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Mar
14
Sat
Bulb sale for mothers’ day @ Waterlow Park behind Lauderdale House
Mar 14 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Find a last minute present from the bulbs carefully selected by the Friends of Waterlow Park. Bowls and single blooms. All proceeds go to enhance your park.

Mar
20
Fri
Julia Wallin Piano Recital: Debussy, Haydn, Rachmaninoff & Messiaen @ Lauderdale House
Mar 20 @ 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm

Concert pianist Julia Wallin, Royal Academy of Music graduate and competition prize winner, invites you to an evening of piano music ranging from playful Debussy to profound and moving Rachmaninoff.

Programme:

Debussy: Suite Bergamasque

Haydn: Sonata in E flat Major Hob. 49

Rachmaninoff: Etude-tableaux, selection

Messiaen: Premiere Communion de la Vierge

Rachmaninoff: Moments Musicaux op.16

 

Doors open: 6.45pm, Concert starts: 7.15pm, 20 minute interval: 8.00pm, Concert ends: 9.00pm

Bar serving wine, beer, soft drinks and water will be available during interval and after concert

Venue is located in the Lower Gallery of the historic and beautiful Lauderdale House originally build in 1582.  Lauderdale House is behind the gates to Waterlow Park on Highgate Hill.

Lauderdale House is behind the gates to Waterlow Park on Highgate Hill

 

Apr
9
Thu
Waterlow Park Trails @ Waterlow Park, adventure playground
Apr 9 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Explore the park with trails, quizzes and scavenge hunts

May
3
Sun
Waterlow Park plant sale @ Lauderdale House
May 3 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Sale of good quality plants by the Friends of Waterlow Park on the Lauderdale tea lawn. All profits go to support planting in the Park in preparation for the 125th anniversary next year.

May
30
Sat
Visit to Beth Chatto’s Garden @ Beth Chatto's House near Colchester
May 30 @ 9:00 am – 5:30 pm

Friends of Waterlow Park are organising a coach trip on Saturday 30 May to this famous garden and plant nursery near Colchester in Essex. Beth Chatto, now in her 90s, is one of the country’s foremost plantswomen. Highlights are the gravel garden, the fabulous display of herbaceous plants and shrubs, and water and woodland gardens. Come along to get ideas for your garden or just to enjoy seeing great garden design. Coach will depart Highgate at 9.00 and return by 17.30.

Jun
2
Tue
Pietro Gatto – Piano Recital @ Highgate School Auditorium
Jun 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Pietro Gatto will play a varied programme of Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin, Schumann and Chopin. He has been living in Highgate while studying in London and preparing for the Leeds piano competition which he will participate in later this year. Proceeds from the concert will go to support the Friends of Waterlow Park and Lauderdale House.

Jun
10
Wed
Friends of Waterlow Park Annual Meeting @ Waterlow Park Centre,
Jun 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The Friends of Waterlow Park are holding their annual meeting in the Park Centre on Wednesday 10 June from 7 – 9, with refreshments available from 6.45. The speaker will be Shaun Kiddell, formerly Head of Parks for Camden and now Parks Policy Adviser for the Heritage Lottery Fund. He will talk about the role of the HLF in saving Britain’s parks. The talk will be followed by a short AGM and elections to the FOWP committee.

Jul
23
Thu
Explore Waterlow Park – Join us for trails, quizzes and scavenge hunts. @ Waterlow Park
Jul 23 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Jul
29
Wed
Qi Gong
Jul 29 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Aug
5
Wed
Qi Gong
Aug 5 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Aug
12
Wed
Qi Gong
Aug 12 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Aug
19
Wed
Qi Gong
Aug 19 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Aug
26
Wed
Qi Gong
Aug 26 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Sep
2
Wed
Qi Gong
Sep 2 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Sep
9
Wed
Qi Gong
Sep 9 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Sep
16
Wed
Qi Gong
Sep 16 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Sep
23
Wed
Qi Gong
Sep 23 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Sep
30
Wed
Qi Gong
Sep 30 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Oct
7
Wed
Qi Gong
Oct 7 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Oct
14
Wed
Qi Gong
Oct 14 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Oct
21
Wed
Qi Gong
Oct 21 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

Oct
28
Wed
Qi Gong
Oct 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Qi  Gong with Eda. A small friendly group in Waterlow Park meeting by the tree in the grass near the new playground if it is sunny and under the north shelter,(near the statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow) if it is wet.

May
9
Mon
Friends of Waterlow Park Talk and AGM @ Highgate Society
May 9 @ 6:45 pm – 8:45 pm

“A History Of Gardening In 40 Objects”  A talk by Christopher Woodward, Director of the Garden Museum

Monday 9th May at 6.45pm at The Highgate Society 10a South Grove
Followed by the Friends of Waterlow Park AGM.

