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Fungi Field Day

This UK Fungus Day, join us for Fungi Field Day at the Botanic Garden to celebrate fungi and their relationships with plants.

  • 10th October 2026
  • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Come along to learn, engage and play, and discover what we can do to help conserve the fungal diversity around us.

Highlights include:

🍄A range of talks from expert speakers, covering fungal partnerships, their roles in agriculture, and how they inspire art

🔬Science stand with microscopes to discover fungi that live inside plants 

🪵Learn about our local fungi with the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Camb & Northants 

🎨Mycorrhizal fungi-inspired ‘Artscaping’ led by the arts and wellbeing charity Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination 

🌳Guided fungal walks around the Garden 

🫟Fungi crafts and games tent plus face painting! 

Facilities

  • Outside Seating
  • Resturant
  • wheelchair access
  • wheelchair accessible

Accessibility Facilities

  • Mostly flat terrain
  • Wheel chair accessible
  • wheelchair access
  • Wheelchair accessible
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Did you know?

One of the oldest surviving buildings in Cambridge is the Leper Chapel on Newmarket Road. Also known as the Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, it dates back to the 12th century and was originally used as a place to isolate victims of leprosy.