Sudbury, silk and mulberries

John Sayers, former director of Gainsborough silks recalls a lifetime in silk manufacturing

Gunnersbury’s mulberry tree heritage

Keeping up with the Mulberries at Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens has lost a couple of its mulberries but those left are doing fine.

2023 Autumn Mulberry Round-up Part 2

Autumn 2023 mulberry round-up: part 1

Friends plant new Mulberry in Greenwich Park

The Friends of Greenwich Park have planted two commemorative saplings - a Black Mulberry and Oak

On the train of West London mulberries

Once owned by the Rothschild family, Gunnersbury park has a fine old black mulberry

The Magdalen Mulberry

Magdalen College Oxford has a wind-thrown black mulberry in the Grove deer park

Autumn mulberry round-up 2022

Peter visits some special veteran mulberry trees

The Bank of England Mulberries

Hidden in a courtyard in the Bank are four mulberry trees with symbolic meaning

Summer Mulberry Heritage Walks

The programme of mulberry walks is online for booking

Meetings under the mulberry

A hidden mulberry reveals its illustrious cast of players.

Morus Londinium in Atlanta, Georgia

A gentle and informative audio panorama of Morus Londinium and the history of the mulberry.

The Lesnes Abbey mulberry

The veteran Lesnes Abbey mulberry has to be one of the Capital’s most photogenic trees.

Kensington Roof Garden

An 80-year-old black mulberry looks down on Knsington High Street from a famous roof garden

A bad year for mulberries

Morus Londinium wins European Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2021

Morus Londinium is one of 24 projects in 18 countries to receive this year’s top honour for cultur

Another old mulberry threatened by the developer’s axe

Develppers of the Park View estate in Islington are going back on their promise

Charlton Society launches online lecture series with a talk on the Mulberry

On 16 January the Charlton Society launched its new lecture series with a talk by Dr Peter Coles on

Mulberry sleuthing in Camberwell

The arrival of the winter solstice is a good time to look back over the past few months and catch up

Mulberry - Tree of Plenty

Urban Tree Festival wins London Tree Award

The Urban tree Festival was voted winner of the Lockdown Award

London Tree and Woodland awards

Please vote for the Urban Tree Festival

Down but not out

In mid-August the 300 year-old mulberry tree at Hole 7 on Wanstead Golf Course split in two

Summer 2020 mulberry round-up

Black mulberries are just coming into their full glory now, at least in London. Time to go foraging!

Urban Tree Festival celebrates Chiswick mulberries

The 2020 Urban Tree Festival is now over but most events are available to view online.

Spring mulberry round-up Part I

Lockdown has halted our walks - but not the research

Mulberry end of year news

A round-up of activities over the past few months

Resurrecting the Poplars

A black mulberry in NW London leads to some unexpected people, places and art

Lost Angel in Bedford Park

An old mulberry reveals its history

Mulberry Trees and American Material Culture

North America has its own iconic mulberry trees, some associated with past presidents.

The Wanstead Golf Course Mulberry

By Hole 7 on Wanstead Golf Course stands a veteran mulberry. Did Humphry Repton plant it?

More mulberries - at Loseley Park

Loseley Park has connections with mulberries going back to Elizabethan times

Milton’s other mulberry trees

On the trail of scions from the Milton Mulberry

The Cambridge Mulberries

Cambridge Colleges are home to mulberries that may be 400 years old.

Hunting for mulberries at Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens has all the main species of mulberry - Black, White and Red, and the Paper Mulberry

Boston Mulberry Tea Party

Morus Londinium gets treated to a mulberry high tea in Boston, Lincolnshire.

Tower Hamlets approve decision to move London Chest Hospital mulberry

Tower Hamlets planning committee approve plan to move a veteran mulberry

Two centuries of mulberry history at Leytonstone House

What ever happened to Shakespeare's mulberry tree?

Canonbury’s veteran mulberry tree

A black mulberry hidden in a private garden behind the Tudor Canonbury Tower could be almost as old

On the trail of Spitalfields mulberries

Peter explore's Spitalfields mulberry and silk weaving heritage as part of London Tree Week.

Mulberry walks in London Tree Week: Charlton House to Greenwich and Sayes Court

A walk by Peter Coles from Charlton House to Sayes Court Park

Time travel with the Forty Hall mulberry

Peter Coles uncovers the history of Forty Hall and its mulberries

Why Japanese mulberry wood and its craftsmen are national treasures

Dr Stephen J Bowe explains the value of mulberry wood from the Japanese Izu Islands

Dr Johnson's mulberry in Streatham Park - or should it be mulberries?

Peter Coles investigates the mulberries of Streatham Park

First round of mulberry saplings distributed to schools, heritage sites and community projects

Saplings sent across London

Tiptree's rare mulberry orchard

Peter visits one of Britain's only surviving black mulberry orchards

Chelsea's short-lived silk farm

Peter reveals the rich history of Chelsea's plentiful mulberries

A Morus Londinium mulberry sapling for Christ Church to celebrate the Huguenot heritage

This is not a pine tree

Continuing our spotlight on some of Lewisham's hidden mulberries

Lewisham's hidden mulberries

The Ladywell House mulberry

Mulberries and Silk

Peter Coles talks to Dr John Feltwell, botanist, ecologist, founder of Wildlife Matters

Managing your mulberry

A short introduction to managing mature mulberries.

In search of John Evelyn's mulberry

Tracing the true identity of an old mulberry tree in Sayes Court Park.

The Charterhouse mulberries

The story of the Charterhouse alms-house and the hidden mulberries within.

Caught red-handed

A mulberry foraging walk in Southwark with the Urban Orchard Project.

On the Mulberry Heritage Trail in Deptford & Greenwich

Uncover the veteran black mulberry in the Queen's Orchard, John Evelyn and much more

A brief history of London's mulberries on Spitalfields Life

Read an introduction to London's mulberry heritage and Morus Londinium at Spitalfields Life

Cadogan Place reveals its mulberries

Peter visits the Cadogan Place mulberries during Open Garden Squares

Down but not out in Greenwich and London

Exploring the mulberries of Greenwich

The Charlton House heritage mulberry

Peter explores the mulberry of Charlton House, as old as the Jacobean house itself

Morus londinium kicks off with a walk

Morus Londinium launches with a guided walk of the City's mulberries

Brockwell Park's walled garden hides a 200-year-old black mulberry

Peter traces the history of Brockwell Park and its veteran mulberry tree

Myatt's Fields Park mulberries

Peter Coles investigates the Myatt's Fields Park mulberry and its heritage