Author: Catherine Hamilton

Morris has been volunteering for us in various capacities since 2022. Most recently we’ve been really pleased to have him on board as a photographer. What sort of volunteering do you do with Friends of Windmill Gardens and how long have you been volunteering? I 
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We are really excited to be supplying flour to another bakery – Toad Bakery in Camberwell Toad Bakery, one of South London’s most popular bakeries (on Peckham Road in Camberwell), has created the Windmill Sourdough, made with 100% April Bearded wheat grown by Andrew Lingham 
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Windmill Gardens has been awarded the coveted Green Flag Award as it is officially recognised as one of the country’s best parks  Friends of Windmill Gardens is celebrating after receiving a Green Flag Award for Windmill Gardens park. The news that Windmill Gardens has achieved 
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Steph has been volunteering with Friends of Windmill Gardens for over a year and is always keen to help us whether that’s in the cafe or in our communications team.  What sort of volunteering do you do with Friends of Windmill Gardens and how long 
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Our Millers take a tour of Charlecote Mill 26 April  One of our milling volunteers Sarah reports on a recent millers’ trip to a watermill in Warwickshire: A day off work and an early start to reach Charlecote Mill in Warwickshire for ‘A day of 
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This month we are featuring one of our cafe volunteers – Carol Wizard. Carol has been helping out in the cafe for over three years. Tell us a bit about yourself – what do you do when you’re not volunteering? Besides Brixton Windmill, I also 
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Cook, Learn, Eat at Brixton Windmill Centre Monday 8 to Friday 12 April, 10am to 1pm APPLY HERE We are really excited to be offering a free week long cooking course for young people aged 11 to 16, thanks to funding from The Ironmongers’ Company.  
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Bookable Workshops for Spring 2024 We are excited to have three bookable events up live on our website – all of them celebrate our Brixton Windmill flour in different ways and provide hands-on experiences for adults and families. First up is our Milling and Baking 
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Life in Brixton at Brixton House Theatre Thank you to Brixton House theatre for photographing two of our FoWG volunteers – Priscilla and Allen – as part of their current Life in Brixton exhibition. Photographs were taken by Myah Jeffers and feature various local community 
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We ran our final big event of 2023 on Sunday 10 December. Although it was a very rainy start, visitors still arrived to visit Father Christmas in the Windmill Grotto and tickets were soon sold out. This year’s elves were fantastic and were kept fuelled 
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