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Garden of Medicinal Plants
A small bed of plants with a use in medicine has been started in Brunswick Square by the UCL School of Pharmacy in cooperation with the Brunswick Square gardening volunteers. Lavender, calendula, valerian and hypericum are among the attractive but useful plants recently put in, with more being added as time goes on. A poster […]
Bursting blooms and baby birds
These baby blackbirds were in the nest in the ivy wall of Marchmont Community Garden, but have fledged in the past 48 hours. A second pair of blackbirds is now nesting and frantically feeding their young further along the same ivy wall and a pair of great tits are in the bird box on the […]
Bloomsbury Squares Tree Walk 27 May
Celebrating London Tree Week, the Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens is offering a free guided tree walk, led by Richard Wright, on Saturday 28 May at 11 am. Come and see some of the area’s splendid and unusual trees. View the New Zealand border in the beautiful Mecklenburgh Square garden, normally closed to the public. […]
Britain’s Green Allies: medicinal plants in wartime – a lecture on 15 May
The UCL School of Pharmacy are starting to establish a small bed of medicinal plants in Brunswick Square, outside their building, with information on their uses. On Monday 15 May the school is also hosting this lecture by Peter Ayres, Emeritus Professor, Lancaster University, for the British Society for the History of Pharmacy VENUE: UCL […]
St George’s Day party at St George’s Gardens
The Friends of St George’s Gardens (FOSGG) want to invite you to their annual Party. It’s just over a week away on Saturday 22 April, 2-5pm in the Gardens. Post code WC1N 1PH FOSGG say “We will have lovely music again from the Marama Café Band, Jebb the juggler as master of ceremonies, a face painter, […]
Volunteer gardeners make a ‘first Saturday’ date in the square
Healthy exercise, reasonably gentle work (you can choose your level) and some good company -all away from the traffic fumes in a lovely green square. What could be more enticing to get you out of your room, flat or house? Brunswick Square has an established team of volunteers who garden for two hours on the […]
NEW COURSES ON THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC PARKS
The Garden History Grapevine, in association with the Gardens Trust, are running 2 new courses on the History of Public Parks. In April and May there will be a series of 5 study days on individual London parks and then in the autumn a 12 week course on more general park history. As usual the […]
Signs of Spring
Our square-watchers have been out and about, capturing spring stirring in the squares – not only the plants and wildlife, human activity is getting underway too. The Brunswick Square volunteers meet on the first Saturday of each month (10 -12 noon) and get some basic training from a professional […]
Urban ecology at St Georges’ Gardens
Friends of St George’s Gardens are delighted to announce that the speaker at this year’s AGM will be Bob Gilbert, urban ecologist and author of The Green London Way. You may have met him at last year’s Bloomsbury Festival leading a fascinating walk through the Gardens. We do hope you will be able to join […]
Step out in February
VAL MARTIN MEMORIAL WALKS -Dates for February 2017 Guided, Historic Walking Tours of our Bloomsbury Squares, Val Martin Memorial Walks are free of charge and open to the public. No need to RSVP. Just show up! Everyone is welcome. They occur every Saturday and begin at 11:00am on the front steps of The Goodenough Club, 23 Mecklenburgh […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 