Summer party in the park 

We’ve had the rain, so now it’s time for the sun to come out and what better way to celebrate summer than to come to The Friends’ party in the park. The date is Tues. 18 July. The time is 6-8pm and the place is the marquee at the east end of the Dutch Garden. Access is from the Dutch Garden only.

There will be refreshing Pimm’s fruit cup, tasty canapés and good company, all with the lovely view of the Dutch Garden summer planting. We are most grateful to James Clutton, CEO of Opera Holland Park, for allowing us once again to borrow their marquee on the raised terrace to the east of the Dutch Garden. Come rain or shine, we will be protected from anything the weather will throw at us.

This is the one event of our year that is only open to Friends and their immediate guests, but not the general public. Do come and celebrate with us! The car park is free after 6.30pm.

Tickets, at £25 each, can be booked online HERE.

[June 2023]

Dates for your Diary

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.

Sat. 30 Sept.   Bird ringing demonstration in the Wildlife Enclosure.             
                      Free to attend. Must book. ES 7-11am

Check for an update on Ecology Service events (ES):  Holland Park Ecology Centre Events/ Eventbrite

Ecology Service events can be booked on Eventbrite. Please note that events will not be posted on Eventbrite until around 8 weeks before the date. 

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.

[August 2023]

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. 

Tues 20 June. 2.30-4pm. The history of Holland Park's gardens. This will be the first for this subject. Guide Leila Sukiur. Click HERE to book online.

Book online or contact Jennie Kettlewell on 020 7243 0804 or on jennie.kettlewell@thefriendsofhollandpark.org
£10.00 per person. Meeting point will be shown on the ticket.    

[February 2023]