Check this site for details of events in Bloomsbury’s historic squares and gardens, and news about their planting and features, or to find out more about their history. There are contact details for each garden if you want to get involved or contact the Association directly on folia@tiscali.co.uk
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 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 […]
Since the garden opened to the public in 2011, there have been regular events to involve the community, with the help of a Sustainablity Grant from the Big Lottery Fund, including bulb planting, the planting of a ‘Prunus Amanogawa’ (Japanese Cherry) tree by the Mayor of Camden and three local choirs singing Carols under the […]
Goodenough College has devised free local walks around the Bloomsbury Squares which are delivered by College members every Saturday at 11:00am. Walks for May/June 2013 are: May 4 – How the Squares were Shaped May 11 – Dickens Disraeli & Friends May 18 – Women of Bloomsbury May 25 – Fictional Bloomsbury June 1 – How […]
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 […]
Goodenough College has devised free local walks around the Bloomsbury Squares which are delivered by College members every Saturday at 11:00am. Walks for March/April 2013 are: March 16 – Art & Society in Bloomsbury March 23 – Dickens, Disraeli & Friends March 30 – Women of Bloomsbury April 6 – walk topic to be confirmed April […]
The snow is falling and people are having fun, making tracks and sculptures. . .