EVENTS IN 2012
Sunday 12th February Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, NW3: Making an Urban Forest Garden
The Royal Free Hospital have kindly given Transition Belsize a food-growing site on their land. On Sunday 12th February a group of urban permaculturalists will be starting work on transforming the land into a forest garden with fruit trees, medicinal herbs and raised beds for food growing by children in the hospital primary school. Do come along and help if you'd like to. For more details please email food@transitionbelsize.org.uk.
Sat 25 Feb 11am-3pm
TREE GRAFTING/HARDWOOD CUTTINGS WORKSHOP Finsbury Park, 12 places, book on info@ediblelandscapeslondon.org.uk, with Gemma Harris of Urban Harvest
Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th March Introduction to Permaculture Design - 10.30am-4.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, NW1 7AY
This lively introductory course is suitable for anyone with an active interest, requires no prior knowledge and for many participants is the first step on a new and positive route. Weekend course fee £50, small amount of concessions available on request. E-mail info@transitionprimrosehill.org to book.
http://www.transitionbelsize.org.uk/events/introduction-permaculture-design
Sun 8 April NGS Open Garden: NEW: Olden Garden, N5 1NH. 2-6 pm. Beautiful and large community garden £5 Refreshments -Wheelchair access
Sun 15 April NGS Open Garden: Malvern Terrace Gardens, N1 1HR. 2–5.30pm. £3.50 Refreshments – Music - Plant sale
Sat 19 May NGS Open Garden: NEW 21 Princelet Street, E1 6QH. 11-4pm. £3
Sun 27 May NGS Open Gardens: 37 Alwyne Road, N1 2HW. 2–6pm. Teas £3
NEW: 9 Furlong Road, N7 8LS. 2–6pm. Refreshments £2
16 Furlong Road, N7 8LS. 2–6pm. Teas £3 (combined entrance £4 for 2)
NEW: 24 Tavistock Terrace, N19 4DB. 2-6 pm.
NEW: 26 Tavistock Terrace, N19 4DB.2-6pm. (Combined entrance £4 for 2) Refreshments
Sun 3 June NGS Open Gardens: NEW Olden Garden, N5 1NH. 2-6 pm. £5 Refreshments - Wheelchair access
Islington Gardens. 2 – 6pm. (Combined adm £6,or £2 for each garden)
1 Battlebridge Court, N1 9UA.
44 Hemingford Road, N1 1DB.
36 Thornhill Square, N1 1BE. Refreshments, Plants
Barnsbury Wood, N5 1PH.
Sat 9 and Sun 10 June, London Open Squares: New for 2012: Arlington Square, N1 7DP, a Victorian Square in Islington – that has a very active residents' association who have recently dug in thousands of litres of compost and manure and planted lots of lavender and lily bulbs.
Sun 10 June NGS Open Gardens: 1a Hungerford Road, N7 9LA. 12-6pm. £2
62 Hungerford Road, N7 9LP. 2–6pm.£2.50
2a Penn Road, N7 9RD. 2–6 pm.
23 Penn Road, N7 9RD. 2-6pm. Plants
NEW 24 Penn Road, N7 9RD. 2–6pm.Refreshments
Combined admission Penn Road £5.
