FLOWERSHOW IN RAVENSCOURT PARK
Flower Show - Ravenscourt Park - Sat 10 & Sun 11 July 2004
If you're a gardening fan but the crowds and prices of Chelsea are putting
you off, why not try a, literally, more down-to-earth flower show. The annual
Flower Shower will be taking place at Ravenscourt Park.
This free Flower Show will feature stalls, gardening demonstrations, competitions,
a French Market and Gardener's Question time
Flower Show - Your Gardening Problems Solved
Takes place at Ravenscourt Park, Paddenswick Road, Hammersmith, W6
Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 July, 2004
12:00 - 18:00
Free entry!
All ages welcome; don't forget gardening is the new rock 'n roll!
- Stalls
- Gardening demonstrations
- Horticultural competitions ( Sunday only)
- French Market - "La France Chez Vous" (from 09:00)
- Gardener's Question Time
- Carter's Steam Fair
For further information or to get details of how to enter the competitions
please call 020 8753 3597
Contact person: Jenny Stroud
Blooming Year of Gardening
2004, the Year of Gardening, is the bicentenary of the Royal
Horticultural Society which is celebrating 200 years of great gardening.
During the course of the year there will be numerous related projects and events
going on within some of the leading museums, art galleries and clubs to celebrate
the activities of gardeners and gardening.
Some of the highlights in London include:
Geffrye Museum: "Home & Garden" - A series of exhibitions looking at the
way in which domestic and garden spaces have been represented in painting.
For more details, More...
London Wetland Centre: "Wildlife Gardening Week" More...
Tate Britain: "Art of the Garden" - Works by John Constable, J M W Turner,
Ford Maddox Brown, Gertrude Jekyll, Stanley Spencer and Lucian Freud are included
in this substantial exhibition on the art of the garden over the last 200 years.
A full range of activities and events are running to complement the exhibition.
These include, A talk on artist/gardeners of the 20th century on 9 July, Artists’
talks Workshops for families and a Art of the Garden trail, designed especially
for children.
More...
For full details of all of the activities and events running across England
as part of the Year of Gardening celebrations, More...
Other Gardening Events & Opportunities in west London
West London has a wealth of parks, gardens and urban nature resources ranging
from famous historic gardens to the Wetlands Centre at Barnes. If the idea of
admiring the beauty of a historic landscape garden or wandering through a tract
of natural foliage appeal, why not think about visiting some of these local
places:
Fulham Palace: For thousands of years this was the site of the home
of the bishops of London.
The palace grounds are something of a history of gardening themselves. More...
 London
Wetland Centre: Ten minutes from Barnes station, this unique environmental
resource offers the feel of the wild in the heart of the city.
The Wetland Centre runs a full range of events and activities. Full details
are given on its site. More...
Syon Park: The beautiful landscaped gardens and conservatory come with
the added bonus of a magnificent house. More....
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Just across the Thames from Syon Park, the
world famous gardens are very busy this summer, with both a Summer Festival
and the Summer Swing festival which features live music in the gardens. More...
Getting Grubby
If you prefer your gardening with a bit more grit under your nails, perhaps
you would like to get involved with a local gardening group or association.
Sharing ideas and tips with people with similar interests can be a great way
to learn new things.
Some local west London groups include:
Hammersmith Community Gardens Association
Hammersmith and Fulham
West London Organic Gardening &
Wildlife Association
Hammersmith and Fulham
Tip: Remember you can always use the search facility of this site to such for both groups and courses involved in gardening. Click
here and try for yourself. Try entering words like "garden", "gardening"
or "horticulture" and see what comes up.
The Serious Gardener
If you prefer to learn gardening and garden related skills in a more structured
way, then pehaps you would like to try a course.
Harrow college offers both introductory level courses and courses leading to
certification in Garden Design.
Click
here for details of the introductory course and here
for details of the course leading to the Level 2 City & Guilds in Garden Design
and Craft.
Tip: Remember you can always use the search facility
of this site to such for both groups and courses involved in gardening. Click
here and try for yourself. Try entering words like "garden", "gardening"
or "horticulture" and see what comes up.
Online Resources
One of the most comprehensive online resources for gardening is the Virtual
Library gardening links
However, if there's a little too much information there for your liking, why
not try starting your exploration with some of these sites...
BBC's Gardening subsite:
There's a reason this is the most popular website in the world and the Gardening
section of the BBC's site rarely disappoints. Packed full of information and
tips from all those top gardening programmes. Incidently, it also has a fun
online virtual garden planner that you can download and use to design the garden
of your dreams.
The
City Gardener: The site from the Channel 4 Programme of the same name, this
is an excellent site for all of us who love gardens and gardening but may not
belucky enough to have much space in which to do it.
The
Garden History Society: For those who are interested in how we grew into
how we grow today...
Let's Go Gardening:
A simply laid out, partly commercial site with lots of straightforward information
of how to care for particular types of plants and other useful tips as well
as information on such things as the law and gardens and public gardens open
to visitors in the UK.
Strange But True
Carnivorous
Plant Society: Who said gardening had to be tame and sedate? The society
for people who love flesh-eating plants
Stewart's Giant
Pumpkin Page: For those who link size and achievement, the pictures of Stewart's
giant pumpkins should prove a motivation and inspiration
The Old Lawnmower
Club: As the site says, the world's only club for people interested in vintage
mowers
If you have information about an event or learning opportunity running in west
London that you would like to highlight or promote on the site, please contact
us at info@westlondongrid.co.uk
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