Dec
7
Wed
Waterlow Park Trust public meeting @ Lauderdale House
Dec 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Waterlow Park Trust public meeting @ Lauderdale House | London | England | United Kingdom

Find out about about all the changes in your park

Brief presentations from:
✦ Waterlow Park Trust
✦ Camden Parks Department
✦ Lauderdale House
✦ The Friends of Waterlow Park
✦ Lux
✦ Pink Food
✦ The Conservation Volunteers

Followed by refreshments and an opportunity to meet those involved.

All Welcome

Feb
24
Sat
Waterlow Park Through the Eyes of History Tour @ Lauderdale House
Feb 24 @ 11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Waterlow Park Through the Eyes of History Tour @ Lauderdale House | England | United Kingdom

See Waterlow Park like you’ve never seen it before through the expert eyes of local historian Pam Cooper, who wrote the definitive history book  on the Park.

In 1889 Waterlow Park was given as a ‘garden for the gardenless’ but it was a long journey from the Tudor nobles who claimed the area for country residences until the Victorian Sir Sydney Waterlow brought it together in a grand act of philanthropy.

Meet in the central internal Courtyard at Lauderdale House.

Apr
19
Thu
A Botanical Mixed Media Art Workshop: @ North London Bowling Club
Apr 19 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Botanical Mixed Media Art Classes at NLBC with Hazel Lopatkin Wallis.

Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.

Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.

Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all. 

Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.

Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com

The Tina May Quintet @ Lauderdale House
Apr 19 @ 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm

8.30pm (doors open 8pm)

£15 / £12 concession / £7 student

concessions limited to disability, people on benefits (not over 60’s)

The Tina May Quintet

Tina May (voice), Karen Sharp (saxes), Robin Aspland (piano), Arnie Somogyi (d. bass) & Winston Clifford (drums)

 

This very swinging quintet is led by the incredibly versatile and talented Tina May who was breathtakingly exciting on the Swanage Festival main stage last year.  Tonight her jazz soul is the guiding force and one glance at her line up tells you that this will be a very special evening.  It’s the first appearance at Lauderdale by British Jazz Award winner Karen Sharp who first worked with Tina when they were both with the Humphrey Lyttelton Band.  Since then they have collaborated and recorded together extensively.

 

Expect some straight ahead jazz and ….always some forgotten gems alongside standards – but swung and sung in Tina’s inimitable style.

 

Our programmer Brian Blain compares her appearance at Swanage to Anita O’Day’s sensational contribution to that classic 1960 documentary Jazz On a Summer’s Day and tell us that ‘we could not start our Spring season in any better way’.

 

‘that great rarity…a singer who enhances a song.’ Dave Gelly, the Observer.

 

http://www.tinamay.com/

 

buy tickets here

Apr
26
Thu
A Botanical Mixed Media Art Workshop: @ North London Bowling Club
Apr 26 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Botanical Mixed Media Art Classes at NLBC with Hazel Lopatkin Wallis.

Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.

Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.

Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all. 

Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.

Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com

May
3
Thu
A Botanical Mixed Media Art Workshop: @ North London Bowling Club
May 3 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Botanical Mixed Media Art Classes at NLBC with Hazel Lopatkin Wallis.

Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.

Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.

Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all. 

Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.

Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com

May
10
Thu
A Botanical Mixed Media Art Workshop: @ North London Bowling Club
May 10 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Botanical Mixed Media Art Classes at NLBC with Hazel Lopatkin Wallis.

Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.

Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.

Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all. 

Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.

Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com

May
17
Thu
A Botanical Mixed Media Art Workshop: @ North London Bowling Club
May 17 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Botanical Mixed Media Art Classes at NLBC with Hazel Lopatkin Wallis.

Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.

Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.

Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all. 

Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.

Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com

May
24
Thu
A Botanical Mixed Media Art Workshop: @ North London Bowling Club
May 24 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Botanical Mixed Media Art Classes at NLBC with Hazel Lopatkin Wallis.

Hazel will be running an exciting mixed media art class with a different focus and theme each 6 week term beginning with botanical art. You will develop formal art skills and explore painting, drawing and collage media surrounded by the beautiful gardens of the North London Bowls club on the edge of Hampstead Heath.

Classes will run from 10.00am to 1.00pm each Thursday.

Beginners and experienced artists welcome as Hazel has taught art for almost 25 years and is able to break down learning to make art accessible for all. 

Alongside creating your own artwork, Hazel will connect your learning with the work of known artists.

Concession fees and drop in classes available. Please see www.hlwfineart.com

May
30
Wed
Printmaking Workshop @ Jackson's Lane
May 30 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Printmaking Workshop @ Jackson's Lane | England | United Kingdom

This workshop is all about relief printmaking and creating striking bold images! You will learn how to draw your design, cut onto a foam board and print your image using your hands and a spoon! We will be exploring the theme ‘portraits’ using a range of materials, tools and colours. At the end of the session children come home with their own prints!

