Events Weekend of March 7th and 6th

I am doing two walks on the 8th March for London Walks These are:

Myths & Archaeology - the origins of London

Sunday, 8th March 10.45 am Tower Hill Tube

The Archaeology of Ancient Bermondsey
Sunday, 8th March 2.30 London Bridge Tooley Street Exit

This walk will be done in conjunction with Alistair Douglas
archaeologist who has done extensive excavations in Bermondsey and
therefore should not be missed!

Walks are £7 or £5 depending on whether you are a concession.

I also enclose details of what looks like an interesting event at Kew

Ethnobotany at Kew

Kew is hosting an open day to showcase current research and practice
in

ethnobotany. There will be about 20 displays on topics including wild
foods

and medicines, pharmacognosy of British medicinal plants, Asian
spices,

traditional herbs, British home gardens, basket-making, the baobab
tree, a

large display of ethnographic textiles and fibres, and a
mini-festival of

ethnobotanical films. There will be ample opportunity to handle plant

material and talk to researchers. The event is suitable for all ages,

families welcome.

The event runs 11am to 4pm and entry is FREE, so long as an e-ticket
is

pre-booked by emailing education@therai.org.uk
<mailto:education@therai.org.uk>
(still available as at the 27th)

Holders of Kew season tickets/Friends passes, or reciprocal national
museum

staff pass holders, can enter through any public gate and make their
way to

the Jodrell building - no ticket required.

It should be a fun day, so if you are within easy reach of London,
please

join us.

Website: http://www.kew.org/science/ecbot/

Mark

Dr Mark Nesbitt

Jodrell Laboratory

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Richmond, Surrey

TW9 3AB

Tel: 020 8332 5386

Economic Botany Collection: http://www.kew.org/collections/ecbot/

Sustainable Uses Group: http://www.kew.org/scihort/ecbot/

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