Sat 30 June NGS Open Gardens: NEW: 49 Albion Road, N16 9PP. 4 – 7 pm. £3. Refreshments
5 Northampton Park, N1 2PP. 6 – 9pm.M £4 incl. wine - Refreshments
Wed 4 July NGS Open Garden: King Henry’s Walk Garden 6 - 9pm. £5 Refreshments – Music - Website: www.khwgarden.org.uk/
Children are admitted free to all NGS Open Gardens
REGULAR EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:
Wed/Thurs/Sun each week, 11am-4pm: Living Under One Sun Community Allotment: Volunteers Wanted - Come and help grow fruits and veg, Share and gain skills and knowledge, Meet neighbours, share ideas and get some exercise, Find practical ways to do good by our planet, Celebrate harvest festivals and food from around the world. @ East Hale Allotment, Mill Mead Road, N17 Buses: 41, 123, 230, W4. Contact: Lyn 07722051414 Leyla 07414545640 www.livingunderonesun.co.uk
Wed/Thurs each week, 10am-1pm: Visit the community tree & plant nursery - Green Routes, Finsbury Park, N4. To the right of the Manor House entrance as you enter the park. Come and help with whatever needs doing, find out about the project over a cuppa and meet others. More info: http://transitionfinsburypark.org.uk/nurseryblog
Most Sundays except when Arsenal are playing at home: Ecology Centre Open Sundays 12 - 4pm Visit the Ecology Centre to find out more about wildlife gardening, and to check out the green features, including wind turbine, green roof, solar thermal, and more. Free
Every Thursday 10 am - 3.30pm
Mid Week Conservation Volunteers at various nature conservation sites around the Borough
Help carry out a range of practical tasks, ranging from scything to hedge laying, all fully supervised. No previous experience needed, only a love of the outdoors with good company and humour. You will need suitable outdoor clothes and good boots. Other protective equipment is provided. A contribution towards travel and lunch is also provided. Adults only. Contact Islington Ecology Centre on 7354 5162 or ecologycentre@islingon.gov.uk
(Ed's note: these outdoor workdays leave one with a great feeling of inner wellbeing and contentment.)
Every Saturday 10 am - 3 pm
Sunnyside Community Garden Food Market, Hazellville Road, N19 3LX This is an organic food market selling fruit and veg, bread, cheese, honey, wax, etc etc
Past IG Events (for reference only)
Tuesday 18 October 2011 7.15 – 9.30pm Islington Gardeners AGM. St James’s Hall, Corner Prebend/Packington Streets. Illustrated talk by garden designer Dilip Lakhani 'Four Gardens at Chaumont and magical planting in the Loire' A talk about the International Garden Festival at Chaumont sur Loire and the chateau at Le Rivau near Chinon. Dilip was our judge for the final of the back gardens competition. Prize giving for Competition. Plants for sale in aid of Alzheimer’s Society. Social evening.
Sun 19 June Islington Gardeners coach trip to Hertfordshire Depart Islington Town Hall 10.15am return by 6.30pm (traffic permitting)
This year we will visit the Hertfordshire village of Braughing which has ten gardens open to the public under the Red Cross Scheme. Braughing boasts a wonderful mix of architecture built on two banks of the River Quinn and its ford. Tended by enthusiastic owners, the gardens offer an abundance of attractive features including traditional cottage planting; rare conifers and unusual heathers; herbaceous borders; tropical plants and vegetable plots.
Sat 4 June: Islington Gardeners garden walk round Arlington Square and a number of lovely local back gardens, 2-4pm Further details from: rodaustin@btopenworld.com
Islington Gardeners SPRING Social Tuesday 22nd March 2011. 7.15pm close 9.25pm. St James’ Hall – corner of Prebend & Packington Sts. N1 "Islington Gardens from the 1970s & 1980s: A slide show of photographs from the archive of the late Nancy Pattenden" (your’s or your neighbour’s may be featured)
Tues. 16th Nov Islington Gardeners' AGM 7.10pm St. James’ Hall, corner of Packington Street and Prebend Street, N1
Mon 3rd May IG Members only Visit to the Gardens of Buckingham Palace
Islington Gardeners'Plant Sale on Sunday April 25,
2 - 4.00pm at 36 St Mary's Grove, N1. Donated plants welcome: Sat 25th 2.00 – 4.00pm and Sun 26th 9.00am – 12 noon. Entrance free. Homemade teas.
Islington Gardeners'Spring Flowers Walk in the City on Thursday 8 April 2-4pm Meeting 2.00pm by the City of London Information Bureau (opposite west entrance of St. Paul’s Cathedral). A mystery tour of the best Spring flower gardens the City of London has to offer. The walk is led by Malka Baker, Qualified Tour Guide. Cost: £6.50. IG members and guests only.
