Category Open Garden Squares
No Open Garden Squares, instead a Victorian flower show
This weekend would have been the annual Open Garden Squares Weekend, when normally closed gardens open and the open gardens in Bloomsbury take on a festival air too. Not this year, thanks to coronavirus Covid-19, not yet anyway. However, here is a previous floral celebration in Bloomsbury to enjoy as some small compensation. In 1863, […]
Words of the Wood, St George’s Gardens
Friends of St George’s Gardens report that their fringe event during Open Garden Squares Weekend on 8-9 June 8-9 was very successful. The weather was good. Friends member Annette Freeman put her word clues on the trees early on Saturday morning and she and a rota of Friends welcomed visitors with the Words of the […]
Fringe event in St George’s Gardens for Open Garden Squares Weekend 8-9 June in the Bloomsbury Squares
It’s that time of year again, when visitors from all over Britain and the world come to enjoy Open Garden Squares Weekend in the Bloomsbury Squares. All the squares are open to be enjoyed. Bedford Square and Mecklenburg Square, usually closed to the public, are specially open (see OGSW website for times) and this year […]
Peter Pan and Brunswick Square
Perhaps it’s no surprise that Peter Pan is associated with Brunswick Square, as J. M. Barrie once lived there. The literary connection was celebrated during Open Garden Square Weekend in June, as a children’s art activity took Peter Pan as its theme and Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital charity (who benefit from Barrie’s royalties) had […]
Open Garden Squares Weekend in the Bloomsbury Squares 9 and 10 June 2018
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, including Bedford Square, Brunswick Square, Gordon Square, Russell Square, St George’s Gardens and Mecklenburgh Square. See the Open Garden Squares website to find details of which gardens are open […]
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 […]
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/
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 […]
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 […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 