Blog Archive

On Sunday 5 June 2022, we held a free creative, cultural, community event at the SLBI to celebrate plants, the Platinum Jubilee and World Environment Day! Thanks to National Lottery …

The SLBI has completed its ‘Pavement Plants for People’ project.

Thanks to Craig Swick for this book review. If you would like to write a review of a botanical book for our blog, please get in touch. Lev Parikian, Light …

Our thanks to Craig Swick for another great botanical book review to kick off 2022. Amy-Jane Beer, A Tree A Day (B T Batsford 2021) This is a book I …

Our thanks to SLBI supporter, Craig Swick, for this book review. Mark Hamer, Seed to Dust:  Life, Nature and a Country Garden (Greystone Books 2021). This is a delightful book; …

Our thanks to Craig Swick, SLBI member, for starting our Botanical Book Reviews on this Blog. If you’d like to contribute a review, please get in touch. Stephen A. Harris, …

We’re looking for a new Chair of Trustees to help implement our new 5 year plan, increase diversity and fulfill our mission: Discovering Plants, Enriching Lives, Sustaining the Future.

Join our nature-based activities for children of all ages this summer!

Some good news for Earth Day 2021! The South London Botanical Institute (SLBI) is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 …

After another few months of Covid closure, we are pleased and excited to be able to reopen the SLBI garden to visitors! We open from Thurs 8 April so book …