Urban Forest Exhibition Programme

Saturday 9th May

FEATURED EVENT - Join us fo the private view this evening, a chance to meet the Urban Tree Festival team!

10.00am - 12.00pm - Street Trees for Living Citizen Science Workshop - Join us for our first event of the festival, a friendly introductory session to learn about Lewisham’s tree health programme and how to get involved in citizen science, helping care for local street trees.

10.30am - 4.00pm - Urban Forest Exhibition - Open Daily During the Festival- The Urban Forest Exhibition at Art Hub Studios runs daily 10.30am–4.00pm, with late openings on Saturdays 9th and 16th, showcasing tree-inspired artworks exploring London’s urban forest, with a pop-up cafe for drinks and cake run by the student intern team from Goldsmiths University.

2.00pm - 3.00pm - The Poetry of Trees: a creative workshop - A creative writing workshop with author Olivia Sprinkel, blending poetry and ecotherapy to explore deep connections with trees and the more-than-human world, at Art Hub Studios.

5.30pm - 8.00pm - Urban Forest Private View - Art Hub Studios, New Cross -The first ever Urban Forest exhibition at Art Hub Studios launches with a lively private view, featuring art, a bar and immersive happenings celebrating trees, creativity and community - all welcome

Sunday 10th May

10.00 - 12.00noon - Making Trees from Clay-drop in, £10 pay on arrival, more details to come soon!

10.30am - 4.00pm - The Urban Forest Exhibition and Pop-up Café - open daily at Art Hub Studios, New Cross, serving drinks and cake in a relaxed space.

11.00am - 1.00pm - New Cross Tree Walk with Greg Packman - Join Greg Packman for a creative and wide-ranging tree walk through New Cross, exploring urban trees, ecology and folklore across local parks and pathways.

12.00noon - 1.00pm - Sunshade & Shadow Street Survey, Webinar-Creating comfort zones through mapped tree planting, this project links UK and Nigeria via live dialogue to promote shade, sustainable streets and diaspora-supported planting initiatives. Also on Sunday 17th May.

POSTPONED - Community Fungi Cultivation / London Mycology Project - IMPORTANT NOTE: This Sundays Mycology workshop has been postponed to next Sunday - tickets are valid for that day. Join us at Art Hub Studios for a practical, low-tech mushroom cultivation workshop exploring sustainable growing methods, with hands-on activities and a take-home reusable grow kit. See Sunday 17th May.

Monday 11th May

10.30am - 4.00pm - The Urban Forest Exhibition and Pop-up Café - open daily at Art Hub Studios, New Cross, serving drinks and cake in a relaxed space.

1.00pm - 2.00pm - Sitting with Trees: A Green Love Letter to Black Elder Women, Webinar - This virtual dialogue explores aging, memory and nature through poetry and lived experience - join us at Art Hub Studios for tea and cake and a screening of this webinar - all welcome!

Tuesday 12th May

10.30am - 4.00pm - The Urban Forest exhibition and pop-up café are open daily at Art Hub Studios, New Cross, serving drinks and cake in a relaxed space.

Wednesday 13th May

10.30am - 4.00pm - The Urban Forest Exhibition and Pop-up Café - open daily at Art Hub Studios, New Cross, serving drinks and cake in a relaxed space.

Thursday 14th May

110.30am - 4.00pm - The Urban Forest Exhibition and Pop-up Café - open daily at Art Hub Studios, New Cross, serving drinks and cake in a relaxed space.

10.30 - 12.00 - Street Trees For Living Pop-up coffee morning - For those involved in local tree projects.

10.30am - 4.00pm - All Festival Long - London Plane Tree on Hackney Downs video / film - A slow film artwork documenting a London Plane tree over five years, shown as an immersive projection exploring seasonal change, sound and local history, catch this and other films as part of the Urban Forest exhibition at Art Hub Studios.

3:00pm - 4.00pm - Webinar for Tree Guardians - Join William Innes-Taylor from Hillier, award-winning nursery and tree supplier for Street Trees for Living, for an afternoon webinar that will offer great insight to anyone interested in urban trees, particularly for those choosing tree species for their streets. Join us to watch this live in the Urban Forest Cafe! All Welcome.

Friday 15th May

10.30am - 4.00pm - The Urban Forest Exhibition and Pop-up Café - open daily at Art Hub Studios, New Cross, serving drinks and cake in a relaxed space.

2.00pm - 3.30pm - Printing with Trees: Cyanotype Workshop - Make bold blue sunprints using leaves and branches while exploring tree shapes and identification at Art Hub Studios, led by local artist Sarah Garrod. (18+)

Saturday 16th May

FEATURED EVENT‍ ‍- Join us for our morning screen printing workshop - and take a walk with Paul wood right afterwards!

10.30am - 4.00pm - The Urban Forest Exhibition and Pop-up Café - open daily at Art Hub Studios, New Cross, serving drinks and cake in a relaxed space.

10.00am - 11.45am- Screenprint Workshop - Join artist Ben Quail to learn how to create a monoscreen print artwork on cloth or paper using paper stencils, water-based inks and pastels.

12.00noon - 2.00pm - Tree Hunting - South London, with Paul Wood - Join Urban Tree Festival founder, and author Paul Wood exploring the treasures of New Cross and Deptford, starting at our exhibition at Art Hub Studios.

Sunday 17th May

10.30am - 4.00pm - The Urban Forest Exhibition and Pop-up Café - open daily at Art Hub Studios, New Cross, serving drinks and cake in a relaxed space.

10.30am - 12.30pm - Community Fungi Cultivation with London Mycology Project- Join us at Art Hub Studios for a practical, low-tech mushroom cultivation workshop exploring sustainable growing methods, with hands-on activities and a take-home reusable grow kit. Also on Sunday 10th.

12.00noon - 1.00pm - Sunshade And Shadow Street Survey, Webinar - Creating comfort zones through mapped tree planting, this project links UK and Nigeria via live dialogue to promote shade, sustainable streets and diaspora-supported planting initiatives. Also on Sunday 10th May.