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September
Moth Morning
Enjoy a coffee then see what's in the moth trap! Alessandro Giusti, Natural History Museum £10 Booking essential
Find out more »Wonderful Willows (Sensational Salicaceae)
Learn all about Salicaceae (Willows) from a leading expert and explore the SLBI's historic herbarium willow specimens. Stay on for Open House? Part of Lambeth Heritage Festival. Dr.Irina V.Belyaeva-Chamberlain, Kew £30 members/ £35 non members Booking essential
Find out more »Open House
Come and visit the house, our collections and our garden and learn more about our founder, botany and our range of community events - and have delicious tea and cake. Open to all ages No booking necessary Free see www.londonopenhouse.org
Find out more »Saturday Botany at Sutton Community Farm
Come and learn more about plants at this former nursery site with relic plants and many ruderals. Sutton Community Farm, 40A Telegraph Track, Wallington, SM6 0SH (TQ284620). Meet 11:00 am at Wallington Station (TQ288639, NR Vic.), which is approximately 2km to north, from whence you can either walk to the site or use cars if there are sufficient. Jointly with the London Natural History Society. Please bring lunch. Donations welcome. No booking necessary Roy Vickey, author Vickery's Folk Flora
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Annual General Meeting and Talk: ‘Darwin’s Abominable Mystery – then and now’
A short meeting to discuss the past year's happenings as well as election of Trustees, All nominations for posts to be received by 5 pm on 19th September. Followed by a talk on the sudden expansion of the diversity of dicotyledonous plants during the Cretaceous. All Welcome: One hundred and forty years ago, in a letter to the Director of Kew Gardens, Charles Darwin wrote: “the rapid development ... of all the higher plants within recent geological times is…
Find out more »Understanding common & botanical names of plants in the SLBI garden
Apologies, we have had to cancel this event. A chance to learn more about this fascinating subject with June and our gardeners. June Chatfield, Sarah Davey £15 members / £20 non-members Booking essential
Find out more »Fungi Foray
Explore the assorted fungi on Tooting Common. Meet at Tooting Lido car park. Beginners welcome. No booking necessary £5 on day Fabrice Boltho
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The History and Uses of Herbaria
Based on the extensive SLBI herbarium and with a practical on specimen preparation. Mark will be giving a hands-on, fascinating workshop for those wanting to learn more about this botanical skill. This is a Biology Week event. Mark Spencer £40 members/£45 non-members Booking essential
Find out more »Plant Drawing Evening
Join our informal drawing group (not a class) to explore and draw botany through flowers and other plant materials. Beginners and experts welcome. Please bring art materials if you have them and refreshments to share. Helen Firminger £5 No booking necessary
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