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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Thank you to our wonderful volunteers!
Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who have been helping our gardeners Maria and Caroline. Volunteers have now tidied up after the stormy weather and are working in the woodland, reducing unwanted saplings and cutting some of the ivy growing on trees. We have planted a plum tree generously donated by a neighbour and we sowed wild flowers in the meadow.
More volunteers are welcome – every Tuesday and the third Saturday in the month. Coffee and cake provided!
Come and volunteer in the Garden on Saturday 26th February
We will provide materials and instructions for your family to make bird feeders.
Coffee and cake/biscuits will be provided.
Making bird feeders during half-term
We made bird feeders with apples and sunflower seeds
Volunteer Day cancelled on Saturday 19th – it will now be on Saturday 26th February
Due to the weather conditions, we have cancelled our Volunteer Day on Saturday 19th February.
Instead, we invite you to come along for a Volunteer Day on Saturday 26th February to help Caroline, our gardener, with spring tasks, including sowing seeds. Coffee and cake provided! Join us any time between 10am – 4pm.