Category Talk/Lecture
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 […]
Hear Bob Gilbert at St George’s Gardens AGM
The Friends of St George’s Gardens AGM is next Thursday 20 March 2025 at 7pm in the Coram Foundation meeting room. It’s easy to find – just go past the School of Pharmacy and the Foundling Museum on the north side of Brunswick Square and through the gate into the Coram campus. The entrance is […]
Walk round the graves, St George’s Gardens, Sat 16 Nov at 12 noon
There are many fascinating stories in the former graveyard, now a peaceful garden. Come along and find out more. The weather is looking reasonable!
St George’s Gardens -Caring for the tombs talk and AGM, 21 March
On Thursday 21 March at 7pm, after a short business meeting (AGM) at the Coram Family Campus on Brunswick Square, there will be refreshments and then a guest speaker: Shane Greig. Shane’s job as Structures Manager in Camden Council includes taking care of the walls and tombs in St George’s Gardens. He’ll talk about how […]
Fanny Wilkinson, landscape gardener, in Camden (talk on 5 March)
Fanny Rollo Wilkinson (1855–1951), recently commemorated with a blue plaque on her former home in Shaftesbury Avenue, was probably Britain’s first professional woman landscape gardener, designing scores of public gardens and playgrounds, many of which can still be found across the city today. Friday 8 March is International Women’s Day and a few days before […]
The stories behind the trees
A FREE event, all welcome. 3.00 p.m. Sunday 10 September 2023 In what is now a regular annual event, Bob Gilbert will tellthe stories behind the trees in St. George’s Gardens, as well asthose of some of its ‘weeds’ and wild flowers. Exploring,among other things, their folklore, their historical associationsand their traditional uses, he will […]
Coram charities feature at Friends of St George’s Gardens AGM 23 March
The Friends write: Our AGM will be on Thursday 23 March at 7pm at the KCBNA Community Centre in Marchmont Street. Anyone is welcome to join us. We will have a business meeting first – report on the year, accounts and elections – followed by refreshments and then a guest speaker. When thinking who we […]
St George’s Gardens tour of the old graves
Next Saturday, 19 November, Dr Roger Bowdler will lead a lecture walk around the graves, starting at the Chapel of Rest at 12 noon. Don’t miss it. Friends of St George’s Gardens invite you to come along and join the walk. Roger knows more than anyone about the graves in St George’s Gardens. He worked […]
Bloomsbury autumn walks
Friends of St George’s Gardens are offering another Tree Talk with the ever popular Bob Gilbert. Come along to the Gardens on Sunday 31 October at 2.30 p.m. to hear Bob’s stories about ‘Autumn in the Gardens’. The walk will look at seasonal changes; buds, bark, fruit and seeds, and animal behaviour, as the natural […]
Trees – their secret stories
On Saturday 22 May, Bob Gilbert will give a talk about Trees – their secret stories for Friends of St George’s Gardens and friends. He will talk about the protective power of the birch, death and the elder, how the hazel shaped our history and more stories behind some of our commonest trees and shrubs. […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 