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May 2019
CeReRe Fringe garden
Ceres was a Roman goddess of agriculture as well as fertility in general. This meant that in pretty much every way possible, she was one of the goddesses directly responsible for life itself. According to some myths, it was Ceres who showed humans how to grow wheat. According to others, she saved humanity from famines. The “garden job” has just began, it involves the pupils of our school, the staff, and the neighbourhood. The Istituto Statale di Istruzione Speriore Leopoldo…
Find out more »Stream Walk Community Garden
Stream Walk Community Garden is tucked away along Stream Walk footpath close to the heart of Whitstable. Quarter of an acre of ex-allotment land is the home of varied garden areas, a Tea Shed, outdoor classroom, composting toilet, fruit trees and much much more; the garden demonstrates organic gardening at its best. Run by volunteers and hosting a wood-work group and family group, the garden welcomes the whole community to come and join in with gardening and other activities. Saturday…
Find out more »Art in an urban oasis
Enjoy music, food, cocktails & art in the Calthorpe Project Garden. Take a tour of our closed loop system: food growing > consumption > composting > food growing. We'll be working with students from Central St Martins College of Art and Design - check here for up-to-date information. Our café uses the vegetables and herbs grown in the garden and any vegetable from café waste is composted in the anaerobic digester. The liquid produced goes back into the soil to…
Find out more »Are you coming to Strawberry Fayre?
Come and celebrate our edible garden. You can plant a seed, make a mini scarecrow, stroll through the orchard and commune with the chickens. Free art and craft workshops will be running throughout the day. We will have cream tea, Pimms and strawberry plants on sale.
Find out more »Taking cuttings @ The Jetty
The Jetty @ Greenwich is one of our most interesting sites. Made up of 7 polytunnels side by side, this is a huge growing and event space with a tropical climate on the River Thames. Come and learn how to take softwood cuttings of shrubby herbs (such as sage and lemon verbena) and plant them in hand made paper pots and take some home with you to start a new collection of plants.
Find out more »Rhoda Street Garden
Enjoy an open weekend at the Rhoda Street Garden for a talk and exhibition on the theme of urban plant life and plant agency. Perdita Fenn, landscape architect and gardener will introduce the garden at Rhoda Street and talk about its on going transformation from small derelict brownfield site to productive garden for both humans and non-humans. Plants are a dynamic force on this site; powerful agents of change that are striving and purposeful, muscles flexing incrementally over time. Apical,…
Find out more »Slade Edible Playground
Come and discover the new Edible Playground at Slade Gardens Adventure Playground, recently created thanks to funding from the Mayor's Fund & Trust for London. A perfect spot to combine the outdoors, nature and some fun on the adventure playground! Join us for a session of pond dipping as we look to see if any amphibians have moved into our newly built pond and then enjoy a tour of the new garden to see what vegetables we have growing, before…
Find out more »Stream Walk Community Garden
Stream Walk Community Garden is tucked away along Stream Walk footpath close to the heart of Whitstable. Quarter of an acre of ex-allotment land is the home of varied garden areas, a Tea Shed, outdoor classroom, composting toilet, fruit trees and much much more; the garden demonstrates organic gardening at its best. Run by volunteers and hosting a wood-work group and family group, the garden welcomes the whole community to come and join in with gardening and other activities. Saturday…
Find out more »Grow Together – Spring Celebration at Bohemia Walled Garden
Join us to celebrate spring and the growing of plants and community! Wander around our beautiful garden, find out about its history and present, and relax with coffee, tea and homemade treats on our lawn. Or you can help to grow a Poe-tree, do some art and plant some seeds to take home. There will be a great talk about growing food organically, and local vocal group Sea Tones will entertain us with feelgood songs. Free entry, refreshments for sale.…
Find out more »An Apple a Day
Tom Hare’s wonderful hand-woven “Apple” heralds our new theme ‘Food is Medicine’ and can be found at our Swan Walk entrance. For more information about this event see here
Find out more »Rhoda Street Garden
Enjoy an open weekend at the Rhoda Street Garden for a talk and exhibition on the theme of urban plant life and plant agency. Perdita Fenn, landscape architect and gardener will introduce the garden at Rhoda Street and talk about its on going transformation from small derelict brownfield site to productive garden for both humans and non-humans. Plants are a dynamic force on this site; powerful agents of change that are striving and purposeful, muscles flexing incrementally over time. Apical,…
Find out more »Mega Cake Sunday, with Dog Show!
