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Lakeside Garden Club
Grow, nurture, and create in our garden this Summer.
Saturday 18th May 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.
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.
