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.

Guided tours of Holland Park

Expert Blue Badge Guides will entertain you with fascinating stories about the long history of Holland Park and what went on there – scandals and all. 

Sat. 7 March.     2.30pm-4pm. History of Holland House and the people who lived there. Last opportunity to see the front of Holland House before the area is closed for the summer opera.

GuideLeila Sukiur  

Sat. 25 April.    10.30pm-12 noon. Holland House in two world wars – how it survived.

Guide Rowan Freeland. New tour!

Sun. 17 May.   2.00-3.30pm. The glorious architectural decoration on the Park’s historic buildings. Rare access to the tiled walkway above the café.

Guide Leila Sukiur. New tour!

£10.00 per person

Book a ticket HERE.

Meeting point will be on the ticket.

Any questions about these tours should be addressed to 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.

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

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. 

[February 2026]