Suitable for ages 5-11. All materials are provided. Participation fee: £15 per child/ £25 for siblings. Limited availability.

Jun
24
Sun
A Walk through Highgate: experiments in urban living @ Oposite The Woodman
Jun 24 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Discover some of Highgate’s twentieth century housing developments in this historic walk through Highgate. We will pass Lubetkin’s iconic High Point flats, learn about Highgate’s early history, walk through Waterlow Park and learn of it conception, pass Highgate Cemetery where Karl Marx is buried and explore Abrahmam Davis’s Holly Lodge Estate and Walter Segal’s 1950s St Anne’s Close.
Starts Opposite the Woodman Pub, Archway Road, finishes at Parliament Hill Fields at the bottom of Swain’s Lane.

Jul
1
Sun
Violin and Piano Concert @ Dyne House Highgate School Southwood Lane
Jul 1 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Violin and Piano Concert, featuring Jack Liebeck, in aid of Waterlow park and Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice

Tickets including a glass of wine, £15

5.30 for 6.00 pm

Dyne  House is the Highgate School red brick building on Southwood Lane,

Oct
11
Thu
Waterlow Park T.A.G. AGM @ Lauderdale House
Oct 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Waterlow Park T.A.G. AGM @ Lauderdale House

Guest speaker – Alicia Pivaro “The Power of Parks”.

The Conservatory, Lauderdale House – Please use the new north side entrance.

Oct
18
Sun
⏱FAST ART: Paul Klee – Enchanted Garden; Adults, FREE @ Zoom Online
Oct 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm


 

MATERIALS
– Plain paper A4, 2-3 sheets, eg junk mail with one plain side
– Colour magazines, newspapers, wrapping paper scraps (NOT foil based), coloured craft paper
– PVA glue or Pritt Stick
– Scissors/Safety Scissors
– Black Sharpie Pen/Marker Pen/Felt Tips
PLEASE NOTE: Requires use of scissors. Children should be supervised at home.

BOOK DIRECT on Meetup link http://meetu.ps/e/Jqhs8/JFhjn/a
OR by email for Zoom link to sujan.nandanwar@gmail.com.

Follow Community Crafternoons: https://instagram.com/communitycrafternoons
https://www.facebook.com/sujan.nandanwar

Community Crafternoons, Craft for Wellbeing, Art for All.

 

Oct
25
Sun
⏱FAST ART: Matisse – Seascape / Garden; Adults, FREE @ Zoom Online
Oct 25 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm


 

MATERIALS
– Plain paper A4, 2-3 sheets, eg junk mail with one plain side
– Colour magazines, newspapers, wrapping paper scraps (NOT foil based), coloured craft paper
– PVA glue or Pritt Stick
– Scissors/Safety Scissors
– Black Sharpie Pen/Marker Pen/Felt Tips
PLEASE NOTE: Requires use of scissors. Children should be supervised at home.

BOOK DIRECT on Meetup link http://meetu.ps/e/Jqhs8/JFhjn/a
OR by email for Zoom link to sujan.nandanwar@gmail.com.

Follow Community Crafternoons: https://instagram.com/communitycrafternoons
https://www.facebook.com/sujan.nandanwar

Community Crafternoons, Craft for Wellbeing, Art for All.

 

Oct
31
Mon
Halloween Spooky Walks 2022 @ Lauderdale House
Oct 31 @ 5:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Our super spooky Halloween walks are back for the first time since the pandemic this October.

Join a host of creepy characters on an adventure around Lauderdale House and Waterlow Park on the most sinister night of the year!

For more information and tickets please visit our website.

May
12
Sun
Clay Critters Workshop @ OmVed Gardens
May 12 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Clay Critters Workshop @ OmVed Gardens

Join local artist, Jo Pearl, ceramic sculptor and animation filmmaker, for a playful workshop that breathes clay into life while exploring OmVed Gardens’ flora and micro fauna.

Inspired by her body of work ‘Unearthed’ on view at the Alchemy exhibition, ceramic artist and animation filmmaker Jo Pearl will host a playful workshop inviting participants to sculpt the fascinating microbes and mini critters that live beneath healthy soil and bring them to life using simple stop motion.

This workshop is suitable for any age from 8 to 108. Participants must have a smart phone with the iMotion app (free to download) and be able to use it unsupervised. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Breathing life into clay and clay into life – has become my definition of animation. I have become fascinated with the soil that is at the root of the ceramic discipline, enchanted by the truly overwhelming richness of life beneath our feet. I celebrate that abundance here with ‘Unearthed’, a project that zooms us down and focuses in on the choreography of ever-more tiny beings that inhabit the soil, a largely unknown place that holds one of the keys to life on earth.” – Jo Pearl