Sunday 9 April, 3-5pm
Hundreds of people have written in recent weeks to the Mayor of Hackney and to Hackney Council’s Planning Department to express how much the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden means to them and the many ways they value it.
These emails have been in response to a Hackney Council consultation on the future of the land and buildings they own in and around Ashwin Street, as part of their proposal to create a ‘Dalston Quarter’. This land includes the crucial entrance area of the Curve Garden, as pictured above. These development plans put the Garden’s future at risk.
The ‘Dalston Quarter’ consultation has been extended until 30 April, so the ‘Speak up for the Dalston Curve Garden’ event is an opportunity for people to share their own experiences of the Garden, to inspire others to give their ‘testimonial’ in support of its future and for us to gather more ‘evidence’ to present to Hackney Council.
Landscape architect Jo Gibbons and architect Liza Fior, who worked with the community in Dalston to help create this Garden in 2010, will join us to share their thoughts about its value as a precious green space.
Latto’s Pizza will have the clay oven fired up, there will be music, there will be badges and as always, everyone is welcome!
Please join us to Speak up for the Dalston Curve Garden!
Tuesday 4, Thursday 6 & Tuesday 11 April, 2-5pm
Spring is here, so it’s time to get out and about again in the Garden to enjoy the fresh air and all of our beautiful flowers and greenery. We’ve got four days of children’s activities for the first week of the Easter holidays and three in the second week.
We’ve been working hard this year to ensure that our precious green space remains here in Dalston as a managed public garden for everyone to enjoy. Many people have written letters of support to the Mayor of Hackney and now we would love children to get involved and ‘have their say’!
The Garden has many voices and needs, from the people who visit, the gardeners, the children who play here, and the nature within. What would a tree say if asked about its needs or hopes? What would a ladybird shout out for? How important is green space to children? Using printing, painting and collage, and led by artist Emily Tracy, children will make demonstration placards to express the ‘thoughts’ of the beetles, birds and trees, as well as their own feelings about how green space and places to play matter to them. All the placards will become part of our big art installation for this year’s Chelsea Fringe Festival in May – you can find out more about the whole project when you come and join in!
The holiday workshops are most suitable for children aged 5 – 11, although younger children are very welcome, as long as their parent or carer works alongside them. Children under the age of 10 should be accompanied by an adult.
Children’s workshops are free, but we depend on your donations to help us cover our costs, so please support our work and come prepared!
We do not take bookings for our children’s activities, but places are limited, so please come early to avoid disappointment.
