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June
Natural Dyeing from Kitchen Botanics
Learn how to dye textiles and paper using fruit, vegetables, spices & other food. Zoe Burt, http://www.zoeburt.com £30 members /£35 non members Booking essential
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Container Food Growing*
Container growing and making the most of small space. Learn how to grow lots of food in a small space without a garden. To include seed sowing to take home. Aimed at beginners but all welcome. Mark Ridsdill Smith, https://verticalveg.org.uk £10 refundable deposit Booking essential *Please Note:These events are free thanks to funding from City Bridge Trust for our Botany on Your Plate project, but we would welcome donations towards our work Thank you
Find out more »Plant Drawing Evening 12th July 7 pm
Join our informal drawing group to explore and draw botany through flowers, fruits and forage. Beginners and experts welcome. Please bring art materials if you have them, and refreshments to share. Helen Firminger £5 donation
Find out more »Introduction to Composting for Urban Gardeners
Learn about nature's way of recycling giving you healthy plants and reducing waste. Sue Amos £15 members /£20 non members Booking essential
Find out more »Herbal Heritage: Forgotten Use of Wild Plants – Waterloo Millenium Green
Meet at the Bayliss Road entrance (near junction with Lower Marsh), SE1 SLBI donations welcome Roy Vickery, author Vickery's Folk Flora and SLBI President
Find out more »Common British & Irish Plant Families- 3. Mint, Figwort and Borage
Mark Spencer, former Senior Curator of the British and Irish Herbarium at the Natural History Museum, will be leading a series of 4 identification training sessions on common wild plant families, today members of the Mint, Figwort and Borage families. Mark Spencer £50 for 1 talk £180 for all 4
Find out more »Open Evening
Come and enjoy our beautiful garden with a glass of wine on a summer evening with your friends. All welcome. Donations appreciated No booking necessary
Find out more »August
Holiday Photography: Make the most of your Digital Camera
Cath Pearson, our gardener, will be teaching how to make the most of your camera and bravely take it off 'Auto,' using the SLBI garden on a summer's evening for practice. Booking essential £20 Cath Pearson, SLBI gardener
Find out more »Weeds at Rosendale Allotments, Herne Hill
A joint walk with the London Natural History Society. Meet at 10.30 am at the entrance to the allotments in Rosendale Road (nearest station Tulse Hill and Herne Hill). Part of the National Allotments Week. Free No booking necessary Roy Vickery, SLBI and George Hounsome, LNHS
Find out more »Common British & Irish Plant Families – 4. Goosefoot, Dock & Willow
Mark Spencer, former Senior Curator of the British and Irish Herbarium at the Natural History Museum, will be leading a series of 4 identification training sessions on common wild plant families, today members of the Goosefoot, Dock and Willow families. Mark Spencer £50 for 1 talk £180 for all 4
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