Islington Gardeners' Spring Talk on Sunday 28 March 2-4.3Opm. "New Gardening Concepts" by Bernard Jarman of the Biodynamics Association St James' Hall, Prebend Street, N1. Home-made teas. Cost: Members £3.50
Sunday 12th February Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, NW3: Making an Urban Forest Garden
The Royal Free Hospital have kindly given Transition Belsize a food-growing site on their land. On Sunday 12th February a group of urban permaculturalists will be starting work on transforming the land into a forest garden with fruit trees, medicinal herbs and raised beds for food growing by children in the hospital primary school. Do come along and help if you'd like to. For more details please email food@transitionbelsize.org.uk.
Sat 25 Feb 11am-3pm
TREE GRAFTING/HARDWOOD CUTTINGS WORKSHOP Finsbury Park, 12 places, book on info@ediblelandscapeslondon.org.uk, with Gemma Harris of Urban Harvest
Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th March Introduction to Permaculture Design - 10.30am-4.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, NW1 7AY
This lively introductory course is suitable for anyone with an active interest, requires no prior knowledge and for many participants is the first step on a new and positive route. Weekend course fee £50, small amount of concessions available on request. E-mail info@transitionprimrosehill.org to book.
http://www.transitionbelsize.org.uk/events/introduction-permaculture-design
Sun 8 April NGS Open Garden: NEW: Olden Garden, N5 1NH. 2-6 pm. Beautiful and large community garden £5 Refreshments -Wheelchair access
Sun 15 April NGS Open Garden: Malvern Terrace Gardens, N1 1HR. 2–5.30pm. £3.50 Refreshments – Music - Plant sale
Sat 19 May NGS Open Garden: NEW 21 Princelet Street, E1 6QH. 11-4pm. £3
Sun 27 May NGS Open Gardens: 37 Alwyne Road, N1 2HW. 2–6pm. Teas £3
NEW: 9 Furlong Road, N7 8LS. 2–6pm. Refreshments £2
16 Furlong Road, N7 8LS. 2–6pm. Teas £3 (combined entrance £4 for 2)
NEW: 24 Tavistock Terrace, N19 4DB. 2-6 pm.
NEW: 26 Tavistock Terrace, N19 4DB.2-6pm. (Combined entrance £4 for 2) Refreshments
Sun 3 June NGS Open Gardens: NEW Olden Garden, N5 1NH. 2-6 pm. £5 Refreshments - Wheelchair access
Islington Gardens. 2 – 6pm. (Combined adm £6,or £2 for each garden)
1 Battlebridge Court, N1 9UA.
44 Hemingford Road, N1 1DB.
36 Thornhill Square, N1 1BE. Refreshments, Plants
Barnsbury Wood, N5 1PH.
Sat 9 and Sun 10 June, London Open Squares: New for 2012: Arlington Square, N1 7DP, a Victorian Square in Islington – that has a very active residents' association who have recently dug in thousands of litres of compost and manure and planted lots of lavender and lily bulbs.
Sun 10 June NGS Open Gardens: 1a Hungerford Road, N7 9LA. 12-6pm. £2
62 Hungerford Road, N7 9LP. 2–6pm.£2.50
2a Penn Road, N7 9RD. 2–6 pm.
23 Penn Road, N7 9RD. 2-6pm. Plants
NEW 24 Penn Road, N7 9RD. 2–6pm.Refreshments
Combined admission Penn Road £5.
