Victoria Park Walk and Chalk

Join the fabulous Rebel Botanists on a walk and chalk event around Victoria Park to learn about the trees and plants in the park, and to chalk their names and introduce facts about them on the ground.

The Rebel Botanists exist to educate and raise awareness of the beautiful and valuable wild plants at your feet: in pavement cracks, on grass verges and in urban parks. We highlight their important connection to ecology, the biodiversity of life that depends on them, which is all around us and enables our very existence.

They say:

"Our methods are unconventional and rebellious, using a Banksy-esque street art approach to name the flora we find; however, the outcome is not of confrontation but of curiosity and engagement.

Curiosity is the first step towards learning for all ages, and by using chalk as our medium, it is not only a natural (calcium carbonate) material, but it also washes away in the rain, which means we have to go out and do it again, and again! The pavements become a new and evolving canvas; just as the seasons change, so do our chalkings.

We are not qualified botanists; we are rebel botanists, learning more and more ourselves and sharing it with everyone who sees it. We are passionate about plants and believe in free education, so please join us, follow us:

• learn and love nature,
• care and respect nature
• and have fun doing it!

Victoria Park has wide flat paths, and therefore, this event is wheelchair accessible.

All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

Meet near Snapdragons at 2 pm on Saturday, 9th May.

The walk will finish at Snapdragons, where there will be live music and tree-themed activities for adults and kids at our Tree's A Crowd gathering!

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