Dates for your Diary – events in Holland Park

The events listed below are either organised by The Friends (F), or organised by the Ecology Service (ES), most of which are sponsored by The Friends.

Tues. 17 Mar.  Friends’ Pop-up stall in Holland Park’s Café Yard. F 10am-4pm
Tues. 7 Apr.    Friends’ Pop-up stall in Holland Park’s Café Yard. F 10am-4pm
Wed. 15 Apr.  Friends’ AGM. For members only. Update on plans for the park and chance to ask questions and share your view. Please contact Jennie Kettlewell on 020 7243 0804, or 
 jennie.kettlewell@thefriendsofhollandpark.org to let her know you will attend. F 7.30pm                            Thurs. 16 Apr.  Spring Tree Walk, led by Trevor Bowyer. Free but must book. ES 5-6.30pm 
Wed. 22 Apr.  Spring plant walk with Dr Mark Spencer. Free to attend, but must book. ES 6-8pm
Sat. 25 Apr.    Blue Badge guided tour. Holland House – how it survived two World wars.  Must book.  £10. F 10.30am-2noon
Sat. 11-Sun 19 Apr.  Friends’ Art Exhibition in the Holland Park Orangery. Free to visit. F  10.30am-6pm
Tues. 12 May.  Herbal Medicine walk. Free to attend, but must book. ES  6-8pm
Sun. 17 May. Blue Badge guided tour. Architectural decoration on Holland Park’s historic buildings.          F 2.30-4.00pm
Tues. 26 May.  Friends’ Pop-up stall in Holland Park’s Café Yard. F 10am-4pm

Sun. 14 June.   Blue Badge guided tour.  Holland House – how it survived two World wars.  Must book. £10. F 10.30 am–12noon 
Wed. 17 June.  Tree identification walk in Holland Park, led by Dr Alan Harrington. Free to attend. No need to book. Meet by The Friends’ noticeboard in the Café Yard. F  11am-1pm
Sat. 27 June.    Butterfly

and Moth morning. Free to attend but must book. ES 10am-12noon  

The Ecology Service (ES) events can be booked on Eventbrite.  

The Friends’ (F) Blue Badge tours can be booked HERE on our website, or by contacting Isabelle Beaumont on 07549 138 461/IBeaumont@gmail.com. Unless otherwise instructed when you book, meet by The Friends’ notice board in the Café Yard.

Holland Park Conservation Volunteers (adults) meet on the third Saturday of each month from 10.30am to 3.30 pm. Tasks focus on practical conservation that helps deliver the Ecology Service management plan and might include dead-hedging, scything, pond clearing and maintaining the paths in the Wildlife Enclosure. If you want to join, or find out more, please email Gerry Kelsey, idverde’s Training and Community Manager, at Gerald.Kelsey@idverde.co.uk.