Nettles
 

  Be Nice to Nettles Week
  a CONE initiative
Nettles
 
“This is another clever initiative from CONE. It makes us think twice about the common yet important wildlife on our doorstep.

At Butterfly Conservation, being nice to nettles comes as second nature to us - we love them! Not only are nettles good for butterflies like Red Admiral, Comma and Peacock, they also have so much to offer to other wildlife. Our thanks go to CONE for increasing our awareness of this familiar and incredibly useful plant.”

Charlie Rugeroni
Butterfly Conservation - the leading organisation for the conservation of butterflies nationally

 

 
 
 

Nettle Week Events 2009

Click here to submit details of your National Be Nice to Nettles Week event.

Thursday 21st May

Eco Fair
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Rodborough Primary School, Stroud

Nettle stall run by Year 4 children, selling Nettle goods and posters, recipes all about Nettles!

Contact 01453 763159 or email.

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Saturday 23rd May

Be Nice to Nettles Day!
Whitstable Museum and Gallery, Oxford Street, CT5 1DB

A Whitstable Museum and Gallery event.

10:00 am - 1:00 pm. Hands-on activities - Discover fun facts about nettles and take part in hands-on activities including nettle rope-making and weaving, a touch if you dare feely box and quiz. Age 4 to adult.
A half-term activity in partnership with the Natural History Museum.

Meet the expert (sessions start at 1.45pm, 2.30pm and 3.15pm) - Expert Roy Vickery shares his knowledge of nettles in traditional medicine. Numbers limited. Advance booking 01227 276 998 to avoid disappointment. Adults and children age 8 plus.
A contribution to Be Nice to Nettles Week. Event supported by The Friends of Whitstable Museum.m.

The Nettles Day is part of a series of green-themed events to accompany our latest exhibition about colour:

Green
Colour exhibition
Continues to 30 May


An exploration of the colour green in art, nature and society - from green grass to the Green Belt, and from 'eat your greens' and the Green environmental movement, to serpents, superstition and poisoning.

Whitstable Museum and Gallery, Oxford Street, CT5 1DB
Telephone: 01227 276 998
www.whitstable-museum.co.uk

Open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm.

Admission free to exhibition and family events.

Wheelchair access available.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Information is correct at time of printing but may change. Please check before making a special visit.

And why not follow the Nettle trail around the town?
Herbaceous, Oxford Street
Nettle tonics, tinctures and teas

Farmers' Market, St Mary's Hall, Oxford Street
Nettle products (10.00 - 14.00)

Whitstable Nutrition Centre, High Street
Medicinal nettle

Olivia's café, High Street
Nettle soup

Jane at Graham Greener
Display of nettle family

The Cheese Box, Harbour Street
Yarg cheese

Elliott's café, Harbour Street
Serving teas with nettle jam and nettle tea

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Sting to String
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Nidderdale AONB

A BTCV York event looking into the stinging world of nettles, finding fascinating facts, making nettle tea and a piece of string to take home with you. For children from the Nidderdale area aged 7-16yrs.

Booking is essential.

Contact 01904 644300 or email.

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Be Nice To Nettles
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Marble Hill Park, Richmond

What's good about nettles for you and your garden. How & when to pick them. Try nettle tea and soup.

Contact 0208 892 5115.

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Celebrating the Stinging Nettle
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Applecross, Scotland

Nettle soup/tea, string making, dyeing with nettles, textile display.

Booking is necessary and a fee is payable.

Contact Lesley Kilbride on 01520 755260.

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Wednesday 27th May

A Sting in the Tale
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Bridgewood - Orwell Country Park

An Ipswich Borough Council event. To many the nettle is a troublesome weed that should be eradicated. This view has only recently developed; the humble nettle has played an important role in the natural world. See the nettle in a whole new light.

Booking is necessary and a fee is payable.

Contact 01473 433994 or email.

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Did you know?
Roman soldiers posted in Britain were reputed to have brushed their limbs with nettles so the stings would warm them in the cold climate!
 
 
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