Sat 30 June NGS Open Gardens: NEW: 49 Albion Road, N16 9PP. 4 – 7 pm. £3. Refreshments
5 Northampton Park, N1 2PP. 6 – 9pm.M £4 incl. wine - Refreshments
Wed 4 July NGS Open Garden: King Henry’s Walk Garden 6 - 9pm. £5 Refreshments – Music - Website: www.khwgarden.org.uk/
Children are admitted free to all NGS Open Gardens
REGULAR EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:
Wed/Thurs/Sun each week, 11am-4pm: Living Under One Sun Community Allotment: Volunteers Wanted - Come and help grow fruits and veg, Share and gain skills and knowledge, Meet neighbours, share ideas and get some exercise, Find practical ways to do good by our planet, Celebrate harvest festivals and food from around the world. @ East Hale Allotment, Mill Mead Road, N17 Buses: 41, 123, 230, W4. Contact: Lyn 07722051414 Leyla 07414545640 www.livingunderonesun.co.uk
Wed/Thurs each week, 10am-1pm: Visit the community tree & plant nursery - Green Routes, Finsbury Park, N4. To the right of the Manor House entrance as you enter the park. Come and help with whatever needs doing, find out about the project over a cuppa and meet others. More info: http://transitionfinsburypark.org.uk/nurseryblog
Most Sundays except when Arsenal are playing at home: Ecology Centre Open Sundays 12 - 4pm Visit the Ecology Centre to find out more about wildlife gardening, and to check out the green features, including wind turbine, green roof, solar thermal, and more. Free
Every Thursday 10 am - 3.30pm
Mid Week Conservation Volunteers at various nature conservation sites around the Borough
Help carry out a range of practical tasks, ranging from scything to hedge laying, all fully supervised. No previous experience needed, only a love of the outdoors with good company and humour. You will need suitable outdoor clothes and good boots. Other protective equipment is provided. A contribution towards travel and lunch is also provided. Adults only. Contact Islington Ecology Centre on 7354 5162 or ecologycentre@islingon.gov.uk
(Ed's note: these outdoor workdays leave one with a great feeling of inner wellbeing and contentment.)
Every Saturday 10 am - 3 pm
Sunnyside Community Garden Food Market, Hazellville Road, N19 3LX This is an organic food market selling fruit and veg, bread, cheese, honey, wax, etc etc
Past IG Events (for reference only)
Tuesday 18 October 2011 7.15 – 9.30pm Islington Gardeners AGM. St James’s Hall, Corner Prebend/Packington Streets. Illustrated talk by garden designer Dilip Lakhani 'Four Gardens at Chaumont and magical planting in the Loire' A talk about the International Garden Festival at Chaumont sur Loire and the chateau at Le Rivau near Chinon. Dilip was our judge for the final of the back gardens competition. Prize giving for Competition. Plants for sale in aid of Alzheimer’s Society. Social evening.
Sun 19 June Islington Gardeners coach trip to Hertfordshire Depart Islington Town Hall 10.15am return by 6.30pm (traffic permitting)
This year we will visit the Hertfordshire village of Braughing which has ten gardens open to the public under the Red Cross Scheme. Braughing boasts a wonderful mix of architecture built on two banks of the River Quinn and its ford. Tended by enthusiastic owners, the gardens offer an abundance of attractive features including traditional cottage planting; rare conifers and unusual heathers; herbaceous borders; tropical plants and vegetable plots.
Sat 4 June: Islington Gardeners garden walk round Arlington Square and a number of lovely local back gardens, 2-4pm Further details from: rodaustin@btopenworld.com
Islington Gardeners SPRING Social Tuesday 22nd March 2011. 7.15pm close 9.25pm. St James’ Hall – corner of Prebend & Packington Sts. N1 "Islington Gardens from the 1970s & 1980s: A slide show of photographs from the archive of the late Nancy Pattenden" (your’s or your neighbour’s may be featured)
Tues. 16th Nov Islington Gardeners' AGM 7.10pm St. James’ Hall, corner of Packington Street and Prebend Street, N1
Mon 3rd May IG Members only Visit to the Gardens of Buckingham Palace
Islington Gardeners'Plant Sale on Sunday April 25,
2 - 4.00pm at 36 St Mary's Grove, N1. Donated plants welcome: Sat 25th 2.00 – 4.00pm and Sun 26th 9.00am – 12 noon. Entrance free. Homemade teas.
Islington Gardeners'Spring Flowers Walk in the City on Thursday 8 April 2-4pm Meeting 2.00pm by the City of London Information Bureau (opposite west entrance of St. Paul’s Cathedral). A mystery tour of the best Spring flower gardens the City of London has to offer. The walk is led by Malka Baker, Qualified Tour Guide. Cost: £6.50. IG members and guests only.
Islington Gardeners' Spring Talk on Sunday 28 March 2-4.3Opm. "New Gardening Concepts" by Bernard Jarman of the Biodynamics Association St James' Hall, Prebend Street, N1. Home-made teas. Cost: Members £3.50
