Breakspears Mews Community Garden Open Day
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Breakspears Mews Community Garden Open Day (to be confirmed)
Join us to find out more about how to get involved in the Community Garden. More information on our webpage.
Brockley Open Studios at Breakspears Mews Community Garden
From 1pm until 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday (3 & 4 July), the Community Garden is delighted to host Brockley Open Studios 2021 – Garden Edition. Exhibitors will include Alistair Roberts, Gillian Burrows, Giulia Zanioi, Jan Bowman and Elisabetta Fumigalli. Find out more about the Community Garden on our page on this website and the Instagram page.
Breakspears Mews Community Garden Xmas Craft Market CONFIRMED!
A great opportunity to shop locally for Xmas presents and stocking fillers! Several local craftspeople will be offering their work for sale, accompanied by mulled wine and mince pies. Visitors are asked to adhere to COVID-19 social distancing measures. Weather permitting. Access: rear of St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Road, or from Ashby Road, SE4 1PX
Breakspears Mews Community Garden Open Day – a blooming success!
Despite the need to social distance, this year’s Breakspears Mews Community Garden Open Day on Saturday 4th July was a great success, with over 80 people attending. As always, regular attendees at the garden were proud to show off the fruits of their labours, and visitors were delighted to discover this oasis of tranquility, community and wholesomeness. Sadly, due to Covid-19, regular gardening sessions had to be suspended for several months. However, we are delighted to be able to report that the Garden will now be open for the following sessions – always weather-permitting!. If it rains the event will be cancelled. Refreshments and cakes provided. Events are free, but donations welcome. We hope to see you there! Tuesday 04/08/2020 @11am – noon: coffee morning Thursday 06/08/2020 Poetry evening @ 6pm: garden open with poetry starting @7pm Saturday 22/08/2020 @11am – noon: coffee morning Saturday 12/09/2020 Brockley Society – Front Garden Sale […]
Breakspears Mews Community Garden (BMCG) Open Day. EVENT CONFIRMED
Join us for the BMCG socially-distanced Open Day and Annual General Meeting. Learn about how we transformed a fly-tip into an oasis of urban wholesomeness for the local community. Refreshments will be available, and there will be a plant sale and craft stalls by local artists. Access via Breakspears Mews, Ashby Road, SE41UW Or rear of St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Road, SE41NE Everyone welcome! More about BMCG on our webpage here, and on social media.
Breakspears Mews Community Garden Open Day
Come enjoy our wonderful community garden and admire the vegetables and flowers our volunteers have grown. Activities will include: Mud kitchen for budding gardeners Art workshop for all ages Lewisham Swifts will be raising awareness, protecting and enjoying swifts in Lewisham. Learn how you can help this charismatic but threatened bird, with a display of swift boxes and information on their borough wide survey of nest sites. FREE REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED! Access: Breakspears Mews, Ashby Road, SE41UW Or rear of St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Road, SE4 1NE An oasis of peace, quiet and togetherness
Breakspears Mews Community Garden – Senior Gardening Club 2018
FREE Senior Gardening Club starts on Thursday 12th April 2018. It runs for 8 weeks every Thursday, from 10am to 12.30pm Attend one session or all! Everyone is welcome, no gardening experience required and no need to book. The garden team will provide gardening tools, seeds, tea, coffee and biscuits. TIP: Please wear appropriate footwear, as it might be muddy and slippery. Take gardening gloves too. NOTE: in case of heavy rain the session will be cancelled Access: Breakspears Mews, Ashby Road, SE4 1UW or rear of St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Road, SE4 1NE For more info contact us at:
Breakspears Mews Community Garden
About us Breakspears Mews Community Garden is a shared green space that has been planned, designed, built and maintained by a core group of volunteers for the use and enjoyment of all Brockley’s community. We grow vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers. The Garden was created in 2013 with a handful of raised beds, and since then more beds have been added. With additional funding from the Brockley Assembly Mayor’s Fund we also now have a greenhouse! See below for more about our history. The Garden is located on Breakspears Mews, just off Ashby Road, SE4. You can also access it from the rear of St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Road, SE4. (See map below) During November 2021 we will be open to the public on Sundays from 11am to 1pm. We are keen to attract both beginners and experienced growers – we still have a lot to learn! There are always lots […]
