National Garden Scheme (Open garden)

London’s smallest botanical garden is open again after major refurbishment to our building. Spring highlights include unusual bulbs, ferns, flowering trees and early roses. Wild flowers flourish beside medicinal herbs. Scented, native and woodland plants are featured, growing among rare trees and shrubs. There is a small dye plant bed and a collection of succulents …

Field Meeting in West Norwood Cemetery (SBS and SLBI members only)

West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium Norwood Road, London, England, United Kingdom

Joint botany field meeting with Surrey Botanical Society led by Amanda Tuke and Geoff Norman. We'll be recording the wild plants we find growing in West Norwood Cemetery as part of our programme of regular surveys there. This is a FREE event. All welcome regardless of level of expertise but be aware that it may …

Free - £5.00

Plant Sale

South London Botanical Institute 323 Norwood Road, London, Gt Lon

We will have a large selection of very reasonably priced plants including shrubs, houseplants and some rarer cuttings propagated from our garden plus on-hand advice from our gardeners and volunteers to advise on suitable plants for your space and how best to make them flourish. Entry is FREE.

Herne Hill Market

Come on down to Herne Hill Market and visit our stall on Sunday 19th May. We will be here 10am - 1pm. The rest of the market ends at 4pm.  Herne Hill Market is conveniently located next to Brockwell Park and Herne Hill Station. So why not have a morning or afternoon stroll, purchase local …

Healing Hedgerows Walk (Part of Wandsworth Heritage Festival)

Tooting Bec Common Cafe Tooting Bec Common Cafe, London, England, United Kingdom

Botanist Roy Vickery leads this walk exploring the folklore and traditional uses of plants found in the hedgerows of Tooting Common. He is currently compiling an archive covering all aspects of the folklore and traditional uses of plants, a project instigated by the Folklore Society’s ‘survey of unlucky flowers’ in the 1980s. The walk is …

Free - £5.00