Urban Plant Life
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To accompany Supernature by Linda Shevlin at The Lab Gallery there will be a free programme of talks and events exploring art and ecology at The LAB, The Red Stables and Smithfield.
Join the urban nature trail from The LAB Gallery to Smithfield exploring nature in the city, wildlife and biodiversity, featuring community gardens and parks. Plants and urban nature will be the inspiration for a free printmaking workshop at Smithfield. Create a potato installation with artist Linda Shevlin and find out how many potatoes it takes to light a light bulb during her Potato Power workshop. Discover innovative urban gardening techniques with Urban Farm and check out their heritage potato pods and aquaponics installation at the Lighthouse cinema which is also the venue for Silent Running, the 1972 environmentally-themed science fiction film starring Bruce Dern.