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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.
The festive season got off to an early start in Russell Square on 11 November. A large crowd gathered to watch the switch on of the Christmas tree lights, visited by Father Christmas, Cinderella and Prince Charming together with several extremely tall elves. Imperial Hotels provided drinks and mincepies and there was a splendidly lit […]
The Mayor of Camden helped out when a large number of volunteers planted spring bulbs recently in Bloomsbury Square. The Friends group, who garden regularly and generally try to keep the square looking good, was glad of all the extra hands that helped out on this occasion. Look out for the mass of flowers in […]
Two free events not to miss: Friends of St George’s Gardens: Saturday 18 October 3 pm at Holy Cross Church, Cromer St a dramatic ‘unearthing’ of the story of Jonathan Richardson, Georgian gentleman, a ghost of the former graveyard Friends of Brunswick Square: Sunday 19 October, 10.30 am and 2 pm in the gardens a […]
There will soon be another Bloomsbury Festival ‘unearthing’ of a person buried in the former graveyard. If you enjoyed Mr Dilly’s story last year, come and hear about ‘Jonathan Richardson, Georgian gentleman’, in Holy Cross Church, on Saturday 18 October at 3pm with actors Debbie Radcliffe and Jules Date. Admission free, all welcome. Then on […]
Come along to the square to see the Michael Craig-Martin sculptures that the Commissioners of Russell Square, working with the Gagosian Gallery, the Bloomsbury Festival and the Henry Moore Foundation, have just had installed in Russell Square Gardens. They will be there until the end of October. You can find out more about Michael Craig-Martin and […]
The 80th anniversary of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 was remembered in a ceremony in Tavistock Square, including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, when a new cherry tree was planted – Prunus ‘Kanzan,’ the same variety of cherry as the previous tree. The cherry tree, originally planted in 1967 by […]
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