Friends of Abbey Gardens

The sun shone, the bunting fluttered, our fabulous new honesty stall designed by Public Works made its debut stocked with artichokes, broad beans and flowers and we had enough delicious home-made cakes to feed the neighbourhood several times over. Even our wildflowers made an appearance for the occasion. A big thank-you to everyone who helped, baked and visited, to the manufacturers and contractors for our new gate and honesty stall – and of course, to Community Spaces, London Borough of Newham and all of our other funders and supporters.

Summer Fair, Saturday 12 June, midday – 4pm

After a glorious Saturday’s gardening, Abbey Gardens is bright and beautiful for our Summer Fair.

Bring a picnic, take a tour, buy plants for your garden, see our nature and wildlife photography exhibition, taste our first produce, and enjoy family activities and garden games. We’ll be serving teas, coffees and delicious home-made cakes. At 2pm there will be speeches celebrating the completion of our Community Spaces grant which has funded repairs to our fence and gate, new grass, fruit trees, honesty stall, sustainable energy provision and many other useful things for the garden.

We’re also taking part in Open Garden Squares weekend, a London-wide event on 12 and 13 June.
Please note: entry to our garden is free of charge and you don’t need a ticket. If you want to make a weekend of it and visit other gardens in the Open Garden Squares scheme you’ll need a ticket for some venues, which you can buy when you get to them. For more details of other participating sites visit the Open Garden Squares website – you’ll find we’re the first in Newham!