three hand-painted texts, part of a series of questions, observations and statements reflecting on this space, the environment and representation. ‘wecomewithourquestions’ is part of...

Daze Aghaji + Adelaide Bannerman Billboard pt.1

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This billboard is the first of three hand-painted texts, part of a series of questions, observations and statements reflecting on this space, the environment and representation. ‘wecomewithourquestions’ was first initiated...

Fiona Banner aka The Vanity Press - Billboard

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Fiona Banner has hand painted the Phytology billboard in stages over the summer, week by week adding in new letters and words to form the phrase ‘The Retrospective Has Been...

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 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...

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...

Lu Williams

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Artists and activist, Lu Williams, has been commissioned to produce a billboard and street poster campaign in the summer of 2018. A version of her ‘Teenage Girls Are Our Future’...

Alternative School of Economics

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The Alternative School of Economics is a collaboration between artists Ruth Beale and Amy Feneck. It is both an artwork and a way of working; it links artist practice with...

DJ Simpson

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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...

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...

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...

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Looking Back billboard by Eduardo Padilha