Open Garden in Aid of the Harington Scheme
Entrance fee £3
Under 12’s free
No dogs
Tea and homemade cakes will be available
This award winning garden (voted ‘Best Back Garden’ by the London Gardens Society in 2015) is home to the ‘Corokia’ National Collection, and to many other unusual Australasian and Mediterranean plants complemented in recent years by ‘Restios’ from South Africa and interesting exotics.The emphasis of the garden is on texture, shapes and contrasting foliage colour. Well worth a visit this Sunday. Tea and homemade cakes will be on by the Friends of Harington.
singing for humanity
sunday songfest
We are currently living in a refugee crisis unseen since the Second World War with approximately 65.3 million people now refugees, seeking asylum or internally displaced. Therefore we have decided to give these 2 concerts in aid of one of the most important charities in the world at the moment, working with refugees, Help Refugees.
1st concert 5pm:
Rachel Mildon – Soprano
Antoine Carrier – Tenor
Mozart, Purcell, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Massenet, Verdi, Debussy, Chausson, Faure, Delius, Albeniz, Britten and more
2nd concert 7.45:
Lana Quaid, Ashley Racov – Soprano,
Roy Neilie – Tenor
Marcus Andrew Brentley – Baritone,
Anthony Philips – Bass baritone
Mozart, Bach, Mendelsohn, Schubert, Verdi, Donizetti, Offenbach, Bizet, Gurney, Ravel, Bernstein, Sondheim and more
Pianist – Richard Black
Musical direction – Idit Arad
From Help Refugees’ mission statement:
“Help Refugees is not simply another aid organisation. We work where governmental and other non-governmental bodies can (or will) not, filling the gaps and providing emergency aid and vital services to those affected by the global refugee crisis. We act fast to get aid and services directly and immediately to the people who need it most by identifying the most effective grassroots groups, local people, individual volunteers and refugees themselves active in the crisis and providing them with funding and support, enabling them to focus their time and energy on the vital work they do every day. Help Refugees are also operational where needed across Europe providing our experienced teams to maintain quality services and uphold dignity for refugees.”
To read more please go to their official website: www.helprefugees.org.uk
“For many years I have admired Idit as both a singer and a teacher of singing: she brings to all her musicmaking a lively professionalism and integrity, coupled with the gift of communication which inspires others to aspire to the same high standards. I have witnessed her in action as a teacher and have seen how quickly she can achieve positive results with committed students by pinpointing the specific areas of development relevant to each individual singer – the singers themselves are frequently surprised at the speed of their progress under Idit’s tuition. I enthusiastically recommend Idit as an exceptional teacher who commands international respect.”
Michael Pollock. (Consultant coach: English National Opera Harewood Artists; regular guest coach for National Opera Studio, Royal Academy Opera, Royal College of Music International Opera School (London); Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Cardiff, Wales); North Sea Vocal Academy (Denmark), etc)
http://singingteacherinlondon.co.uk/
Time: 17:00 to 19:45
Venue: Lauderdale House
Tickets are valid for one or both of the concerts
| Price band | A | B |
| Standard | £10.00 | |
| Concession | £5.00 | |
| Child |
to book
Box office: 0798230943
Email: idit.arad.0925@gmail.com
Garden Open to the public for Charity – The Harington Scheme.
Open Garden in aid of Harington, teas available
11 – 4.30pm (every 30 mins)
Tours of the West Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery, Swain’s
Lane, N6 6PJ
www.highgatecemetery.org
In partnership with the London Geodiversity Partnership, we are delighted to offer a free Waterlow Park Geotrail as part of our Heritage Weekend. Join us as we learn how the geology of Waterlow Park relates to its layout and local development from the London Geodiversity Partnership.
The Geotrail will be led by Diana Clements. Diana has lived in Islington for many years and brought her children to Waterlow Park when they were young where they enjoyed rolling around in the mud produced from the springs on the slope. In 1995, she curated a temporary exhibition for the Islington Museum, then in Upper Street: Beneath Our Feet: the Geology of Islington. Since 1990 she has worked in the Natural History Museum and in 2010 compiled a Geologists’ Association Guide to the Geology of London (revised 2023). She has been able to continue her passion for the geology of London by becoming an active member of the London Geodiversity Partnership.
The tour will begin promptly at 12pm. Please meet at the front desk in the Entrance Hall from 11.45am (enter via the East Entrance directly off Highgate Hill). The walks will last approximately 45 minutes, so wrap up warm and prepare for winter weather.
For those unfamiliar with the Park, there are some steep slopes – please get in touch via email or by ringing 020 8348 8716 with any questions relating to accessibility.