Bethnal Green Nature Reserve

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

Experimental School of Urban Ecology:

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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...

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...

'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...

‘Dormancy’, our new billboard by Yaya (海)

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Sat 13 December 2025 — Tue 31 March 2026
Yaya (海) is a visual artist, and creative facilitator whose work drifts through outdoor spaces, queering echoes of Southern Chinese cosmology and body-land somatics into rituals of arts.Much of Yaya’s...

Of Lost & Found

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This project is a collection of stuff found within the Phytology site, East London, while Ellie Doney was artist in residence throughout 2017.VISIT SITEHer interest in the project was material...

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...

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...

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...

Mobile Apothecary

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The Mobile Apothecary will return to Bethnal Green on 16th June.The Mobile Apothecary is a collaborate between Phytology, Herbalists Without Borders & St Margarets House - delivering free, freshly prepared...

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 well...

Community Qi Gong with Orakle Apothecary

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Sun 15 March 2026 3.30pm – 5.00pm
This spring, Orakle Apothecary returns with a new season of energising, community-focused Qi Gong sessions at Bethnal Green Nature Reserve throughout March, April, and May. More information and booking details...

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 — 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...

Mobile Apothecary Annual Daisy Picking

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Sat 14 March 2026 11.00am – 1.00pm
The annual Mobile Apothecary Daisy Harvest is back this weekend!Weather permitting, we’ll be starting our daisy harvesting a little earlier than usual this year. Our first session will be:14th March11:00am...

Winter volunteer dates 2025 / 2026

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Sat 14 March 2026 11.00am – 1.00pm
Over the winter months, we’ll be slowing down to restore the land—and one another. During this time, we’ll pause our weekly volunteer sessions and instead host one larger session each...

Forest Friday - Winter Warmer

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Sat 14 March 2026 11.00am – 1.00pm
Forest Friday returns this Saturday for a winter warmer session in our woodlands. Places may be limited, so please book in advance if you can. Snacks provided. Session Details📅 Saturday...

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...

Winter volunteer dates 2025 / 2026

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Sat 21 February 2026 11.00am – 1.00pm
Over the winter months, we’ll be slowing down to restore the land—and one another. During this time, we’ll pause our weekly volunteer sessions and instead host one larger session each...

Forest Saturday - Winter Warmer

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Sat 21 February 2026 11.00am – 1.00pm
Forest Saturday returns for another winter warmer session in our woodlands. Snacks provided. You can book via the email below or just drop in. Session details (rain, snow or shine)...

Forest Friday - Winter Warmer

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Fri 20 February 2026 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Forest Friday returns for another winter warmer session in our woodlands. Snacks provided. You can book via the email below or just drop in. Session details (rain, snow or shine)...

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overhead view of Bethnal Green Nature reserve and the Ecology Garden