Monthly Archives: May 2022

Alfred Place, Bloomsbury’s newest green space

The street between Store St and Chenies St, once little more than a carpark, has been transformed into Bloomsbury’s newest green space, just off Tottenham Court Rd. Although recently planted and still to fully flourish, it provides a welcome green corridor among office blocks and a new, fairly quiet space to sit for a while.

Chelsea Fringe: Sketching in the Bloomsbury Squares

The Chelsea Fringe festival is 11 years old, now worldwide, and will have events in Bloomsbury this year! Community gardeners, artists, activists and anyone with an interest in gardens, plants and outdoor space have a chance to get involved and do something fun and positive. Nick Andrew, an artist of the outdoors, will be sketching in […]

Tree walk in St George’s Gardens 15 May

Walk and Talk in the Gardens with Bob Gilbert 3.00 pm, Sunday 15 May Join this Spring walk and talk in the Gardens with the popular Bob Gilbert, arranged by Friends of St George’s Gardens. Bob is the author of ‘Ghost Trees – Nature and People in a London Parish’, and ‘The Green London Way’.  […]

No Mow May in Bloomsbury garden squares

The University of London is taking part in No Mow May across their managed gardens in Bloomsbury. This means their grass will be spared the cut for the whole month. No Mow May is a national campaign by Plantlife. The benefits are: Providing more nectar for ten times the amount of bees, butterflies, moths and […]