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2 November 2025 at 12:00 – 13:00 Learning about Quakers

How Quakers Helped Shape the 18th century English Garden

Venue: Richmond Quaker Meeting House, 1 Retreat Road, Richmond TW9 1NN

 Richmond Friend and Kew Gardens volunteer Ben Lamberton discusses the partnership of two Quakers who helped shaped British horticulture: Peter Collinson in London (1694 -1768) and John Bartram in Philadelphia. (1699 – 1777) 
Ben writes: ''The Eighteenth Century saw the remarkable emergence of Quaker botanists.  This occurred on both sides of the Atlantic.  William Penn was a key facilitator in Pennsylvania, but the movement was prominent in England. Individuals including Peter Collinson, John Fothergill, William Curtis, Priscilla Wakefield and Thomas Backhouse, all Quakers, were pioneering botanists.
''Quaker plant hunters were prominent in America.  John Bartram and his son William Bartram, travelled in under-explored areas of what was to become the United States.  They collected hundreds of plants. The two communities came together in the extensive trade in plants initiated by the Bartrams and Peter Collinson.  Many trees and plants now in the UK are here because of that Quaker trade.
''Quaker reverence for nature was a common motivation both among British and American Quakers.  These botanists lay the basis for Quaker's commitment to the environment.''
 

5 November 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00 Learning about Quakers

Newcomers course

Venue: Wimbledon Quaker Meeting House, 40 Spencer Hill Road, SW19 4EL

This is the second session aimed at helping newcomers to understand about Quakers and Quakerism.

We will look at Quaker past and future:

• A brief overview of Quaker history
• Why is Quakerism still relevant today? What does the future hold for Quakerism?

 Subsequent session will be on 19 November and 3 December.

For more information or to book a place, please use the contact us page on our website.

19 November 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00 Learning about Quakers

Newcomers course

Venue: Wimbledon Quaker Meeting House, 40 Spencer Hill Rd, SW19 4EL,

This is the third session aimed at helping newcomers to understand about Quakers and Quakerism.

This time we will look at Quaker process:

• How are Quakers organised? (Local Meetings/ Area Meetings/ Britain Yearly Meeting)
• What are some of the main roles in Quaker meetings? (elders/ clerk/ pastoral friends)
  What is the Quaker business method? How does a Meeting for Worship for Business work?

Our final session will be on 3 December.

For more information or to book a place, please use the contact us page on our website

23 November 2025 at 12:00 – 13:00 Learning about Quakers

Spiritual Exploration

Venue: Kingston Quaker Centre, Fairfield East, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PT

On the last Sunday in each month Kingston friends hold a Spiritual Exploration session after meeting for worship and coffee. The sessions start around 12:00 and last for about an hour. The topic for November is Integrity and the session is, unusually, on the fourth Sunday of the month. Everyone is welcome to join in. Please contact us for more information.

3 December 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00 Learning about Quakers

Newcomers course

Venue: Wimbledon Quaker Meeting House, 40 Spencer Hill Rd, SW19 4EL

This is the final session aimed at helping newcomers to understand about Quakers and Quakerism and will look at living as a Quaker:

• What does a Quaker life look like? How to use Quaker Faith & Practice/ Advice & Queries.
• What is membership? 
• What are our testimonies?

We will also take a deeper dive into one testimony 

For more information or to book a place, please use the contact us page on our website.