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You can contact the Association on bloomsburysquares@talktalk.net Check this site for news of events in Bloomsbury’s historic squares and gardens, and information about their planting, features, or history. Click the Follow button on the right to get our posts hot off the press. All material © Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens, except where otherwise […]
Waitrose in-store charity collection for Brunswick Square
Waitrose has kindly offered an in-store charity collection during the month of November to help support the work of the Friends of Brunswick Square*, who work hard to keep the square a place that everyone can enjoy using. It’s a quiet backwater, with few permanent residents, other than in the flats in O’Donnell Court of […]
Back to the 80s for London’s green spaces?
Strength in working together rather than competing for scarce resources: some thoughts on the way forward for the Friends’ Movement in 2014 from Dave Morris, Chair of the London Friends Groups Network What are the issues? There is a growing crisis for the management of the UK’s 30,000 urban green spaces, as the Government continues […]
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 […]
The Wilding Festival in Bloomsbury -a suffragette’s story. 13-16th June
A multi-arts festival inspired by the remarkable story of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison comes to Bloomsbury. Dates: Thursday 13th June – Sunday 16th June 2013 Pre-festival talks and debates from Friday 7th June 2013 Venue: St. George’s, Bloomsbury, WC1A 2HR (Front entrance, Bloomsbury Way) On the 14th June 1913, 6000 women dressed in white marched […]
Parks a priority
At the beginning of July the magazine Horticulture Week launched ‘Parks a Priority’ – a call for a parliamentary inquiry into the needs of urban parks and how to respond to the looming funding crisis. The well-attended launch took place in the Houses of Parliament, hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group of MPs and Lords. The National Federation of […]
The London Square: Gardens in the Midst of Town
This recently published book (Yale University Press, 2012) by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan on a unique feature of London, its ‘green enclaves’ or garden squares, covers the history, evolution and social implications of these open spaces in the midst of town. The book covers their ups and downs over the centuries. There are fascinating pictures, plans and maps […]
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