Bat Workshop pt.3 – Bat detecting along the canal (the basics in echolocation)
8:30pm - 11:00pm, 15th July 2017
Phytology - Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Join us for an evening of bat detecting along a walk from Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park to the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve taking in Mile End Park and the Regents Canal. The walk will take us through a variety of different habitats which bats like to use for feeding and commuting and we may encounter…
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Ivana Kupala – Solstice Festival
6pm - 11pm, July 6th 2017
Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Join us for Ivana Kupala celebration, an Eastern European & Scandinavia summer solstice festival dating back to pagan times. The evening will include a Ukrainian tea ceremony by artist Olha Pryymak, a performance by folk singer Svitlana Pyrkalo, astronomy talk by Paul Hill, and an installation by Phytology resident artist’s Ellie Doney and Lumen. Join us for a Ukrainian…
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Let’s Get Lost
7.00pm - 10.00pm, 1st July 2017
Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Come and join us for an evening of outdoor readings from contemporary writers & poets, including specially commissioned work exploring themes of urban wilderness. Contributors include.. Music by Helen Bailey and Wiryjack Kate Richards on Beginnings Daphne Walker – city life with a country soul Rym Kechacha – poem Baobab Marika Thorogood – story Raw/Den…
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Dig Workshop pt.2 – Pewter casting and silicone mould making
11am till 1pm, June 24th
Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Urban Mudlarking at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve with Phytology’s Artist in Residence: Ellie Doney. Over the summer months Ellie will lead a series of public ‘digs’, urban mudlarking, excavating, analysing & archiving found materials. 11am till 1pm – followed by a shared lunch Inspired by traditional gold weights from Ghana, this workshop involves casting found objects…
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VOICED – David Nash
3rd - 17th June
Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
In the summer of 2015, artists Lucía Montero and Duncan Robertson commissioned six writers to develop original text inspired by this wild piece of land called the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. The Voiced project took the form of a traditional artist residency, providing a space for writers to explore the cultural heritage of this part…
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Herbal Medicine Workshop Pt.2 – Herbs to PROTECT
11am - 1pm, 17th June 2017
Phytology - Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Phytology’s Herbal Medicine summer workshops offer an introduction to the native plants growing in the medicinal meadow at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, alongside practical information about how to use these herbs safely and effectively in the home for many different ailments. Following on from the first Herbal Workshop on Balance, the following workshops will…
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Bat Workshop pt.2 – How To Construct A Bat Habitat
11am - 1pm, 10th June 2017
Phytology - Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Phytology is launching a new bat sanctuary project – extending the natural resources of the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve to accommodate an urban bat population. The development of the bat sanctuary is the natural next step in our ongoing biodiversity improvement programme. Over the spring and summer months our resident ecologist Olly Edmonds is hosting…
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Botanical Drawing Classes
2pm - 4pm, 10th June 2017
Phytology - Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Drop in botanical drawing classes with artist and illustrator and teacher Jo Fisher Roberts. Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve 2-4pm, 10th June No previous experience required (donation payment). “To draw an object in nature is to stop and consider it, to try and work out how it fits together.”
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IN YOUR HANDS – After School Club
6th June - 13th July, 2017
Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Standpoint Studios, in collaboration with Phytology, invite young people aged 8 -14 to participate in a series of creative workshops over the summer of 2017. The course will focus on research within the Phytology site, exploring the amazing and illusive life of urban BATS! DATES Tuesday Club: 6th June, 13th June, 20th June, 27th June, 4th July,…
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VOICED – Sarah Westcott
6th - 27th May, 2017
Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
VOICED is an immersive sound installation embedded amongst the trees, undergrowth and ruins of the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. Sarah Westcott will be the featured artist throughout the month of May. Westcott has a science degree and an MA in poetry from Royal Holloway, University of London. She grew up in north Devon on the…
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Urban Mudlarking Workshop
11am - 1pm, May 27th 2017
Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Urban Mudlarking Workshop with Resident Artist – Ellie Doney Urban Mudlarking Workshop with Resident Artist – Ellie Doney: Sun-prints and flipbook animations This method of early photography captures the shadow or trace of an object, which we will animate by creating a little blue flipbook. Book your place here. We begin with a guided dig…
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Herbal Medicine Workshop pt.1 – Herbs for BALANCE
11am - 1pm, 20th May 2017
Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Focus: herbs for allergies, respiratory system and for stress, anxiety and depression. Introduction to phytology‘s herbal meadow and the plants main herbal constituents. Explore how to pick and dry herbs seasonally and how to make your own synergistic tea blends and infusions. Shared lunch from 1-2pm. Book your place here. Phytology’s summer workshops offer an…
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Bat Workshop pt.1 – Bats in Bethnal Green (Evening Workshop)
7:30pm - 9:30pm, 13th May 2017
Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
An evening focusing on the importance of Bethnal Green Nature Reserve for bats. Visitors will get the chance to learn more about the Bat Sanctuary project, why and how bats are awesome little mammals that happily live around us and what we can use to listen and experience them on our doorstep. Book your place…
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2017 Launch
4pm - 8pm, May 6th 2017
Phytology - Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Phytology returns for 2017! Join us for the launch of our new season. Date – May 6th, 2017 Time – 4pm till 8pm Location – Bethnal Green Nature Reserve For more information please contact – info@nomadprojects.org Admission free.
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Landscape Learn – Winter Dormancy
10:30am till 1pm - Feb 18th, 2017
Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Landscape Learn, in collaboration with Phytology, invite you to explore the process of redefining a city landscape in the context of changing urban ecologies. Landscape Learn is a J & L Gibbons social enterprise, a new prototype for learning and engaging with the landscapes around us. Landscape Learn will use the seasonality of nature to structure our approach…
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VOICED
May till September, 2016
Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
VOICED is a five-part immersive sound installation created by Duncan Robertson and Lucia Montero in collaboration with Lucy Cash, David Nash, James Nixon, Stick In The Wheel and Sarah Westcott. Embedded amongst the trees, undergrowth and ruins of the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve the artwork explores a variety of themes including the nature of soil, the interaction with seasons, past and contemporary history of…
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