BLOOMSBURY WC1 | OUTSIDE RUSSELL SQUARE TUBE STATION

Botanical Day at The Brunswick & Farmers Market

Saturday 18th May, 11am – 4pm

 

Meet our plant experts, enjoy free workshops and tutorials, enjoy our farmer’s market, visit our plant, flower and gardening stalls, grab a freebie, enter our competitions, pose in front of our colourful backdrops, taste our botanical inspired cuisines and more.

 

Talks/Demonstrations at the event include:

 

  • Hackney Herbal, advising on how to blend teas.
  • Studio Hoime, showing you how to create a terrarium.
  • Ion Gardens will be running a talk on biodiversity.
  • Bramble and Willow will be holding spring floral demonstrations.
  • Cultivate London, explaining how to grow plants in an urban environment.
  • Social Farms & Gardens, teaching how to grow ferns successfully.
  • Botanique will be running classes on how to create floral wreaths.
  • Botanical Boys advising about houseplant care.

 

You will also have the opportunity to take part in our free botanical drawing workshops between 12.30pm and 4pm.

 

 

Sellers at the event include:

  • Studio Hoime, who will be selling Terrarium Kits.
  • Made by Coral, will be selling floral resin art.
  • Hop Skip and Flutter, will be selling floral porcelain jewellery.
  • Tropic Skincare, will be selling natural skincare.
  • Botanical Boys, will be selling handmade objects made from wood and stone, dressed with preserved mosses and plants.
  • Ion Gardens will be selling plants
  • Manna Eating will be selling plant-based snacks
  • Clay Station London, who will be selling handmade ceramic plant pots and vases
  • Spudos, who will be selling sustainably made crisps
  • Riverford Organic, who will be selling their organic fruit and vegetable boxes
  • East London Liquor Company, who will be selling their botanical spirits
  • Moonji, who will be selling plant-based ice cream

 

A number of our retailers will also be getting involved including:

  • Riding House, who will be selling houseplants and grow your own mushroom kits, as well as takeaway G&Ts
  • GlamTouch, who will be selling their natural and sustainable products and giving out samples
  • Waitrose, who will have their plants for sale outside the store

 

Friends of Bloomsbury Square Gardens will also be attending the event to provide information on the local gardens and their volunteer programme.

 

To attend the event you just need to show up on the day, no pre-booking is required.