Night after dark Feeding
- When
- Thursday–Saturday
19:00–23:00 - Where
- Arch 7, Druid Street
London SE1 2EZ - Ticket
- £12, a plant included
20 guests a night
The evening
Doors
The lamps go low and the benches go red. Walk the arch at your own pace; the plants are labelled, the staff are not in a hurry.
The curl
A Cape sundew is fed a single fruit fly. Over the next hour or two the leaf wraps around it; we check back on the hour.
Under the lens
A bladderwort in a dish of pond water, projected through a dark-field microscope. Watch the bladders wait.
The bench
Choose your plant, learn to pot it, and take it home in a paper sleeve with a care card.
Lights out
The glasshouse closes. The flytraps, as far as anyone can tell, carry on counting.
before you come
Can I touch the plants?
Please don’t. Every trap that closes on nothing spends energy for no meal and needs most of a day to reopen. Spring the one on our home page instead.
Is it suitable for children?
Yes, from about seven. It is dark, quiet and a little gothic; nothing bites that is larger than a fly.
What is included?
Entry, the evening programme and one plant up to £12 from the bench. Anything dearer, pay the difference.
Can you post plants?
No. They travel badly in the dark of a parcel. Every plant leaves the arch by hand.