Come and visit us
Join us at Open Garden and Volunteer Gardening Days and Special Events
Sunday 28 April – Islington Gardeners Plant Sale – 2pm – 4pm – free entry – all welcome
Tuesday 30 April – Open Garden and Volunteer Gardening – 10am – 4pm
Tuesday 7 May – Open Garden and Volunteer Gardening – 10am – 4pm
Sunday 12 May – Musical Garden Party – 2pm – 6pm
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.
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Open Day and volunteer gardening Saturday 20 April
We need volunteers to help with a variety of spring tasks in the garden.
Children can plant sunflower seeds in pots to take home and nurture. Instructions provided.
Or just come and visit us, walk in the woodland and enjoy our spring flowers and blossom.
Everyone welcome! Tea and cakes provided.
Planting more bluebells!
We can never have too many bluebells! Volunteers created a new space and planted about 200 bluebell bulbs.
Waterlily for the new pond
Settling in a waterlily – for summer flowering. And our pond is full of tadpoles!
A map for everyone to see
The garden and woodland illustrated