It's the National Year of Reading, and what better way to flex your creative muscles than trying out some blackout poetry!
Polar Panoramas artist John Kelly included pieces of text in his Arctic scroll and select phrases in his forensic boxes. In a similar theme, blackout poetry is a form of 'found poetry' using existing text to create a new poem.
If you're a fan of the 'Polar Postcards' we share on social media, or perhaps the stunning landscapes on display in Polar Panoramas, this might just be the event for you!
Using recycled postcards and coloured card, we'll show you how to create your own torn paper landscapes to take home.
We'll start with a 15-minute introduction to the method, accompanied by some inspriation images from our archival paintings and photographs. You'll then have 45 minutes to create as many postcards as you wish!
Enjoy celebrating all things apple at Apple Day 2026 in Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
Highlights include:
š Apple tasting & sales: many heritage varieties to taste and/or buy (you can purchase with cash or card)
š Apple identification: apple experts from the East of England Apples and Orchards Project will be on hand to identify apples. Bring your unidentified apples along to the team, preferably with stalk and leaf attached to help with accurate identification.
This UK Fungus Day, join us for Fungi Field Day at the Botanic Garden to celebrate fungi and their relationships with plants. Come along to learn, engage and play, and discover what we can do to help conserve the fungal diversity around us.
Highlights include:
šA range of talks from expert speakers, covering fungal partnerships, their roles in agriculture, and how they inspire art
š¬Science stand with microscopes to discover fungi that live inside plants
Join us for a unique event: a choral performance amongst our casts from the antique. Enjoy a glass of wine (or elderflower presse) as the voices of Cambridge Schola sing out in our atmospheric Cast Gallery.
Arrivals: from 8.15pm
Performance: 8.30pm
Britten Niobe | Debussy Syrinx | Danby Apollo, high our souls inspire |
de Monte Venere e Dafne | Bennet All creatures now | Elgar There is
sweet music
Zoom back in time to the world of ancient Greece at the Museum of Classical Archaeology. Learn to weave like Athena, make your own helmet like Ares, and handle replica objects from everyday Greek life.
Join us and step into a world of gods, heroes, myths, and more...
Programme
Karen Tanaka At the Grave of Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3
AntonĆn DvoÅĆ”k String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 āAmericanā
About Brodsky Quartet
KRYSIA OSOSTOWICZ, VIOLIN
IAN BELTON, VIOLIN
PAUL CASSIDY, VIOLA
JACQUELINE THOMAS, CELLO
Programme
John Field Nocturne No. 4 in A major
Fanny Mendelssohn Notturno
Maurice Ravel Noctuelles (Night Moths) from Miroirs
FrƩdƩric Chopin Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2
LeoÅ” JanĆ”Äek Our Evenings from On an Overgrown Path
Francis Poulenc PhalĆØnes (Moths), No. 5 of Nocturnes
Programme
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No.4
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet, Op.135
Schnittke String Quartet No.3
About Quartetto Noƻs
ENRICO FILIPPO MALIGNO, VIOLIN
ALBERTO FRANCHIN, VIOLIN
SARA DAMBRUOSO, VIOLA
MATTEO BASSAN, CELLO
The much-anticipated Cambridge Botanic Lights returns for its fourth year, transforming Cambridge University Botanic Garden into a spectacular illuminated trail celebrating the extraordinary world of plants. This yearās event will again bring the Garden to life after dark with stunning displays and artistic interventions ā creating a beautiful landscape for everyone to enjoy.
