A 6 mile walk through the remaining fragments of the Great North Wood, a historical wooded landscape that ran from Deptford to Selhurst, with Roy Vickery helping with plant identification. Meet at the Rookery Café, Streatham Common. Edwin Malins, London Wildlife Trust No booking necessary. £2 suggested donation.
Peta will explain the fascinating way that leaf fossils show us how we can estimate the climate of southern England 34 million years ago. No booking necessary, this is a drop-in event Peta Hayes, Curator of Paleobotany, Natural History Museum Members free / £5 non-members
Another visit as part of our long-term plant survey of this site. All welcome. Roy Vickery Free
A short meeting to discuss the past year's happenings followed by a talk on "The Orchid Hunter - a young man's search for happiness". Leif set off as a teenager in 2013 to hunt down all 52 species of wild orchid native to Britain and Ireland. Here he will introduce his book which tells his …
Herbarium specimen display - both actual plants and images of plants collected on Tooting Common. 2.00 - 7.00 p.m. A talk - about people who have collected on Tooting Common or contributed to the knowledge of its flora. 7.00 - approx. 9.00 p.m. Roy Vickery Members: Free / Non-members £5
A leading researcher at Kew, Maria, will help us understand women's scientific legacy in her analysis of species author gender in the International Plant Names Index and the shocking inequality between female and male scientists. She will also look at the current situation and possible future changes for female botanists. No booking necessary Members £0 …
An evening of short talks and a time to share seeds. With the growing awareness of the benefits of saving seeds, come and join us for this opportunity to learn more about how you can save seeds in a community garden, share seeds across communities, build a more robust system for vegetable growing in Lambeth …
Scurvy killed 2 million British sailors, due to Vitamin C deficiency, from a diet without fruit or vegetables. Find out how Vitamin C works, the military and naval catastrophes, and the orange and lemon cure - repeatedly ignored until the discovery of Vitamin C in 1928. Members free/Non-Members £5 No booking necessary Henry Oakeley, …
A talk on the centuries old plants that have been used as a food and still can be, in many parts of the world. Jovita will also give some further information on the controversial topic of the risk elements of the possible toxicity of ferns. Members Free/Non-members £5 No booking necessary Jovita Yesilyurt, …
A fascinating presentation by a U3A (University of the Third Age) group. Describing the history of a 40 year span in the life of the SLBI; How it has evolved through times good and bad, and a pointer for how we see our future. Members Free/£5 non-members No booking necessary U3A South …