Breakspears Mews Community Garden AGM and Visitors’ Day
A chance to wander round our lovely community garden, see what’s growing, chat with the volunteers and enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of cake in peaceful surroundings — and take part in the Annual General Meeting to elect the committee, or enlist as a volunteer. AGM business will run from 2.00 – 2.30pm. Find us at Breakspears Mews, Ashby Road, SE4 1UW (Behind St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Road, SE4 1NE) Also: don’t forget about our ‘Seniors’ Gardening Club’. Learn about growing vegetables and flowers from seed to plate. Eight free sessions, 10am – 12.30pm will start on 20th April. If you’re interested please contact [email protected]
Breakspears Mews Community Garden: Visitors’ Day and AGM
Breakspears Mews Community Garden is a shared green space that has been planned, designed, built and maintained by some community members for the use and enjoyment of all Brockley’s community. We grow vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers communally. The Garden has developed over the last three years, after local residents came to a Brockley Society AGM wanting some action on the Mews. Dumped rubbish and anti-social businesses in the mews had been a problem for over 20 years, but determined action by volunteers and the assistance of many agencies in the council and elsewhere mean we now have a resource for community enjoyment. The Annual General Meeting for 2016 and a Visitor’s Day took place on Saturday April 9th. But we welcome new volunteers, both young and old, at any time! Visit the Breakspears Mews Community Garden website here, to find out all about what is being grown and how […]
Breakspears Mews Community Garden: Visitors’ Day and Annual General Meeting
AGM: 2 – 2.30pm Access: Breakspears Mews, Ashby Road, SE4 1UW or rear of St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Road, SE4 1NE
Breakspears Mews Community Garden Open Day
Join us to explore our lovely community garden! See what we’ve got growing at the moment, chat with the volunteers and enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of cake in peaceful surroundings. Location: Breakspears Mews, Ashby Road, SE4 1UW or rear of St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Road, SE4 1NE. Access: turn up Breakspears Mews off Ashby road, opposite the RenoSpeed garage. See map at the foot of this page.
Breakspears Mews Community Garden
Big Open Day – Saturday 4 July 2015, 12-3.30pm Come and see the progress made since last year, and perhaps get involved! Access: Breakspears Mews, Ashby Road, SE4 1UW or rear
Breakspears Mews Community Garden Open Day
Spring Open Day, Saturday 21 March 2015, 1-4pm including AGM 2-2.30pm Come and enjoy the garden and find out how to become involved Access: Breakspears Mews, Ashby Road, SE4 1UW or r/0 St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Road, SE4 1NE All welcome!
Breakspears Mews Community Garden AGM, Saturday 10 May 2014, 2-2.30pm
Breakspears Mews Community Garden AGM, Saturday 10 May 2014, 2-2.30pm Breakspears Mews Community Garden Access: Ashby Road, SE4 1PY or r/o St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Rd, SE4 1NE ALL WELCOME! Come and enjoy the garden and find out how to become involved. Open from 1pm and after the AGM. More information:
Breakspears Mews Community Garden
Breakspears Mews Community Garden Annual General Meeting Saturday 10 May 2014, 2-2.30pm at Breakspears Mews Community Garden Access: Ashby Road, SE4 1PY or r/o St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Rd, SE4 1NE ALL WELCOME! Come and enjoy the garden and find out how to become involved. Open from 1pm and after the AGM. More information:
Brockley’s Historic Mews walking tours
Brockley Society are once again pleased to take part in contribute to the Open House London festival by contributing drop-in guided walking tours of the area’s unique mews. Saturday 16 September 2023 We will explore Ashby, Wickham and Breakspears Mews Start times: 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm Duration approx. 45 mins Start: meet at the Wickham Arms pub, 69 Upper Brockley Road, SE4 1TF. Finish: at Breakspears Mews Community Garden (open 12 – 4pm for refreshments). No booking needed. Find more information on our dedicated webpage about the guided tours, self-guided tours that can be done at any time, the history of the mews and surrounding area, and other self-guided walking tours of local green spaces.
