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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Plant Sale in Highbury Barn on Bank Holiday Monday
Come along to Arvon Road Allotments Plant Sale in Highbury Barn on Monday 8th May, 11am to 1pm – next to the Highbury Barn Tavern.
Butterfly garden making good progress
Our volunteers have planted buddleia, one of the best-known nectar flowers for adult butterflies, alongside verbena, sedum, hebe, marjoram – and many more! The butterfly larvae, caterpillars, will feed on the hops and other native greenery.
Open Garden and Volunteer Gardening April
Tuesday 4th April
Tuesday 11th April
Saturday 15th April
Tuesday 18th April
Tuesday 25th April
Everyone is welcome! Just drop in 10am – 4pm
Spring Gardening Day and Open Garden Saturday 18 March
Everyone is welcome to volunteer in the garden – any time 10am-4pm.
Gardening experience is not necessary.
Or come for Open Garden and walk in the woodland.
We will have a Mother’s Day activity for children.
Coffee and cake/biscuits will be provided.
Also on Tuesday 21st March and Tuesday 28th March