Abbey Gardens viewed from the Webcam

Regular Events

Our Garden Club runs three times a week led by Hamish Liddle - anyone is welcome to join in.

FREE GARDEN CLUB SESSIONS (March - End of October 2010)

Saturdays 10.00 am - 3.00 pm
Tuesdays 1.00 pm - 3.00 pm
Thursdays 4.00 pm - dusk

Wildflower Seed Sowing - part of Plant for Life

Saturday 20th March 2010, 12:00 – 16:00

This event is going to be run by The Friends of Abbey Gardens to launch the 2010 growing season

Wildflower Seed Sowing - part of Plant for Life

Fruit Tree Planting Rescheduled

Saturday 6th February 2010, 10:30 – 15:30

Now that the weather is improving we invite you to join us to plant our 80 metre long wall with new fruit trees and bushes - a mix of soft fruit, plums, pears and apples that will be wall-trained over the coming years.

Light refreshments will be available, you may want to bring a packed lunch. All tools, instruction and materials are provided.

Fruit Tree Trench & Mulled Wine

Saturday 5th December 2009, 10:00 – 19:00

A spot of digging in the morning and a glass of mulled wine in the evening!

Seed Swap, Soup & Social

Saturday 10th October 2009, 12:00 – 16:00

Meeting other gardeners, eating soup and hearing about the history of the site

What Will the Harvest Festival Be?

Saturday 12th September 2009, 12:00 – 16:00

Picking, cooking and eating straight from the Garden with Sam Clark of Moro cooking!

Flowers-4-U

Saturday 22nd August 2009, 12:00 – 16:00

Flower-arranging expert Margot Cooper guided us through how to select, pick and arrange a hand-tied bunch of flowers fresh from Abbey Gardens.

The Big Lunch

Sunday 19th July 2009, 12:00 – 16:00

A communal shared lunch held at the Garden as part of this nationwide project

Planting

Saturday 27th June 2009, 12:00 – Sunday, 28th 16:00

A hands-on session to plant up the remaining raised beds

Sow Your Own

Saturday 20th June 2009, 12:00 – 16:00

Sowing 1000 square metres of seeds was easier than you'd think!

Build Your Own

Saturday 13th June 2009, 12:00 – 16:00

A game team of locals and their tools helped us build the timber raised beds

Urban Seed Day II

Saturday 27th September 2008, 10:00 – 12:00

Gathering wild flower seeds to sow in 2009

Urban Seed Day I

Saturday 16th August 2008, 15:00 – 17:30

Event with expert botanist Roy Vickery

What Will The Harvest Be? Walk

Saturday 12th July 2008, 15:00 – 20:30

A walk to visit our Newham allotment neighbours