28/09/2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free with normal Garden admission
Event information
Time
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Price
Free with normal Garden admission
Who

Join us for Fungi Field Day at the Botanic Garden to celebrate fungi and their relationships with plants in the run up to UK Fungus Day. Highlights include:

🍄 A range of talks from expert speakers about fungi and their interactions with plants.

🔬Science outreach stall with microscopes to view fungi that live deep inside plant roots.

🎨 Using magical inks made from the natural world, help paint an underground, mycorrhizal fungi-inspired ‘artscape’ with the arts and wellbeing charity Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination (ages 3+)

🍃 Guided fungal forays around the Garden.

🎯 Fungi crafts and games stall plus face painting!

 

NB All activities are drop-in and free with normal Garden admission, except from the Fantastical Fungi ‘artscaping’ for which free child tickets for this event must be booked online. Adults do not need to book to accompany.