Dates for your Diary – events in Holland Park

The events listed below are either organised by The Friends (F), or organized by the Ecology Service (ES), most of which are sponsored by The Friends.

Guided tours of Holland Park – the history of the buildings, people, sculptures, statues, art and the gardens.  

Expert Blue Badge Guides will entertain you with fascinating stories about the long history of Holland Park and what went on there, scandals and all. 

Sun. 6 April. 2.30pm-4pm. The stories of the statues, sculptures and decorative art. Guide Rowan Freeland. 

Sat 17 May. 2.30-4pm. History of the Holland Park gardens and grounds.  Guide Leila Sukiur.

The Ecology Service (ES) events can be booked on Eventbrite.  

The Friends’ (F) Blue Badge tours can be booked online HERE or by contacting Jennie Kettlewell on 020 7243 0804/jennie.kettlewell@thefriendsofhollandpark.org.  Unless otherwise instructed when you book, meet by The Friends’ notice board in the Café Yard.

Holland Park Conservation Volunteers (adults) meet on the third Saturday of each month from 10.30am to 3.30 pm. Tasks focus on practical conservation that helps deliver the Ecology Service management plan and might include dead-hedging, scything, pond clearing and maintaining the paths in the Wildlife Enclosure. If you want to join, or find out more, please email Gerry Kelsey, idverde’s Training and Community Manager, at Gerald.Kelsey@idverde.co.uk. 

(November 2024)

Dates for your Diary – events in Holland Park

The events listed below are either organised by The Friends (F), or organised by the Ecology Service (ES), most of which are sponsored by The Friends.

Sat. 8 Mar. Blue Badge guided tour. History of Holland House and the families that lived there. Last chance to see conserved building before it closes for the opera season. Must book. £10. F  2.30-4pm.
Thurs. 3 April. Spring Tree Walk, led by Trevor Bowyer. Free, but must book.  ES 5-7pm.
Sun. 6 April. Blue Badge guided tour. Statues, sculptures and Art in the park. Must book. £10. F    2.30-4pm. 
Sat. 5-Sun.13 April. Friends Art exhibition in the Holland Park Orangery. Free to visit. F  10.30am-6pm.
Wed. 9 April. Friends’ AGM, 7.30pm. For members only. Update on plans for the park and chance to ask questions and share your views. Please contact Jennie Kettlewell on 020 7243 0804 or jennie.kettlewell@thefriendsofhollandpark.org  to let her know you will attend.
Tues. 29 April. Spring plant walk with Dr Mark Spencer. Free to attend, but must book. ES 6-8pm
Sat. 17 May.   Blue Badge guided tour. History of the Gardens and Pleasure Grounds. Must book. £10.      F 2.30-4pm.         
Wed. 18 June.  Tree identification walk in Holland Park, led by Dr Alan Harrington. Free to attend. No need to book. Meet by The Friends’ noticeboard in the Café Yard.  F 11am-1pm.
Sat. 21 June. Blue Badge guided tour. History of the gardens. Must book. £10.  F 10.30-noon. 
Sat. 28 June. Butterfly and Moth morning. Free to attend but must book. ES 10am-12noon.  

The Ecology Service (ES) events can be booked on Eventbrite.  

The Friends’ (F) Blue Badge tours can be booked on our website HERE, or by contacting Jennie Kettlewell on 020 7243 0804, or  jennie.kettlewell@thefriendsofhollandpark.org.  Unless otherwise instructed when you book, meet by The Friends’ notice board in the Café Yard.

Holland Park Conservation Volunteers (adults) meet on the third Saturday of each month from 10.30am to 3.30 pm. Tasks focus on practical conservation that helps deliver the Ecology Service management plan and might include dead-hedging, scything, pond clearing and maintaining the paths in the Wildlife Enclosure. If you want to join, or find out more, please email Gerry Kelsey, idverde’s Training and Community Manager, at Gerald.Kelsey@idverde.co.uk. 

[February 2025]