England is one of the least biodiverse countries in the world. By encouraging more plants that are considered weeds into our cities we can help to make a home for nature and support a wide range of wildlife.
Dandelions are one of the first sources of food for bees in early spring and stinging nettles are great for birds and butterflies.
Take part in a wild plant ID session to help investigate what plants have grown in the Edge Hill Station Community Garden over winter/early spring and find out the benefits of letting weeds and wild plants grow.
They will be experimenting making different types of plant based images using smartphone microscope attachments and blueprint paper to map what’s growing in the garden. You will leave with your prints, wildflower seeds from across the city and a quick guide to the wild plants of Liverpool.
All ages and abilities welcome.
Please register for this free event.
NB: There is no step-free access to the Metal garden however there will be elements of the workshop happening in their ground floors spaces inside the station buildings. Part of the workshop will happen outside so please dress accordingly.
About the artist
Jay Hampton is a SciArtist from Liverpool, with a BSc in Earth and Ocean Science and Zoology and an MA in Art in Science. Her interest is in the environment, mainly the hidden and microscopic parts of our surroundings. Previous work has used microscopic organisms from the Mersey to document the health of our waters and see the effects of climate change at the base of the local food-chain.