Brockley’s Historic Mews Walk
Meet from 10.30am at the Wickham Arms, 69 Upper Brockley Road, SE4 1TF A repeat of our successful walks in 2020 and 2021. Guided Tours by Brockley Society: 11am, 12.30 and 2pm, about 45 minutes, through Ashby, Wickham and Breakspears Mews) You can book a place or just turn up. Self-guided walks at other times with a map and information leaflet available on the event webpage here. Breakspears Mews Community Garden will be open 12 to 4pm for refreshments. The tour and printed material on the day will describe Brockley’s early history; 19th century High Victorian development; careful street layout with mews; the 1970s battle to protect mews and gardens from development; and several stunning modern buildings. You can also read background information on the event webpage here.
Brockley Society social event
St Andrews Centre Youth Hall Brockley Road (corner of Wickham Road) SE4 2SA (see map below) Join us for a relaxed and informal evening to find out more about what Brockley Society does. Enjoy some free light refreshments while you consider whether any of Brockley Society’s activities might be of interest to you. Bring your own ideas! Our biggest event this year was the 46th annual Hilly Fields Midsummer Fayre Conservation and enhancement of the unique Victorian architecture in and around the Brockley Conservation Area and the related planning issues are a fundamental part of what we do We run guided historical walks; we hold archives of Brockley’s houses and people; we have an oral history project, Brockley Voices We own four old red phone boxes in the local area and run them as community resources. We have an extensive website We produce a widely-distributed printed newsletter plus a circular email, Twitter and Instagram Do you like meetings […]
POSTPONED. ZOOM Historical Walk with Gillian Heywood MBE. Sun Nov 15
Sunday 15 November, 11am-12.30pm. POSTPONED Originally planned as a socially-distanced walk through Brockley Conservation area and some of its mews, finishing at Breakspears Mews Community Garden for warming soup. From her encyclopaedic knowledge, Gillian was to reveal more fascinating aspects of Brockley’s local history. We have had to cancel this actual walk due to the current Covid restrictions. HOWEVER: we are hoping to be able to run this as an ONLINE VIDEO EVENT at some point. Using Zoom video, we hope to replicate an actual walk, with Gillian providing commentary from her own home in Kent! Keep an eye on this website and our Twitter account (@broc_soc) for further details.
