Category Brunswick Square
Celebrate National Tree Week: visit Bloomsbury’s venerable plane
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’s glory in the Bloomsbury squares
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.
Free events at the Bloomsbury Festival in the Bloomsbury Squares this weekend
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 […]
Goodgym supports Brunswick Square volunteers
Friends of Brunswick Square Volunteers were supported in their gardening efforts in the gardens by four Goodgym runners recently. The team weeded and removed rubbish around the western entrance to the garden. As part of the summer and autumn programme this year FoBS are planning to introduce additional planting to enhance the visual experience. In […]
Bloomsbury Festival, 18-27 October 2024
This year’s Bloomsbury Festival has things to look out for in our gardens. ECHO by Joe Duggan, Russell SquareA new public sculpture by artist Joe Duggan, commissioned by the Commissioners of Russell Square, this monumental artwork stands 4 metres tall in Russell Square Gardens, resembling hastily erected metal scaffolding with a concrete boulder precariously balanced […]
Girls in the Garden finale…for now
The five-week trial of free nature-based outdoor activities for teenage girls ended with a session making glorious Flower Crowns for Midsummer’s Day in Tavistock Square. Each week a different activity has been followed, with pre-booked participants being joined by passers-by. The activities, led by Wild Remedy, were supported by the Association of Bloomsbury Squares and […]
Girls in the Garden, Brunswick Square
Arranged by the Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens together with the Camden Open Spaces team, the goal of these free sessions* is to inspire and engage girls from the local area, encouraging them to feel safe and spend time outdoors discovering nature. The inaugural workshop, “Self-Care with Nature,” took place on May 29th, 2024, […]
Girls in the Garden, Bloomsbury, May & June
Girls in the Garden free Nature Workshops have been arranged by the Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens in association with Camden Council and Wild Therapy. They are offering a summer opportunity for girls only to take part in creative outdoor activities in the famous garden squares, encouraging girls to enjoy their local gardens. The […]
Thanks to the volunteers in Bloomsbury Squares
Last autumn teams of volunteers planted large numbers of bulbs in Brunswick Square, Red Lion Square, Russell Square and Tavistock Square. In February, braving the weather, they were out clearing the way for the spring display to appear (as in Brunswick Square, below) . Despite the rain in March, the flowers were colourful and abundant […]
Playing in the New Year
If you couldn’t make it to the big parade in central London on New Year’s Day, then at least you could have heard the big band from Chatanooga High School rehearsing in Russell Square ahead of the event. Meanwhile, a robin was making its own music in one of the snake bark maples in Brunswick […]
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