Come and visit us
Join us at Open Garden and Volunteer Gardening Days
Everyone is welcome! Just drop in any time 10am – 4pm
Tuesday 19 March
Tuesday 26 March
Tuesday 2 April
Tuesday 9 April
Tuesday 16 April
Saturday 20 April
Tuesday 23 April
Tuesday 30 April
The garden house is available to book for parties and meetings.
New memberships are available for the year ending 31st August 2024.
Come to our Open Garden, 10am – 4pm, every Tuesday, and on the third Saturday every month. Walk in our woodland and enjoy tea and biscuits in the garden. Families welcome.
A two-acre oasis of greenery in Islington, north London.
Over time, a herbaceous garden, an orchard, a series of vegetable terraces, a small meadow and an acre of woodland have all emerged from a railway embankment.
Under an agreement with Islington Council which owns the land, the volunteer-run Charity – Olden Community Garden – maintains the garden area, with the object to promote a community garden for the benefit of people living or working in the London Borough of Islington. Olden Garden gives local people opportunities for education and recreation, with the aim of increasing involvement in the community and reducing isolation.
A self-sustaining garden
We use harvested water, we compost all the green waste and create wildlife habitats from woody debris. There is a fruitful orchard and a flourishing vegetable garden.
Latest Posts
New illustrated map of Olden Garden
Open Day & Volunteer Gardening on Saturday 16 March 10am-4pm
Come and visit – see our spring bulbs and blossom. We have a ‘Signs of Spring’ spotter sheet for children.
We need volunteers to help with planting English Bluebells in the greenhouse, cutting back brambles and removing the invasive 3-cornered leek. And you can help with potting up plants for our new wildlife pond, funded by Magic Little Grants. Everyone welcome! Tea and cakes provided.
A new fence
Creating a fence to encourage visitors to keep to the path in the meadow. Flexible branches form a woven fence.
Little Explorers
Little Explorers are enjoying spring in Olden Garden! They have been making leaf art, growing food from vegetable scraps that would otherwise be thrown away and starting on chitting their potatoes.