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News and events
You can contact the Association on bloomsburysquares@talktalk.net Check this site for news of events in Bloomsbury’s historic squares and gardens, and information about their planting, features, or history. Click the Follow button on the right to get our posts hot off the press. All material © Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens, except where otherwise […]
Cartwright Gardens redevelopment
When the University of London’s plans to redevelop their student halls along the east side of Cartwright Gardens received full planning permission, it included a commitment by the University to upgrade the gardens and make them fully accessible to the public from dawn until dusk, 364 days a year for the lifetime of their stay […]
Weathering the storms – tree news
During this stormy weather that we have been fortunate to have had very little damage, as our trees are an important feature of the Bloomsbury squares. However, in Tavistock Square we have lost one of our age-old plane trees through disease. Camden Council Tree Department pointed out the remaining stump to us so that we could see […]
Wildlife in the square
The night of the storm Sunday 22nd – Monday 23rd December 2013 brought some of the worst weather encountered in London for decades with howling 70 mph winds and lashing rain which even flooded Euston Road. Early the following morning, Christmas Eve, returning from collecting a newspaper from Woburn Walk, I stepped into the north […]
Walks round Bloomsbury
Goodenough College has devised free local walks around the Bloomsbury Squares which are delivered by College members every Saturday at 11:00am. The meeting point is The Goodenough Club (23 Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1 2AD). Contact Cultural Bloomsbury if you would like information about the walks. They can also arrange walks to order for groups of 8 […]
Festive greetings from the Bloomsbury squares
The Friends of Tavistock Square welcomed members of their fellow Friends groups for the Bloomsbury squares and passers-by this week with a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie in the square, to thank volunteers and to advertise themselves as keen to encourage new members with an interest in the life of the squares. […]
Lead a volunteer garden team
An experienced gardener is needed in a voluntary role as the leader of a team of volunteer gardeners The Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens is looking for an experienced gardener to organise a team of volunteer gardeners in the squares of Bloomsbury. The role is entirely voluntary, but expenses for materials will be covered. […]
Bloomsbury squares in the top 50
In a recently published book, the historian Melanie Backe Hansen picks the 50 streets that best illustrate the story of homes across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. From Roman roads to leafy lanes and all types in between, these 50 have been chosen as the most historically important in the country as examples of our domestic history. And […]
Waitrose in-store charity collection for Brunswick Square
Waitrose has kindly offered an in-store charity collection during the month of November to help support the work of the Friends of Brunswick Square*, who work hard to keep the square a place that everyone can enjoy using. It’s a quiet backwater, with few permanent residents, other than in the flats in O’Donnell Court of […]
Back to the 80s for London’s green spaces?
Strength in working together rather than competing for scarce resources: some thoughts on the way forward for the Friends’ Movement in 2014 from Dave Morris, Chair of the London Friends Groups Network What are the issues? There is a growing crisis for the management of the UK’s 30,000 urban green spaces, as the Government continues […]
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