The focus of this project is on cataloguing the South London Botanical Institute’s British Vascular Plant collection with vice-counties in mind, so we can better locate the geographic coverage of a particular …
Following substantial structural problems, over the past 12 months the Institute’s spacious two storey Victorian house went through extensive repairs and restoration. Here, we share some of the major works that took place. …
SLBI member Geoffrey Norman will be leading a survey of wild orchids growing in inner London boroughs south of the Thames including Merton, Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Greenwich. The …
LIVE: Monday 26th February to Sunday 10th March 2024 DOUBLE YOUR DONATION AT NO EXTRA COST TO YOU After a costly building project, we are launching a time limited match …
Noel Kingsbury, The Story of Flowers and How They Changed the Way we Live. Laurence King 2022. Illustrations by Charlotte Day. Our thanks to Craig Swick for this book review. …
Thanks to SLBI Member, Craig Swick, for another fascinating book review. Nicola Chester, On Gallows Down: Place, Protest and Belonging (Chelsea Green Publishing 2021). This is an extremely well written …
The South London Botanical Institute, which has been open for 113 years, has as part of a huge restoration project to save it from collapsing. The Institute (SLBI) occupies a …
Annie Proulx, Fen, Bog & Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis (4th Estate 2022). Reviewed by SLBI Member, Craig Swick. This book …
Botanical Book Review – Tickets for the Ark
Thanks to SLBI member, Craig Swick, for this book review. Daisy Butcher, Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic (British Library 2019). After a long day in the garden, …
