VOICED
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
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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Herbal Skincare and Tea-Making Workshop
3rd September, 11am - 1pm
Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Gain hands on experience making your own healthy, inexpensive, and effective herbal body balm, using fresh herbs from the Phytology medicine garden. The workshop is taught by qualified medical herbalist and podiatrist Molly Maitland who is experienced in the clinical use of plants for medical conditions. We will explore the properties of different carrier oils, learn the…
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Places to Dwell that May Never Have Been Seen
May till September, 2016
Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Installation and street artist Lucy McLauchlan has created Places to Dwell that May Never Have Been Seen, a sequence of fluid, playful location-responsive installations situated throughout the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve woodland. . Dates: May 7th – September 3rd, 2016 Time: 11am – 6pm, Saturdays (other times by appointment – info@nomad.org.uk) Address: Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, Middleton St, London,…
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Herbal Skin Cream Workshop
August 20th, 11am - 1pm
Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
Our season of Phytology summer workshops continues this August with an herbal skin cream-making workshop. August 20th – 11am till 1pm Gain hands on experience making your own quick, inexpensive and effective herbal skin creams, using fresh herbs from the Phytology medicine garden. The workshop is taught by qualified medical herbalist and podiatrist who is experienced in…
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‘So Below’ Billboard – Sam Wallman
1st July till 1st August, 2016
Phytology - Bethnal Green Nature Reserve
‘So Below’ is an online graphic essay by cartoonist and journalist Sam Wallman. Exploring the idea of land ownership, Wallman melds the political with the poetic, connecting both historic and contemporary manifestations of territorialism and dominion. www.SoBelow.org Wallman will install a series of large-scale billboard drawings at the Phytology site (East London) throughout 2016. This billboard hoarding hosts an…
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