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Lakeside Garden Club

Grow, nurture, and create in our garden this Summer.

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Saturday 1st June 2024 , 11:00am to 2:00pm

The Lakeside Garden Club is a free programme designed to introduce ways of growing and nourishing a garden while also connecting with creativity through making, observing, and cooking.

Sessions will be held fortnightly at the Lakeside Centre garden space. Each club session will feature two activities. The activities will change fortnightly, although some will run across 2 sessions. These are all listed below.

All are welcome to take part, but children must be supervised. Each session will have a books and crafts station, tea & coffee, and space to relax in the gardens. All materials will be provided.

Sessions will be led by knowledgeable Bow Arts artists.

Please email Mariana at marianaalemany@bowarts.com to guarantee your space by the Thursday before the session. Walk-in spaces are available, but limited.

Programme Activities

18th May

Activity 1: Building communal wooden planters

Activity 2: Introduction to growing vegetables and herbs

1st June

Activity 1: Building communal wooden planters

Activity 2: Introduction to growing cut flowers

15th June

Activity 1: Recycled paper-making with wild flowers, plants and seeds.

Bring your own materials such as food packaging, old cards, newspapers, magazines, colour tissue paper etc. to make paper from your own waste.

Activity 2: Sewing biennial flowers

Sow flowers for year round arrangements and seasonal interest across the garden. Bring old seed trays or small pots to sow along for home.

29th June

Activity 1: Creating a mosaic table top

Activity 2: Maintaining the gardens and renovating the garden seating

13th July

Activity 1: Creating a mosaic table top

Activity 2: Cooking with garden produce

27th July

Activity 1: Using watercolours to draw from the garden

Activity 2: Growing vegetables and flowers over winter

3rd August*

Activity 1: Creating ceramic tableware for the end of Summer feast

Activity 2: Cooking with garden produce

*This is to replace the 10th August date, as the artists will be at the Thamesmead Festival.

24th August

Activity 1: Using watercolours to draw from the garden

Activity 2: Glazing ceramic tableware for the end of Summer feast

7th September

Activity 1: Creating a giant collage on the fence

Activity 2: Harvesting and cooking a Summer feast

Please note, Programme Activities are subject to change, and updates will be available on the @lakeside_centre Instagram account and the Bow Arts website.

The artists delivering these sessions are: Anne Poole, Miyuki Kasahara, Gary Drostle, Edita Juchneviciene, Mariana Alemany, Marcus Orlandi, Dominika Kieruzel, and Chloe Cooper.

Free
Lakeside Centre
London, SE2 9AN United Kingdom
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Access Information

The nearest public transport station is Abbey Wood (National Rail, Elizabeth Line).

You can access the Lakeside Centre by bus routes 117, 180, 229, 401, 472, 601, 602 669, N1

Please note parking is not available.

Bike shed on site.

Lakeside Centre facilities: Public toilets with wheelchair access and baby changing facilities.

For full access information and queries, please email eandp@bowarts.com.