The Blackstock Triangle Gardeners are a Finsbury Park front garden community group, growing veg and flowers in front gardens and pimping our pavements to green up our neighbourhood. Come and join us in one of the friendliest neighbourhoods in London as we close off the street for a Mega Cake Sunday. There'll be oodles of tea and home-made cakes and we've hooked up the the fabulous 'Candide' gardening App: as part of their London launch, they'll be giving away free…
Find out more »CeReRe Fringe garden
Ceres was a Roman goddess of agriculture as well as fertility in general. This meant that in pretty much every way possible, she was one of the goddesses directly responsible for life itself. According to some myths, it was Ceres who showed humans how to grow wheat. According to others, she saved humanity from famines. The “garden job” has just began, it involves the pupils of our school, the staff, and the neighbourhood. The Istituto Statale di Istruzione Speriore Leopoldo…
Find out more »An Apple a Day
Tom Hare’s wonderful hand-woven “Apple” heralds our new theme ‘Food is Medicine’ and can be found at our Swan Walk entrance. For more information about this event see here
Find out more »CeReRe Fringe garden
Ceres was a Roman goddess of agriculture as well as fertility in general. This meant that in pretty much every way possible, she was one of the goddesses directly responsible for life itself. According to some myths, it was Ceres who showed humans how to grow wheat. According to others, she saved humanity from famines. The “garden job” has just began, it involves the pupils of our school, the staff, and the neighbourhood. The Istituto Statale di Istruzione Speriore Leopoldo…
Find out more »Herbal walks and demonstrations by Apotheca of Faversham
Come and discover the power of medicinal plants with the senses, through a guided walk by local herbalists Charm Elakil and Francesca Giorda around Doddington Place Gardens. Through foraging and tea tasting, explore, experience and learn about the healing, and energetic properties of herbs. Light refreshments and cake will be provided. The 10-acre landscaped gardens include a notable woodland garden – spectacular in May and June with many different varieties of rhododendron and azalea; a large Edwardian rock garden, recently…
Find out more »Stream Walk Community Garden
Stream Walk Community Garden is tucked away along Stream Walk footpath close to the heart of Whitstable. Quarter of an acre of ex-allotment land is the home of varied garden areas, a Tea Shed, outdoor classroom, composting toilet, fruit trees and much much more; the garden demonstrates organic gardening at its best. Run by volunteers and hosting a wood-work group and family group, the garden welcomes the whole community to come and join in with gardening and other activities. Saturday…
Find out more »An Apple a Day
Tom Hare’s wonderful hand-woven “Apple” heralds our new theme ‘Food is Medicine’ and can be found at our Swan Walk entrance. For more information about this event see here
Find out more »CeReRe Fringe garden
Ceres was a Roman goddess of agriculture as well as fertility in general. This meant that in pretty much every way possible, she was one of the goddesses directly responsible for life itself. According to some myths, it was Ceres who showed humans how to grow wheat. According to others, she saved humanity from famines. The “garden job” has just began, it involves the pupils of our school, the staff, and the neighbourhood. The Istituto Statale di Istruzione Speriore Leopoldo…
Find out more »An Apple a Day
Tom Hare’s wonderful hand-woven “Apple” heralds our new theme ‘Food is Medicine’ and can be found at our Swan Walk entrance. For more information about this event see here
Find out more »Elkstone Road Community Garden Party
Join us for music, drinks & nibbles, gardening activities and more at Elkstone Road Community Garden, a space in the north of the borough that we, at the Chelsea Physic Garden, are helping to develop.
