Kathryn Lwin

London

Kathryn Lwin is the Founder Director of the River of Flowers, launched in December 2008 as a project of the Archway Herbal Clinic, London where she was Clinic Director. River of Flowers is now a nonprofit, eco-social enterprise working with community groups and other organisations to create trails or ‘rivers’ of wildflowers and wild flowering trees as forage and habitat for bees and other pollinators in cities. River of Flowers curates native wild plant species for specific urban locations, advises on planting style and on growing wild plants with food.
Kathryn is responsible for the Strategic and Creative Development of River of Flowers, and is the main writer for the Wild City Blogs, River of Flowers publications and the website. She also shares her thoughts on wildflowers, pollinators and other matters on the @RiverofFlowers Twitter page. Passionate about the need to preserve wildflowers and their pollinators in the challenging city environment, Kathryn believes that spaces for growing food for pollinators and humans should be an integral part of the design of the sustainable city.
Having been awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship in 2013, Kathryn spent two months in North America, researching innovative and inspiring projects growing wild and edible plants in the urban landscape. The cities she visited included New York, Toronto, Chicago, Milwaukee and San Francisco all part of her extensive journey to find examples of great ideas and good practice to share. Kathryn is currently writing a book on her experiences.