Category Bedford Square
Bedford Square Festival 28 June to 1 July
The very first Bedford Square Festival is taking place later this month. The Festival is a collaboration between five of the cultural institutions that reside on Bedford Square, Bloomsbury: Paul Mellon Centre, Architectural Association, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Yale University Press and New College of Humanities. Bedford Square Festival will open the doors of the […]
Spring planting in Bedford Square -and something for the window box
Bedford Estates Head Gardener Tom Abbott gives news of spring work in Bedford Square and some recommendations for your city window boxes. With the warmer weather and therefore increased soil temperatures comes the opportunity to undertake the long awaited over-seeding of the main lawn at Bedford Square. Martin Towsey, overall Gardens Manager for the Bedford […]
A year in the Bedford estate squares
Thomas Abbott, the new Head Gardener for the Bedford estate squares and gardens, reviews his first winter in Bloomsbury: After a mild and wet winter Spring seems to have definitively sprung as this photograph of Ridgemount Gardens attests. The winter months were spent principally in clearing our various gardens of leaf fall and then processing […]
Open Garden Squares Weekend in the Bloomsbury Squares 13 and 14 June 2015
Over 200 gardens to explore in this magical two-day event including many in Bloomsbury which are not usually open to the public: e.g. Mecklenburgh Sq, Bedford Sq, Collingham Gardens, Lutheran Centre, British Medical Association, October Gallery and White Hall hotel. Check the website for open days and times, and how to buy tickets http://www.opensquares.org/
Chelsea Fringe in the Bloomsbury Squares 17 & 24 May
Chelsea Fringe, now in its third year, comes to the Bloomsbury Squares for the first time with three events on 17 May and one on 24 May: Talking, drawing Bloomsbury squares: A close, and unusual, look at three of Bloomsbury’s squares and gardens. This event takes place twice : May 17, from […]
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 […]
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 […]
Open Garden Squares Weekend 8-9 June 2013
200 gardens, 2 days, 1 ticket! Open Garden Squares Weekend celebrates London’s great outdoor spaces over two magical days. From historic squares to community allotments and roof gardens, there is access to spaces not normally open to the public, as well as special activities in other places. In Bloomsbury, Bedford Square and Mecklenburgh Square will […]
A Unique Urban Village Fete and Extravaganza!
Bloomsbury Summer fete takes place in Bedford Square, Friday 14th June 2013 – 11am to 10.30pm Check it out on: https://sites.google.com/site/bloomsburysummerfete/ Bloomsbury Big Al-Fresco Lunch starts at 11 and continues all day. Event Coordinator Midtown Business Club Members Liaison Jim Murray […]
Happy Christmas from Bedford Square
The Christmas tree is up in Bedford Square and although we’re lacking a dusting of snow or even a festive frost, the lights look magical twinkling through the borders. Meanwhile, with all the leaves down, we are being treated to the sight of the magnificent London Plane trees in all their architectural glory. Silhouetted against the winter sky, […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 