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The future of the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden

Hackney Council are gathering views from the public on the development of buildings and land that they own in and around Dalston Lane and Ashwin Street. This consultation is the first stage in a process that will decide the future of the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden. It’s vital that we demonstrate to Hackney Council the Garden’s importance to our community, now and in the future and we need your help to do this.

The ‘Dalston Quarter Development Principles Public Consultation’ document outlines Hackney Council’s plans for the area and they are now inviting public responses. To help inform visitors about this process, we are organising a series of events at the Garden. These drop-in sessions offer the opportunity to hear more about the history and background to the Council consultation and to discuss how your response can best help support the future of the Garden.

“Future of the Curve Garden” events will take place here on:
Saturday 25 February, 2-6pm
Monday 27 February, 4-8pm
Tuesday 28 February, 4-8pm
Saturday 4 March, 2-6pm

Saturday 11 March, 2-6pm

All events will take place inside the Pineapple House, which is cosy and warm. The ‘Dalston Quarter’ consultation will continue until 17 April 2017 and we will inform you of additional dates for ‘Future of the Curve Garden’ events taking place here in the coming weeks. If you have any further questions or suggestions at this stage or would like to volunteer some time to help the Garden during this process, please do drop us an email at info@dalstongarden.org

Your participation in this consultation process is vitally important and we look forward to seeing you here soon, so that together we can help safeguard the future of the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden!

Dalston Birdwatch Afternoon & Winter Garden Stroll

Sunday 29 January, 2-5pm

bird-watch poster 2017
This weekend sees the annual RSPB (The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) Big Garden Birdwatch taking place all over the country. We will be identifying and counting the different species of birds that arrive in the Garden between 2-3pm on Sunday and everyone is welcome to help – you don’t have to be an expert. If you haven’t got your own garden to count the birds, but would still like to help with this valuable research, you can join us here between 2-3pm and get spotting.

Make a Bird Feeder, 2-5pm
Help feed the birds in Dalston in these late winter months by making one of our recycled juice carton bird-feeders, before filling them with bird-food and helping hang them up around the Garden. Sessions are run by the Garden’s volunteers, are drop-in, free and open to children and to adults, although young children should be accompanied by their parent or carer. We will be inside the Pineapple House so the wood-burning stove will keep everyone warm and cosy.

Bird-song drawing 2-4pm
Artist Sandra Keating from ‘Project Wonderlands’ invites you to connect with and create in nature, by making ‘Mindful’ sound drawings inspired by the work of artist Nicola Pomery. Participants will be invited to listen carefully to bird-song recordings installed in the garden and draw with their eyes closed. Drawings will be made outside (weather dependent) so wrap up warm!

January Garden Stroll, 3pm
Join us for the first of this year’s free guided ‘strolls’ around the Garden, to see what plants are looking good in winter, to learn about the history of the space and to hear more about our gardening plans for 2017.

Photo: Making Bird Feeders Jahel Guerra