For details of the show and how to enter see our website www.
Plant & Produce Stalls ; Homemade Teas; Raffle; Auction of donated exhibits.
Highgate Horticultural Society’s Summer Flower Show, come along and look at the marvellous exhibits and then pause for a cup of tea and a slice of cake! We also have plant and produce stalls, a raffle and auction of some of the prizewinning exhibits. For details how to join the society or how to enter take a look at our website.
Come and visit our wonderful Spring show. Lots of beautiful exhibits plus plant and produce stalls and our famous afternoon teas!
Spend an hour among the flowers
The first of the year’s flower shows is always a great delight as our daffodils, tulips and flowering shrubs take centre stage, bursting with spring scent and colour!
Highgate Horticultural Society’s 52nd Spring Flower Show will be held on Saturday 1 April 2017 at the United Reformed Church, South Grove, Highgate Village, N6 6BA. The show, including plant and produce stalls and homemade teas and cakes is open from 2-4.3o pm. Awards will be presented at 3.30 pm by the Mayor of Camden, and the raffle drawn at 4.30 pm followed by the auction of exhibits.
For more information see www.highgatehorticulturalsociety.org.uk
Summer shower at the URC on Pond Square.
To celebrate the Highgate Heritage Weekend we have a wide range of free history themed children’s activities including:
- Dress up with your parents as one of the colourful characters in Lauderdale House’s history
- Pretend to be royal – take a photo behind our cut out of King Charles II, Nell Gwynn and their baby
- Explore our ‘artefacts’ box – a selection of curious household objects from the past. Guess what they are; what they were used for and how old they might be!
- Go around the House with our family trail
We also have the Arts Award Discover Trail -Free but £6 if you wish to apply for a certificate (latest start 3.30pm).
If you’re arty, love Lauderdale House and aged 6 to 11 you could receive an Arts Award!
This is an opportunity to go around as a family with our Arts Award Trail looking at the House and gardens in a new light, drawing pictures and making observations. It will take about an hour to complete. Children can do it just for fun or if you’d like recognition of all your hard work you can hand it in with the £6 fee and we will send it off and Arts Award so the child receives a certificate to say s/he has completed the first stage in a series of awards recognising their interest in the arts.
Curious about Highgate, its origins, stories, green spaces and buildings? Come in and talk to people who have an interest in and passion for local history. There will be representatives and stalls from the Roman Kilns in Highgate Woods, Camden Tour Guides, HLSI, Lady Gould’s Charity, Highgate School Museum, Friends of Kenwood, Highgate Horticultural Society, Friends of Hornsey Church Tower, Friends of Highgate Library Shepherds Hill, Highgate Society and lots of information about Lauderdale House.
Lauderdale House experts Nick Peacey and Peter Barber OBE join forces with our Heritage Education Officer Maddy Gilliam to share new discoveries about our fascinating former residents.
Friends of the Highgate Roman Kiln – Michael Hammerson and Nick Peacey – will tell you about its remarkable discovery in 1969 in Highgate Woods, how it was lifted out of the ground and divided for safekeeping at Bruce Castle Museum and the hut in Highgate Woods; and their mission to reunite it in its original location. Find out also how local people have tried to recreate the way it worked.
Stay on after for refreshments before the next talk.
Former General Manager of Ham House where Lord Lauderdale made his home when he married its owner Elizabeth Tollemache 2nd Countess of Dysart after the death of his wife and he left Lauderdale House. She will talk about Lauderdale, Elizabeth and Ham House – and Lauderdale’s music.
To celebrate the Highgate Heritage Weekend we have a wide range of free history themed children’s activities including:
- Dress up with your parents as one of the colourful characters in Lauderdale House’s history
- Pretend to be royal – take a photo behind our cut out of King Charles II, Nell Gwynn and their baby
- Explore our ‘artefacts’ box – a selection of curious household objects from the past. Guess what they are; what they were used for and how old they might be!
- Go around the House with our family trail
We also have the Arts Award Discover Trail -Free but £6 if you wish to apply for a certificate (latest start 3.30pm).
If you’re arty, love Lauderdale House and aged 6 to 11 you could receive an Arts Award!
This is an opportunity to go around as a family with our Arts Award Trail looking at the House and gardens in a new light, drawing pictures and making observations. It will take about an hour to complete. Children can do it just for fun or if you’d like recognition of all your hard work you can hand it in with the £6 fee and we will send it off and Arts Award so the child receives a certificate to say s/he has completed the first stage in a series of awards recognising their interest in the arts.
Soundworlds of Lauderdale House from Tudor times to today, a programme specially created for the Lauderdale House Local History Weekend (24 and 25 February), featuring words and music by Henry VIII, Charles I, Purcell, Beaumarchais, Haydn, Verdi, Debussy and Zeigenmeyer.
Insieme – Italian for ‘together’ – share their love of music and words with you through skilful, imaginative and joyful performances.
‘we listen with rapture and watch with glee; a sensational two hours bursting with charm’ Fringe Opera
Insieme, chamber opera ensemble are a new creative residency for 2018 at Lauderdale House featuring 10 talented singers and musicians who combine strings, woodwind, piano, voice and the spoken word:
Johanna Byrne – Artistic Director
Clare Clements – Musical Director
Eleanor Hemmens – Soprano
Brian Parsons – Tenor
Joe Corbett – Baritone
Caoimhe de Paor – Recorders
Mona Kodama – Violin
Guillem Calvo – Violin
Juan Drown- Viola
Frederique Legrand – Cello
Clare Clements – Piano
Johanna Byrne – Spoken Word
Do we need more homes built in London or is there another way? Sian Berry and Helen Marcus debate and put questions to local Councillors from Haringey and Camden. Reserve your FREE place here.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/londons-housing-crisis-tickets-43596933602
Come along to our Spring Show and marvel at the wonderful Spring flowers on display. Enjoy afternoon tea with our delicious cakes, visit our plant, produce and raffle stalls and bid for some of the donated exhibits at our famous auction! New members and exhibitors are always welcome, see our website for how to join.