Category Events
Autumn walk in St George’s Gardens with ‘the tree man’ – Sat 18 Nov
It’s almost a tradition that we have an autumn walk-and-talk event in the Gardens, so here is this year’s invitation. On Saturday 18 November at 11 am come to St George’s Gardens for a special autumn walk. We’re delighted that Bob Gilbert – the ‘tree man’ who was such a success at the Friends of […]
Open Garden Squares Weekend in the Bloomsbury Squares 17 & 18 June 2017
Over 200 gardens in London are taking part this year. In Bloomsbury many of the squares and hidden gardens will be open or have special activities. See the Open Garden Squares website to find details of which gardens are open on which days over the weekend and what’s on in each. There is a free […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 -London’s ‘quartier des carrés’
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, author of The London Square: gardens in the midst of town, will be talking about the history and development of these special Bloomsbury squares,one of which is the oldest to bear the name of ‘square’ at UCL School of Pharmacy, Brunswick Sq, on Tuesday, 18 October 2016 from 19:30 to 21:00. Todd is the president […]