Brockley’s Historic Mews walking tours
Open House London festival is taking place between 6 – 17 September this year. Brockley Society are once again pleased to contribute drop-in guided walking tours of the area’s unique mews on… Saturday 16 September 2023 We will explore Ashby, Wickham and Breakspears Mews Start times: 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm Duration approx. 45 mins Start: meet at the Wickham Arms pub, 69 Upper Brockley Road, SE4 1TF. Finish: at Breakspears Mews Community Garden (open 12 – 4pm for refreshments). No booking needed. Self-guided tours at any time – see details below. Don’t miss this opportunity to discover Brockley’s quirky Mews and enjoy the tranquility of the community garden in Breakspears Mews. We describe Brockley’s early history: 19th century High Victorian development; careful street layout with mews; the battle to protect mews and gardens from development in the 1970s; and several stunning modern buildings. The tour has been updated to include several recent changes. You could […]
Welcome
Brockley Society has been active on behalf of the residents of the Brockley Conservation Area and the surrounding neighbourhoods for nearly 50 years. Our current activities are summarised below. We welcome anybody to get involved in any of our existing projects – and to suggest new ones. Find out more about how and why Brockley Society was formed on our About us page. Our Events Calendar page lists forthcoming Brockley Society events – also shown in the panel on the left of this page. You can also keep up to date with what’s happening via our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages. One of our primary aims is to protect the Brockley Conservation Area built environment. Our Planning Committee comprises around a dozen volunteers with a huge range of related experience, and meets regularly to scrutinise local planning applications and lobby Lewisham Council on relevant matters. In 2017 we ran a one-day Innovation and Conservation conference […]
Brockley Society AGM and Open Meeting
St Peter’s Church, Wickham Rd, SE4 1LT 7.30pm: Guest Speaker: S.I. Martin: “Black Historical Presence in Lewisham from 1593 onwards”. Steve I Martin is a teacher, researcher and author who specialises in the fields of Black British history and literature. He works with museums, archives and the education sector to bring diverse histories to wider audiences. He founded the ‘500 Years of Black London’ walks nearly 20 years ago in response to the low profile given to the Black historical presence on the capital’s streets, and has consistently encouraged and championed the provision of plaques, street names and street furniture to this end. He is also the author of several novels including Incomparable Worlds, Jupiter Williams and Jupiter Amidships. 8.45-9.30pm: Brockley Society Annual General Meeting Brockley Society proposes to update its 1974 constitution to become a Community Infrastructure Organisation (CIO) Association Model. Membership has included everyone living in the Brockley Conservation Area […]
AGM and Book Reading. Wednesday 14th November, 7.30pm. St Peter’s Church, Wickham Road, SE4 1LT
Join us for one of regular open meetings, which will conclude with our AGM business. However, for the first hour, we are delighted to be hosting Beverly Ramsay who will read extracts from her memoir ‘A Jamaican Childhood’, her lively book about a childhood in Jamaica and migration to England… Brockley Society’s Annual General Meeting will follow at 8.45pm. There will be brief reports from some of our groups, followed by the election of officers (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer) and committee members. Email chair@brockleysociety. org.uk if you wish to stand for a position or help on a sub-committee: Planning (see p6); Hilly Fields Fayre; Brockley Voices reminiscence project, MidWinter Warmer; Communications & Admin; Street Trees for Living; Breakspears Mews Community Garden or new projects. ‘A Jamaican Childhood’ by Beverly Ramsay Beverly and many others were part of the ‘Windrush generation’ who were invited to the UK between 1948 and […]
Seniors Gardening Club begins
Breakspears Mews Community Garden is an oasis of peace, quiet and togetherness. During spring and early summer we run a regular drop in Senior Gardening Club for older people. There will be 8 sessions: every Thursday from 10am to 12.30pm, starting on Thursday April 12th and running until Thursday May 31st. We will provide gardening tools, seeds, tea, coffee and biscuits. All Seniors are welcome: no gardening experience required, and no need to book. You can come along to all sessions, some, or just one. We will provide gardening tools, seeds, tea, coffee and biscuits. Try to bring some gardening gloves if you can (cheap gloves can be bought in the Lewisham pound shops!), and remember to wear appropriate footwear as it can get muddy and slippery. Please mention the sessions to your elderly friends and neighbours, and we hope to see you there! NB: In the event of heavy rain, sessions may be cancelled. To find […]
Brockley Society AGM 2017
Wednesday 15 November 2017, 7.30 – 9.30pm Brockley Social Club, 240 Brockley Road, SE4 2SU If you are at all interested in finding out more about what the Society does, if want to get involved in a particular project, or if simply want to make a suggestion, please come along! The Annual General Meeting, at which the official business mandated by the Society’s charitable status and its own founding constitution is transacted. We’ll hear about several interesting activities related to the Society’s activities before then moving on to official business. 7.30pm Photo competition: “The people at the heart of Brockley’s businesses”. Display of shortlist and three winners Edimental Gardening – hear from Ruth Wong on how to have an edible garden that is also beautiful “Brockley: Then&Now” (dir. Gavin Renz). A short film telling the story of the planning and preparation of the 2015 mass photo on Hilly Fields Brockley Society’s (digital) archive. How to submit photos and ephemera. […]
Innovation and Conservation: a one-day conference
A One-Day Conference held on Saturday 10 June 2017 at Prendergast Hilly Fields College, London SE4 Brockley Conservation Area was designated in 1974, under the ‘Civic Amenities Act 1967’ which first made provision for such areas. The Brockley Society (which was inaugurated in the same year) proudly celebrated the Act’s 50th anniversary with this one-day conference. The event was free, aimed at local residents, and sought to increase awareness and understanding of how to protect and enhance our neighbourhoods through good urban design. This is achieved by both protecting what we already have and, where opportunities arise, creating innovative new solutions and designs. For over 40 years the Brockley Society has lobbied and advocated for sympathetic development within both this Conservation Area and the surrounding neighbourhoods. It has striven, sometimes successfully and sometimes not, to preserve the unique characteristics of our special corner of South London; you can find out more about […]
Brockley Society Annual General Meeting. 7.30pm, Wednesday 16 November.
