EVENTS
EXHIBITIONS
The Garden Museum
14 May – 21 September 2025: Cecil Beaton's Garden Party
10 June - 20 July: Nancy Cadogan: The Lost Trees
RHS/Gardens Trust online exhibition:
The Bicycle Boys - An Unforgettable Garden Tour
This exhibtion is based on a bicyle tour around the UK undertaken by two young Americans in June 1928. Based on their journal which charts their progress and what they saw it offers a spotlight on over 80 Unforgettable Gardens as experienced in the 1920 in contrast with what visitors see today. View the exhibition here.
WALKS
Royal Parks Charity
The Trees of Kensington Gardens 17 May 2025 from 10.30 -12.30
An opportunity to learn about the landscape and cultural history of Kensington Gardens and how they have evolved over the centuries: join Royal Parks Arboriculture Officer Greg Packman for a fascinating guided walk through Kensington Gardens, where you’ll uncover the remarkable stories behind its diverse trees.
London Park to Park
Monthly walks led by Tim Ingram-Smith taking in up to half a dozen parks, squares, gardens, a nature reserve or an urban woodland over a leisurely 5 - 6 mile walk. As well as Tim Ingram-Smith there will often also be a local person invited to join the walk to share their knowledge of the area.
All walks will start and finish close to public transport, and the destination may well include a cafe, pub or somewhere warm, dry and convivial.
Walks are scheduled to take place on the second Sunday of the month:
11 May: Crane River to Richmond Lock
8 June: Embankment through the Royal Parks (St.James's Park, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and Holland Park)
13 July: Canary Wharf to Mile End and Victoria Parks
Full details of forthcoming walks and to book a place
Secret Gardens, Hidden Churches
Saturday. 24 May at 2.00pm.
Sundays, 22 June, 13 July, 10 August, and 7 September, all at 11.00am.
'Many of the most interesting sites in the City (of London) are somewhat tucked away and often quite small. While the City does not have big parks like those further west it does have c.250 open and green spaces: many created by the destruction of the Great Fire and the Blitz. A walking tour for those interested in discovering the history, sites and buildings of the City of London'. Book via Eventbrite
Guided walks of Willesden Jewish Cemetery
The only Jewish cemetery registered as a Park or Garden of Special Historic Interest, Willesden is a remarkable survival, telling the stories of the first ethnic minority to settle in Britain in modern times. Designed as a ‘Garden Cemetery’ in 1873, Willesden Jewish Cemetery offers a unique blend of heritage and nature.
Regular guided walks of the Cemetery continue: dates currently available for booking include:; Sundays 18 May,, 15 June, 22 June, 29 June, 13 July, 20 July, and 27 July; Tuesdays 22 April, and 10 June; Wednesay 23 July; Thursdays 22 May, 19 June, 3 July, and 31 July; all at 11.00am
Further details and to book