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I Spy in Marchmont Community Garden
I SPY Art workshops for all ages led by Parasite Ceramics as part of the Bloomsbury Festival. Explore the area and local plants, and help to enhance the identity and interpret the story of the Marchmont Community Garden on Saturday 19 Oct 2-4pm and Sun 20 October 1.30-3.30pm
Bloomsbury Festival 15-20 October 2013
Look out for the events happening in or starting from the Bloomsbury Squares during the Festival week. Don’t miss Bedford Square: JAZZ IN THE SQUARE Sunday 20 October 12-4 pm Enjoy swinging vocal-led jazz with gin cocktails from the Gin Garden, lawn games, coffee and cake and other afternoon refreshments, as Bedford Square opens its gates for a relaxing Sunday afternoon. There are […]
Farmers’ Market, Torrington Square
Delicious smells waft around Byng Place from Torrington Square on Thursdays, tempting you across the road to check out the regular Farmers’ Market, held from 9 am to 2 pm. Although it’s mainly hot cooked food available from the stalls, there are also bread and cake stalls, fruit and vegetables and other produce. Check it […]
Party Time in Marchmont Street
The rain did not damp the lively Marchmont Street Party on Saturday 13 September, arranged by the Marchmont Association. It cleared up in time for stalls, orchestra, choir, Mexican band and children’s’ funfair to fill the street with colourful activity. See photos below. Marchmont Community Garden celebrated the second anniversary of its opening by organising […]
Walks round Bloomsbury August to November
Goodenough College has devised free local walks around the Bloomsbury Squares which are delivered by College members every Saturday at 11:00am. Upcoming walks are: August 24 – Dickens, Disraeli & Friends August 31 – How the Squares were Shaped September 7 – Dickens, Disraeli & Friends September 14 – Art & Society in Bloomsbury September 21 […]
September events in Bloomsbury Square
On September 6th Fox Films will use the Square for their annual summer party. Their plans are to use the central area for games and catering but the remainder of the park remains open to local stakeholders and visitors. On September 12 and 13th Royal Albert will return with their tea and cake party in […]
Garden Party inaugurates new cooperation
On one of the warmest evenings of the year so far, on the eve of Open Garden Squares Weekend, the Mayor of Camden and other invited guests from the local community and wider gardens world came to a garden party in Bedford Square to mark the inauguration of the Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens, […]
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. Walks forJune are (updated) are: June 1 – How the Squares were Shaped June 8 – Women of Bloomsbury June 15 – Art & Society in Bloomsbury June 22 – Heart of Bloomsbury June 29 […]
Emma Woodhouse and ‘The Children in Brunswick Square’
In Jane Austen’s novel Emma, Brunswick Square is commended as a airy and healthy place to live. Although the next-door Foundling Hospital is not mentioned there are many references to parentless children throughout the book. Professor Laurie Kaplan will talk about this interesting aspect of the novel at the Foundling Museum on Saturday 8 June at […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 