Wednesday 16 November, 7.30pm Brockley Social Club All welcome No obligation As required by charity law, Brockley Society elects officers and other sub-committees every year. This AGM will be selecting these officers for the coming 12 months. By coming along to the meeting there is no obligation to participate, but you are entitled to vote, and may of course choose to stand or join. Anybody is entitled to stand for any of the 4 main officer positions (see details below), and/or to join any of the sub-committees. You can just turn up on the night and add your name to the lists that will be voted on. But please also feel free to get in touch beforehand if you are considering standing and have any queries. 7.00pm: Informal gathering Meet other attendees and have a drink at the bar. 7.30pm: Brockley Voices presentation Over the past 18 months the Brockley […]
Historical Mews Walk. Sunday 8 May, 11am – 12.30pm
Brockley Society president and veteran historian Gillian Heywood MBE is leading another of her fascinating walking tours of the hidden gems of Brockley. It will take place between on Sunday 8th May, between 11am-12.30pm. Running between the back gardens of the large houses on Upper Brockley Road, Manor Avenue, Wickham Road and Breakspears Road, Brockley’s mews are quite unlike the ‘posh’ residential mews in central London. They have a special character of their own, and a varied history. Originally used by tradespeople and servants in the large houses on these roads, they fell into disuse for many years and were plagued by fly-tipping problems. Thankfully, recent concerted effort has vastly improved the character of these unique thoroughfares, with their current uses including garages, storage, light industrial units and live-work units. They also now host buzzing wildlife, some great street art, and the fabulous Community Garden in Breakspears Mews. Join us for […]
Historical Mews Walk with Gillian Heywood
Historical Mews Walk, led by Gillian Heywood MBE. Meet outside the Wickham Arms pub (SE4 1TF), on the corner of Upper Brockley and Ashby Roads. Visit Ashby and Wickham Mews, ending at Breakspears Mews for hot drinks in the Community Garden.
Historical Mews Walk
Led by Gillian Heywood MBE Sunday 10 May 2015, 11am – 12.30pm Meet at the corner of Harefield and Wickham Roads (outside the Red House), to explore some of Brockley’s Mews, including Garsington, Wickham and Breakspears.
Seniors Gardening Club
A chance to learn about growing vegetables and flowers from seed to plate at: Breakspears Mews Community Garden. 5 free sessions 10.30am – 12.30pm starting Friday 1 May 2015, continuing every Friday at the same time and place, finishing 29 May 2015. Come and enjoy the hidden garden, meet some new people and have a few laughs. Trained tutor. Beds are all raised so no bending or heavy digging required! Refreshments supplied. To register your interest please ring 07791 096 435 or email [email protected] Access to garden by foot via: Breakspears Mews, Ashby Road, SE4 1UW or rear of St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Road, SE4 1NE. Signs will be posted.