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September 16, 2025News, Opportunitiesby Claire Collins

We’re looking for two new trustees

Friends of Windmill Gardens is seeking two new board members to join our friendly and collaborative board. We are a friendly local charity and community hub, based at Brixton’s historic windmill. We run a range of educational, well-being and community events at our unique site …

Brixton Windmill Gardens - green flag community award

July 16, 2025Newsby Claire Collins

Green Flag Award 2025

Windmill Gardens has again been awarded the 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 …

May 21, 2025Newsby Catherine Hamilton

Our visit to Upminster Windmill

It’s good to see how others operate and over the years FoWG volunteers have taken a trip to the other end of the Tube line to visit our counterparts at Upminster. The last few years have been very eventful for them, having gained National Lottery …

January 29, 2025Newsby brixtonwindmilladmin

Handmade furniture from Fallen and Felled to enhance our milling experience

The FOWG were delighted to partner with Fallen and Felled to enhance our Milling experience.

October 21, 2024Newsby Catherine Hamilton

Meet Morris our Volunteer of the Month

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 …

July 22, 2024Newsby Catherine Hamilton

New Windmill Loaf at Toad Bakery

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 …

July 17, 2024Newsby Catherine Hamilton

Green Flag Award 2024

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 …

June 26, 2024News, Volunteersby Catherine Hamilton

Meet Steph our Volunteer of the Month

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 …

May 8, 2024Newsby Catherine Hamilton

A trip to Charlecote Mill

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 …

April 9, 2024News, Volunteersby Catherine Hamilton

Meet Carol our volunteer of the month

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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We’re looking for two new trustees

Green Flag Award 2025

Our visit to Upminster Windmill

Handmade furniture from Fallen and Felled to enhance our milling experience

Meet Morris our Volunteer of the Month

New Windmill Loaf at Toad Bakery

Green Flag Award 2024

Meet Steph our Volunteer of the Month

A trip to Charlecote Mill

Meet Carol our volunteer of the month

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