Friday 3 May 2013

Nice Weather Visit Geffrye Museum Gardens

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   136 Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA                                                 www.geffrye-museum.org.uk 
Enjoy our gardens and a special ticket offer this Bank Holiday weekend!
Open Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday 12 - 5pm 
The Geffrye's award-winning herb garden is featured in the Evening Standard's  
Stands Alone
Exhibition by photographer Simone Novotny
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday 12 - 5pm
Photographer Simone Novotny uses photography, film and sound recordings to explore the lives of a selection of residents as they build their new community in Highbury Stadium Square, the former Arsenal football stadium. View image gallery here.
Now open until Monday 26 August.
Special 2 for 1 ticket offer throughout May so come with a friend! 
£5/£3 concessions/16s and under free.
Coming soon:
Sound Tracks Festival
Saturday 11 May, 10am - 4.30pm.  Admission free.
Sound Tracks, the unique music festival that takes place along London Overground's East London Line, is coming to the Geffrye Museum.  Pop in to experience some enchanting, one-off occurrences taking place in and around the museum, including a garden tour, live music and an art installation. Read more here.
 
New garden audio tour!
Dig This:  Gardening for Happiness and Well-being
Available from Saturday 11 May.
Learn fascinating facts about the period gardens by listening to our new garden audio tour created by UCL MA students. 
Workshop and Talk: The City Gardener
Wednesday 22 May  
Period rooms and gardens open from 6pm, event runs from 6.15 - 8.30pm
Tickets £10, £7.50 concessions (includes a glass of summer punch) 
Be inspired by stories of 17th century gardeners and apothecaries and make historic remedies and natural cosmetics. Celebrating the Chelsea Fringe festival.
Booking necessary. Please contact 020 7739 9893 or email.
Workshop:  The Language of Flowers
Saturday 8 June, 1.30 - 4.30pm 
Tickets £30 (includes short talk, workshop and all materials) 
Make a beautiful Victorian style centre-piece using period flowers. Celebrating the Chelsea Fringe festival.
Booking necessary. Please contact 020 7739 9893 or email.
You might also like:
Planet Jiro at Flowers, 82 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DP 
Until Saturday 11 May
Visit this exhibition by Jiro Osuga and enjoy his unique perspective on London including a painting of the Geffrye Museum with imaginative renditions of our period rooms.