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The Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens invites you on brisk walks around Bloomsbury to improve your circulation and increase your weekly step count. Hear new stories and meet new friends. The free walks are led by the expert Camden Guides* and include a brief stop at the halfway point to hear a few […]
Camden Council are conducting two consultations at the moment which you might like to take part in, if you use the Bloomsbury garden squares. The first is only open for comment until 26 February so there’s not much time. A public space protection order – PSPO – to address irresponsible dog ownership expires in March and Camden is consulting […]
The early crocus are braving the rain and starting to make a show in Gordon Square and Russell Square. Take time for a stroll to enjoy them and lift your spirits.
The photos just don’t do justice to the wonderful carpet of naturalised early Crocus tomasinianus all along the East Bank of Brunswick Square Gardens (by the playing fields fence). They are very pale mauve and slender, so don’t show up well in a picture. If we ever get another sunny day, when they’ll be open […]
Lots of birdwatching is taking place in the Bloomsbury Squares in the RSPB Big Birdwatch week, as well as that previously announced in our last post. Friends of St George’s Gardens are joining in as a group, offering the opportunity especially for people who don’t have gardens for bird counting. A chance for young children […]
Your annual opportunity to check out the birds seen in our beautiful garden squares is next week. Join amateur spotters all over the country in recording birds for the RSPB Big Birdwatch 2026 and sending in your results for your location. Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Every year, hundreds of […]
Christmas is coming and Friends of St George’s Gardens have Christmas cards and carols for you. The cards show a drawing of the Gardens by FoSGG committee member Sarah Colquhoun, but with a discreet little Santa making his way down the path. The cards are 6×4 inches and cost £6 for packs of 10. If […]
Did you enjoy the Michael Craig-Martin sculptures in Russell Square during October’s Bloomsbury Festival, which were part of the Russell Square Sculpture Programme? The Russell Square Commissioners have also sponsored, in collaboration with CityLit, The Russell Square Commissioners’ Sculptural Prize to recognize innovation, craftsmanship and critical thinking in Sculpture – and offering students a platform to showcase their […]
In National Tree Week, the wonderful mature trees in Bloomsbury’s squares cannot go without mention. The most venerable and celebrated of all, however, is the Great Brunswick Plane, currently showing its autumn colours. Well over 200 years old, this London plane (Platanus x hispanica) is believed to be the second oldest plane tree in central […]
Autumn colour on the Bloomsbury trees is glorious this autumn, from the red maple in Gordon Square, the autumn-yellow ginkgo in Tavistock Square and the wondrous 200+ year old plane tree in Brunswick Square -and many, many others. It’s been a firework show to lift the spirits in shorter, darker days.
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