Find out more »CeReRe Fringe garden
Ceres was a Roman goddess of agriculture as well as fertility in general. This meant that in pretty much every way possible, she was one of the goddesses directly responsible for life itself. According to some myths, it was Ceres who showed humans how to grow wheat. According to others, she saved humanity from famines. The “garden job” has just began, it involves the pupils of our school, the staff, and the neighbourhood. The Istituto Statale di Istruzione Speriore Leopoldo…
Find out more »Stream Walk Community Garden
Stream Walk Community Garden is tucked away along Stream Walk footpath close to the heart of Whitstable. Quarter of an acre of ex-allotment land is the home of varied garden areas, a Tea Shed, outdoor classroom, composting toilet, fruit trees and much much more; the garden demonstrates organic gardening at its best. Run by volunteers and hosting a wood-work group and family group, the garden welcomes the whole community to come and join in with gardening and other activities. Saturday…
Find out more »An Apple a Day
Tom Hare’s wonderful hand-woven “Apple” heralds our new theme ‘Food is Medicine’ and can be found at our Swan Walk entrance. For more information about this event see here
Find out more »Orchard workshops
Introducing the Brixton Orchard, a green space with 35 fruit trees and hundreds of edible hedges, showcasing how fruit trees can be integrated into urban spaces. Come and explore this beautiful space for a workshop on basic fruit tree physiology and care. The event is free but numbers are limited - book here
Find out more »Into the Light
A Floral Installation created by our gardeners and made entirely of found, foraged and discarded natural forms which is also an invitation to a new way of seeing and exploring the innate beauty of decay contrasting with the vibrancy of emerging spring. This will be a large piece taking up our entire large and beautiful main room. Our fascinating garden and collections will be available to see and music will be provided by the South East London Folk Orchestra.…
Find out more »CeReRe Fringe garden
Ceres was a Roman goddess of agriculture as well as fertility in general. This meant that in pretty much every way possible, she was one of the goddesses directly responsible for life itself. According to some myths, it was Ceres who showed humans how to grow wheat. According to others, she saved humanity from famines. The “garden job” has just began, it involves the pupils of our school, the staff, and the neighbourhood. The Istituto Statale di Istruzione Speriore Leopoldo…
Find out more »Stream Walk Community Garden
Stream Walk Community Garden is tucked away along Stream Walk footpath close to the heart of Whitstable. Quarter of an acre of ex-allotment land is the home of varied garden areas, a Tea Shed, outdoor classroom, composting toilet, fruit trees and much much more; the garden demonstrates organic gardening at its best. Run by volunteers and hosting a wood-work group and family group, the garden welcomes the whole community to come and join in with gardening and other activities. Saturday…
Find out more »An Apple a Day
Tom Hare’s wonderful hand-woven “Apple” heralds our new theme ‘Food is Medicine’ and can be found at our Swan Walk entrance. For more information about this event see here
Find out more »CeReRe Fringe garden
Ceres was a Roman goddess of agriculture as well as fertility in general. This meant that in pretty much every way possible, she was one of the goddesses directly responsible for life itself. According to some myths, it was Ceres who showed humans how to grow wheat. According to others, she saved humanity from famines. The “garden job” has just began, it involves the pupils of our school, the staff, and the neighbourhood. The Istituto Statale di Istruzione Speriore Leopoldo…
Find out more »Pizza Day!
Come and make your own pizzas in our small but perfectly formed wildlife garden next to the Regent's canal with views across to Victoria Park. Bring your favourite pizza toppings (we will supply the homemade pizza dough and tomato passata) to cook in our beautiful outdoor clay oven. There is also a secret walkway along the canal bank for sitting and watching the water and the aquatic life and where you can eat your own homemade pizzas! At 1pm the…
Find out more »Rainbow Chard Plant-In
Join us for some horticultural direct action! Rainbow Grow is hosting a mass, record-setting Plant-In at our Dalston base. Last year we held ground-breaking Pop-Up Pansy Planting Sessions and this year we will be planting thousands of Rainbow Chard seeds (to take away or leave in our care). Come and see our new accessible raised-bed garden and why we were chosen as one of London’s top food gardens. Refreshments available.
Find out more »Scented Flower and Herbal Ice Creams
Come and visit King Henry's Walk Community Garden, which will be open 12 - 4pm on both Saturdays and Sundays of Chelsea Fringe Week. On 25th May, from 2 - 4pm, the garden will be running a workshop for Chelsea Fringe 2019. We are delighted to welcome back Kitty Travers of La Grotta Ices to the garden. She will be leading a workshop on how to make ice creams with scented flowers and herbs, and may also include a recipe…
Find out more »How Well Do You Know Your Fungi?
An afternoon of workshops on mushrooms and fungi, with Patrick Mallory of Upcycled Mushrooms. 10am Introduction to Outdoor Fungi Cultivation (1 hr) In this workshop Patrick shows how it is possible & beneficial to integrate fungi cultivation into gardens or allotments. He will cover how fungi help to build fertile soils whilst also increasing biodiversity and benefiting people and surrounding wildlife. 12pm Fungi: The Hidden Kingdom, a talk (1 hr) This talk looks at the fascinating hidden kingdom of fungi…
Find out more »An Apple a Day
Tom Hare’s wonderful hand-woven “Apple” heralds our new theme ‘Food is Medicine’ and can be found at our Swan Walk entrance. For more information about this event see here
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