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July 6, 2022Friends of Windmill Gardens, News, Volunteersby Lucy Bridal

Celebrating the life of Jeff Thomas

Friday 22 July, 7pm to 9pm Brixton Windmill Friends and volunteers will be celebrating the life of Jeff Thomas on Friday 22nd July. You are invited to join us to remember Jeff who died in January this year. We first met Jeff in September 2015 …

July 6, 2022Friends of Windmill Gardens, Newsby Lucy Bridal

Our National Lottery Heritage grant award

We’ve been awarded a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to expand volunteering in the community. Friends of Windmill Gardens have been awarded a grant of £96,788 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop and diversify volunteering opportunities at Brixton Windmill. This exciting heritage project, …

June 4, 2022Events, Friends of Windmill Gardens, Newsby Lucy Bridal

New club for older residents at Brixton Windmill

On April 26th we launched a new weekly club for local residents living near to the windmill. The Brixton Windmill Community Club (BWCC) takes place each Thursday from 10am-1pm at the new centre in Windmill Gardens. It is for older local residents living in …

June 2, 2022Friends of Windmill Gardens, Gardens, News, Volunteersby Lucy Bridal

Growing wheat in Windmill Gardens

This April, members of Brixton Windmill’s park and gardening volunteers planted heritage wheat in the terraced garden next to Brixton Windmill. It is now growing well and we look forward to harvesting it in late summer. We first planted heritage wheat in the …

May 15, 2022Friends of Windmill Gardens, Gardens, News, Volunteersby Lucy Bridal

Friends of Windmill Gardens visit Kew

Members of FoWG’s Tai Chi and Gardening groups had a great day out at Kew Gardens on June 9th when we visited as part of Kew’s Community Open Week. Staff and volunteers at Kew had organised a day of free and enjoyable activities. We started …

May 6, 2022Events, Newsby Lucy Bridal

Beer & Bread Festival – a great success!

After an absence of two years due to Covid lockdowns, the 2022 Beer & Bread Festival held on the first May Bank Holiday returned bigger and better than ever! The park was full and the beer was flowing. Thanks must go to Brixton Brewery for …