Events (older events page, being phased out)

Proms in the Park are the first of ten free Sundays of volunteer organised, quality music and more in Broomfield Park, Palmers Green N13. Nine are purely musical with the tenth being the multi-event, park-filling, Palmers Green Festival.  The four quirky Proms on July's Sunday afternoons bring a range of styles from some first class north London performers. These are followed by five seriously professional Blues-centric afternoons on each Sunday afternoon in August .  With help from the weather 10 000 visitors should be toped this year across the ten events. APN's are very welcome - and also free of charge.

Enjoy yourself while supporting this historic park and the efforts of the local Friends group to maintain it by popping along.

Sunday 5^th July

2:00 North London Brass play traditional and contemporary tunes

3:00 The BoxBeaters play cajon and samba

3:45 North London Brass

Sunday 12^th July

2:00 Performers courtesy of Bowes Park Folk Club

3:00 Luke Carey a singer / songwriter from north London

3:45 Performers courtesy of Bowes Park Folk Club

Sunday 19^th July

2:00 Stephen Brice with Neil Hatton with a selection of operas arias and familiar vocal pieces

3:00 The Tatem Trio, a local flautist trio

3:45 Bella Cora, a local, leading ladies vocal ensemble

Sunday 26^th July

2:00 Maria Armstrong on vocals with Sarah Pope on keyboard

3:00 The Forest Band, to include folk dancing - as well as "give it a go" sessions

Refreshments, food and ice cream will be available in a fully licensed area.

Billed as the UK's largest community arts festival, the Crouch End Festival opens in a week.  Bigger than ever, it consists of 170 events featuring poets, artists, musicians, speakers and other creatives, with lots of things for kids to do too. It's on our doorstep and looks fantastic.

Tea or coffee and cake are essential to give us the feeling of comfort and support in breaching the most taboo topic of our age, which in also the only certainty which we will all inevitably face.  This is a paradox I enjoy and I hope you will too. These Death Cafes are sponsored by the Supporters of Alexandra Park library, a local voluntary group.  

The next Death Cafe is taking place on 25th June from 5;00pm til 6:45 pm at Alexandra Park Library, Alexandra Park Road, London N22 7UJ

For more information, please see; http://deathcafe.com/deathcafe/2055/

PLANT SALE

At the Ally Pally Allotments
Sunday 31 May
2 - 4.30 pm

Lots of veg & flower plants. Some shrubs.
Craft stall. Preserves.
Old tools. Books.
Good value prices!

Teas & home-made cakes at our lovely 'Top Shed Cafe' with a view over London.

 (Allotments entrance is at foot of Alexandra Palace Way, opposite the Farmers' Market and Safestore building, near the junction of Park and Priory Roads and Muswell Hill.)

The RSPCA are holding a sponsored dog walk in Alexandra Park on Sunday 31 May from 10am-3pm. It costs £15 to register a dog for the 3K or the 5K walk and the money raised goes towards helping the RSPCA prevent cruelty to animals. There is more information about the event on the charity's website.

This Tuesday, 19th May is the last week of us running this yoga class. Come along and pay what you like for the class.

Hope to see some of you there. 

Please join us at a tea party to celebrate the signing of the Magna Carta.on Sunday 14th June from 2.30 til 3.30pm at Alexandra Park Library.

This is a Free Event and your support would be greatly appreciated.

Please join us for an exciting evening of entertainment with the Hornsey Trio Playing Blues, Jazz and Folk. on Tuesday 2nd June 2015 from 5.30 to 6.30pm at Alexandra Park Library. 

Picture from our last gardening session.

There will be an extra session Wednesday, 6th May from 11am to 1pm. Meet at the junction of Albert Road/Crescent Road/Crescent Rise. Please come and help with some weeding to help keep the beds looking great.

The Friends of Alexandra Park hold monthly 1 hour members' walks. There is no cost for these events, but they are just for members. However, you are very welcome to join on the day! (£5 per household)

Members are invited to an evening walk on Friday, 15^th May, at 6:30pm.

Meet at the Park Information Centre, for a gentle stroll  to look at seasonal wild flowers.

This link will take you to a constantly updated list of Events in Alexandra Park.

www.friendofalexandrapark.org

Join the Friends of Alexandra Park for some more conservation work in the butterfly meadow on Tuesday 19th May at 10am -12.30pm.  Please bring secateurs if you have them.

Link to map of the meeting place.

This link will take you to a constantly updated list of Events in Alexandra Park.

www.friendofalexandrapark.org

We will be holding our AGM at 7.30pm on Thursday 21st May, 2015 at the Park Information Centre. 

We will review what has been happening in the past busy year, and Mark Evison, the Park Manager, will update us on how our discussion about the future of the Park has fed into his development of a Park Vision and strategy.

Non-members are welcome, but only members can vote.

Link to Location of the Park Information Centre

This link will take you to a constantly updated list of Events in Alexandra Park.

www.friendofalexandrapark.org

Come and discover our Information Centre in The Grove on Mon, 25^th May, from 11am to 4pm.

We now have a number of new activity sheets for children of all ages - some indoor ones, and some involving getting out and about to discover nature and the Park.  

For others we will be running short organised walks (nature, history...)

Refreshments for participants!

The Park Information Centre is also open every Sunday and the first Saturday of the month from 2pm to 4pm

Link to location of the Park Information Centre.

This link will take you to a constantly updated list of Events in Alexandra Park.

www.friendofalexandrapark.org

This Saturday, 2nd May we will be planting the hanging baskets in the Triangle (Palace Gates/Crescent Road).
We also need your help to finish weeding at the Albert Road beds. The ground is softer after recent rains, so please bring weeding tools.  
 
We will meet from 11a.m.- 1p.m.  If you have any time to spare please come along.

All welcome - all wanted!

The garden of artists Susan Bennett and Earl Hyde, at 5 St Regis Close, Alexandra Park Road, as featured in ITV's 'Britain's Best Back Gardens', will be open for charity as part of the National Gardens Scheme on Sunday May 3 from 2-6.30 p.m. In addition to the imaginative planting and the newly installed 'Liberace Terrace',with sculptures designed by Earl, there will be home-baking, teas and a plant sale. Admission costs £3.50 for adults, children can visit the garden for free.

29 April 2015; 7 - 9 pm, Hornsey Parish Church, Cranley Gardens, N10 3AH

30 April 2015; 3-5 pm, Hornsey School for Girls, Inderwick Road, N8; organised by campaigning group ONE (www.one.org.) on International Development.

A hustings to question General Election candidates in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency on their climate change policies will be held at the

Royal Britsh Legion, Muswell Hill Road, N10 3NG

(near St James's Church)

on Thursday, 23rd April, at 7.30pm.  

So far, candidates from the Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green and UKIP parties have agreed to attend.  

The hustings are being organised by five local groups: Muswell Hill Sustainability Group, Highgate Climate Action Network, Friends of the Earth Haringey and Transition Crouch End.

The Friends of Alexandra Park have organised another Spring Fungi Walk on Sunday 26th April at 11am. Meet at the Park Information Centre in The Grove (near/visible from The Grove Car Park).

Andy Overall the Fun Guy to be With will lead the walk to show that Fungi are not just for Autumn.

Reports/Pictures from last Fungi Walks.....

All Welcome. This event is FREE to all members of Friends of Alexandra Park - a donation may be requested from other attendees although joining the Friends of Alexandra Park only costs £5/family for a whole year giving monthly newsletters, Members Walks and helping us project and enhance the Park. You can join here!