Past Events

Art and CraftArt and CraftUsing food plant waste, you will be dyeing small fabric pieces and play with simple kitchen chemistry to change the colours to make a colourful swatch card to take home. A combination of art and science for half term fun at SLBI. Zoe Burt Booking essential £6 refundable deposit*Please note this event is free thanks to funding from City Bridge Trust for our Botany on Your Plate project, but we ask for a deposit to secure…

Learning to preserve plant specimens A workshop where participants will be learning the above skills with a variety of specimens from our herbarium collection. A unique chance to get close to some of our historic plants and get to know more about herbarium expertise.Mark Spencer £45 members/£50 non-members Booking essential

Blue to Brown Get inspired by our garden and herbarium to develop unique blueprints (prints from the sun) using plants. Learn how to remove the blue colour from the prints and make brown-toned images, whilst discovering the historical process of blueprinting and its links to botany. Zoe Burt, http://www.zoeburt.com £35 members/£40 non-members Booking essential

Plant-Lore The second in a series of joint walks with West Norwood Cemetery on the theme of plant-lore. Roy, author of Vickery's Folk Flora, will be identifying plants and sharing his knowledge in this fascinating cemetery. All levels welcome. Booking essentialRoy Vickery £10

Sorry but this event has now been postponed till later in the year, all tickets will be valid for the re-scheduled event. Beautiful tiny gardens   Come and learn how to make your very own miniature garden in a special glass vessel. Beautiful to look at, easy to look after and a perfect Mother's Day gift! London Terrariums, http://www.slondonterrariums.com £40 Booking essential

Please note this event has been postponed to later in the year, all current tickets holders will be valid for the re-scheduled date. Sweet potato is among the most consumed crops worldwide and a staple in many developing countries. This crop of American origin is now cultivated in all tropical and subtropical regions of the Globe for its edible storage roots, which are able to grow in poor dry soils with minimum labour. In the first part of this talk,…

Please note this event has been postponed to later in the year due to current Covid-19 restrictions, all current tickets holders will be valid for the re-scheduled date. Find out lots more about the cocoa bean That dark, pleasantly bitter, chemically complex substance we know of as chocolate, bears little resemblance to the pulp surrounded seeds of the cocoa plant from which it is produced. Join Vilma Bharatan to explore the history, its botany and processes involved in its transformation…