Monday 5 May, 1pm to 5pm Windmill Gardens SW2 5DA Free family friendly event celebrating May Day traditions. Live music, planting and craft workshops, Morris dancing, Maypole, hot food and beer from Brixton Brewery. www.brixtonwindmill.org
As the garden bursts into life, join us at the Greenhouses to get outside and celebrate spring! Bring your friends and family to enjoy spring inspired food and drink, have a dance, and enjoy music from the wonderful South East London Folk Orchestra, Raise the Roof Choir and more. There will also be craft activities, plant trails, and more ways to celebrate nature during this wonderful season! We’ll have a hot lunch, tea and cakes, botanical cocktails, local craft beer and organic wine available in the barn. Book a hot lunch with your ticket to avoid disappointment – a delicious homemade wild garlic and creamy cashew pasta, with fresh herbs. Times: Food available from 1pm – 2.30pm Crafts, teas, cakes and refreshments – all afternoon Music and folk dancing times TBC FIND OUT MORE AND BOOK HERE
Curious about faith? Join a series of group conversations that freely explore the basics of the Christian faith in an open, friendly environment. At each Alpha session, you’ll be hosted in a small group, given a meal and watch an episode on a different question of faith – then you have a chance to share your thoughts and hear what others think. You can say anything you like, or nothing at all. Everyone’s welcome. You’re invited, no matter your background or beliefs. It’s free and there’s no pressure to come back. We run daytime and evening Alpha courses each year. Our next one starts the 13th May at St Saviour’s at 7.30pm. For more info visit https://alpha.org.uk/about To register contact vicar@hernehillparish.org.uk
Catch of the Day – Aerial Theatre Catch of the Day – Outdoor aerial theatre from The Dot Collective Saturday 31 May, 11am and 2pm Tickets £14 / £12 / £10 / Free for under 3s BOOK HERE Following last summer’s production of Dream Sequence, The Dot Collective return this summer with their brand new production Catch of the Day. We’re going to the seaside! A place where community unites the locals and those down for a jolly day in the sun. One local, a fisherman, has some fresh lobsters to sell, little does he know that these are not any lobsters, these are Lobster Quadrille Lobsters, who are ready to dance back to the sea. Inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and performed by professional aerial actors (Glastonbury/The Royal Opera House) it’s a story of wonder and nonsense laced with lethal wit, of games, riddles and conundrums, of questions with no right answers, but above all of magic and adventure in which you could be the highest bidder on the lobsters! Stay and Play! – there will be an opportunity post show for the audience to have a go sitting and swinging on the aerial silks. Recommended age 4+ Fully accessible...
The Ruskin Park Summer Fete is a great day out for friends and family. Join us from 12pm to 6pm around the bandstand.
Mambista is back in the summer sun at the Greenhouses this year with an incredible line up of local talent and legendary musicians. Join us in the garden for music, food and drink amongst the flowers. Our first gig of the summer is with Alvorada. Alvorada are the UK’s leading performers of choro – a gorgeous form of instrumental acoustic music from Rio de Janeiro. The band features top musicians from London and Brazil, whose diverse backgrounds – including jazz, classical and Brazilian music – make for a unique and innovative sound. Check out their second album release “Faz Tempo” via alvoradamusic.com. Alvorada are perfect for the ambiance and natural beauty provided by BPCG’s Plum Tree “stage”. One not to miss! Come rain or shine, as we can take shelter in the greenhouse and under marquees if the weather is unkind to us. Join us for a wonderful session of seriously good sounds! BOOK HERE
Come along and enjoy a day of creativity, learning the traditional craft of willow weaving! In this 5 hour workshop you will master weaving techniques and make your very own hanging basket which you can take home at the end of the day. Willow weaving is a traditional method for making all kinds of beautiful baskets and containers using natural materials. There are many varieties of willow and many different coloured stems or ‘rods’. The different coloured rods add an extra layer of decoration to your willow weaving allowing you to weave different coloured patterns into your baskets. In this workshop you will learn the traditional method of willow basket weaving but with a twist. The basket will have a pointy base to transform it into a beautiful hanging basket. Hanging baskets can make an attractive addition to any garden, entranceway, front door or courtyard space, and can be planted up with edible or ornamental plants including our trailing bush tomatoes, Tumbling tom yellow and Tumbling tom red which will be on sale at our shop. All material and tools provided. BOOK HERE
A full day weekend workshop with skilled ceramic sculptor, Ben Swift. During the one day workshop you will, with guidance and demonstrations from your tutor: Model a small self/portrait head in Terracotta. Learn about proportions of the head. Build up a basic head form on a simple armature support. Use modelling tools to construct the features. Create surface details: hair, skin etc. Finish and prepare the piece for the kiln.! Teacher is Ben Swift Ben is a ceramic artist and ceramics teacher based in Dulwich. His work explores both figurative, geometric and organic subjects with emphasis on process: construction, throwing, casting and fabrication, thus creating rhythms, textures and forms. These are expressed through the treatment of a variety of media. Most often he employs ceramics but he also combines constructed metals and found objects. Recent work has begun to compose disparate elements as assemblages. Cost is £150; concessions £75 As with all Bell House Pottery courses we offer two concession tickets at half price, which can be booked directly at the box office. If you would not be able to attend at the full price due to financial considerations, then this concession option is available. Book here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bellhousepotterystudio/1126771
Merlin Hanbury-Tenison (conservationist, veteran and founder of The Thousand Year Trust, Britain’s rainforest charity) joins us at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses to discuss his new book 'Our Oaken Bones', an honest and intimate true story about the astonishing healing power of nature, and our duty to heal it in return. Tickets are Pay What You Can from £5! FIND OUT MORE AND BOOK HERE
Art in the Park, Sunday 10 August, 1pm to 5pm Windmill Gardens, SW2 5DA Free art and craft workshops for children, adults and families in Windmill Gardens Park. This year's workshops include jewellery weaving, T-shirt painting and paper marbling. Brixton Windmill is also open for guided tours and our cafe and shop will be open too. All workshops are drop in - no need to book. https://www.brixtonwindmill.org/events/art-in-the-park/
Improve your swimming technique and meet other swimmers at our Monday swim sessions at Alleyns School pool, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU. All evenings are led by two qualified instructors teaching a range of skills from inter-mediate to masters. Adults 18+ welcome. The 8:30pm to 9:30pm sessions run every Monday (except Bank Holidays, the month of Autumn, and the Christmas period). We have the whole 25m pool with six lanes and a maximum of 32 swimmers. For more information visit www.brockwellswimmers.com.
The 12 Windmills of Lambeth,Then and Now Join us to discover more about Lambeth's windmills. The talk is free but please register to reserve a place. Doors open at 6.45pm with refreshments and windmill shop available. https://www.brixtonwindmill.org/events/annualtalk/