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May
1
Sun
Open Garden
May 1 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Tea available at the Open Garden.

May
29
Sun
Open Garden – 33 Wood Vale in aid of Harington @ Mona's Garden
May 29 @ 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm

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.

Dec
8
Fri
Chopin and his patrons @ Lauderdale House
Dec 8 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Chopin and his patrons

Distinguished pianist Tomasz Lis will present the seventh concert in the series of Music At Unique Venues. The lecture recital will take place at Lauderdale House, build in 1582 during the reign of Elisabeth I. In 1645 the house was inherited by Earl of Lauderdale and visited by such notable people like Charles II, Samuel Pepys and Nell Gwyn.

During the evening Tomasz Lis will give a recital of Chopin’s music as well as discuss his most illustrious patrons, focusing his attention on the three most lavish and distinguished salons of the day ruled over by Harriet Lady Granville, Baroness Thérèse d’Apponyi and Baronne Betty de Rothschild.

The lecture recital will by illustrated with paintings by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Eugène Delacroix. Wine will be served during the interval and the audience will have an exclusive access to the house and its surrounding gardens.

Programme:

Fantaisie Op.49 in F minor; Polonaise-Fantaisie Op.61 in A flat major; Mazurkas Op.59; Nocturnes Op.27; Nocturnes Op.62; Mazurkas Op.17.

 

Time: 19:30

Venue: Lauderdale House

Price band A B
Standard £30.00
Concession
Child

Website: www.bit.ly/2zp0vgG

 

Feb
18
Sun
NGS Open Garden
Feb 18 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Garden Open to the public for Charity – The Harington Scheme.

Jun
10
Sun
Open Garden in aid of Harington Scheme @ Harington Scheme
Jun 10 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Open Garden in aid of Harington, teas available

Jul
8
Sun
Festival Evensong @ Highgate School Chapel
Jul 8 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm