Huge thank you to the volunteers from Macquarie who tidied up 50 metres of dead hedge, hammering in 70 wooden poles and rebuilding the hedge stacks. They also stripped and varnished wooden garden furniture.

Visit our hidden oasis of greenery in the city. Walk in our woodland, sit around our lawn surrounded by flower beds. Relax. Discover our meadow, orchard, butterfly garden and wildlife pond. Enjoy tea and cake in our garden house.

Weekend tickets are available for this year’s London Open Gardens. With your Weekend Ticket you can also visit our local Quill Street Allotments, and Arvon Road Allotments on the other side of the railway line from Olden Garden, as well as many other gardens not normally open to the public. Book your tickets in advance, to enter a world of secret and historic London gardens.

A huge thank you to all who came! Visitors from Islington and beyond enjoyed home-made cakes and tea on the lawn, and drinks from the bar, in beautiful sunshine. Music groups played throughout the afternoon. A special thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who made cakes and helped on the day, ensuring our music festival was a great success!

Bring your family and friends for an afternoon of music in Olden Garden – in the woodland and on the lawn. Bar, bagels, tea and cakes available all afternoon.

Entrance: Adults £5 (Child 3-16 years £1, under 3 free) – card or cash at the door

Our volunteer gardeners spotted a newt in the garden, near our new pond. Thank you to Magic Little Grants for funding our new pond

In Olden Garden 2pm-4pm – Everybody welcome at the Plant Sale – Entrance free

For sale: Herbaceous plants, shrubs, veg, herbs, house plants … Card or cash payments accepted

Tea, coffee, soft drinks, freshly-baked scones, delicious cakes

Free planting activity for children, plants and seeds for tree pits

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.

We can never have too many bluebells! Volunteers created a new space and planted about 200 bluebell bulbs.

Settling in a waterlily – for summer flowering. And our pond is full of tadpoles! Thank you to Magic Little Grants

The garden and woodland illustrated