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Join us for a programme of digital and in-person events throughout the year

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Upcoming Events

04.09.2021 - 25.09.2021

Seeds to Seedheads

Join artist Xanthe Burdett for a four-week art club for young people at the beautiful OmVed Gardens

OmVed Poetry Group with Will Bur...

We are thrilled to announce a series of summer workshops with our Poet in Residence, Will Burns.

OmVed Poetry Group with Will Bur...

We are thrilled to announce a series of summer workshops with our Poet in Residence, Will Burns.

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On Local Nature:

Conversations about life and locality during the pandemic

Thu, Aug 26, 6:00 pm

Seed Saving Network

International Festival of Seeds

Sat, Sep 04, 10:00 am

Workshop, performance and meditation.

OmVed Poetry Group with Will Bur...

Tue, Oct 05, 6:30 pm

Workshop, performance and meditation.

OmVed Poetry Group with Will Bur...

Sat, Sep 11, 10:00 am

Workshop, performance and meditation.

OmVed Poetry Group with Will Bur...

Tue, Sep 07, 6:30 pm

Workshop, performance and meditation.

OmVed Poetry Group with Will Bur...

Tue, Aug 31, 6:30 pm

Join us in the Glasshouse

Cartographies of the Imagination...

Fri, Jul 02, 11:00 am

UN Food Systems Summit Dialogue

Future Food - Engaging Locally

Sat, Jun 26, 10:00 am

Chefs Manifesto

How Can We Feed All Children Bet...

Wed, Jul 07, 10:00 am

Chefs Manifesto

How Can We Feed All Children Bet...

Tue, Jun 22, 10:00 am

Cartographies of the Imagination

Salon: Cartographies of the Imag...

£16
Thu, Jul 22, 7:00 pm

Cartographies of the Imagination

Webinar: Cartographies of the Im...

£6.00
Wed, Jul 14, 7:00 am

Chef’s Table: Yemen on the Brink

Join The World Food Programme and OmVed Gardens in this event looking at the critical situation in Yemen, and what can be done to help.

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Nourishing Life - Food Energetic...

An introductory workshop which will empower students, practitioners and those wishing to take more responsibility for their health and the health of their loved...

Open House London

We open our doors, and the design process behind our 18-month transformation, to the public. From a derelict and forgotten site, to a landscape and glasshouse r...

Fermentation and Breadmaking Wor...

These days no self-respecting café or restaurant will be seen without a basket of sourdough bread on the table, and its popularity is growing apace as people d...

Chefs' Manifesto Action Hub - Or...

Our next meeting of chefs and food industry professionals takes place on October 2nd. We turn our attention to organics and their role in the UK food industry, ...

Handmade Apothecary

Handmade Apothecary return for their third workshop of the year.

Handmade Apothecary

Handmade Apothecary return for their third workshop of the year.

Chefs Manifesto

The London Action Hub will host its fourth event on the 1st of April at Omved Gardens.

Wood: The 5 Elements Series

The 5 Elements Series will offer our attendees an exclusive opportunity to address their personal health issues one on one with Lori- Lee Hillman. Lori...

Find Your Voice Workshop

An interactive workshop which will give the participant one more tool to express themselves with; whether that’s how to speak with nerves, how to speak up...

Your Too Much is Your Power – ...

‘A Holistic approach to Self Love’ Using Group discussion and Meditation to find your I AM Affirmations and Embracing whilst Celebrating how your #t...

Too Much of a Person

Too Much of a Person chronicles the experiences of self-identifying womxn and non-binary people being told they were “too much” of something (nice, ...

Toxic Shame

Shame can be paralysing. We often wear it like like a second skin and don’t realise it’s been imposed on us by others, primarily from childhood. We also ten...

Rewind/Rewild

An exhibition exploring the ecological implications of rewilding and the broader possibilities for rewilding human lives. ...

Rewilding Forum

Our rewilding forum brings together experts and the wider public for a day of debate around ecological awareness, human re-involvement in natural processes, way...

Make Your Own Lore of the Land

When considering the environment, it is not enough to simply think about geological conservation, but attention needs to be paid to these elements of the wild t...

Chelsea Fringe at OmVed Gardens

For our third outing at Chelsea Fringe, we will be opening our doors each day to the public, with exhibitions, workshops and performances throughout the week. ...

From This Land

A group exhibition exploring connections to the garden. ‘From This Land’ brings together ceramics and mixed media artwork that draws inspiration from and fo...

Aya Tanaka Ikebana Demonstration

Aya returns to OmVed Gardens to give a demonstration in Ikebana, the ancient art of Japanese flower arranging. ...

Aya Tanaka Ikebana Workshop

Following her Ikebana demonstration, Aya will give a hands-on workshop on the ancient art of Japanese flower arranging. ...

Potting Herbs and Edible flowers...

Always wanted to grow your own kitchen herbs but don’t know how?

How Well Do You Know Your Fungi?

An afternoon of workshops on mushrooms and fungi.

The Handmade Apothecary at OmVed...

Join herbalists and best-selling authors Kim & Vicky on a full day of herbal learning. Starting with a herb walk, you will learn to identify and reconnect w...

Fire: The 5 Elements Series

The 5 Elements Series will offer our attendees an exclusive opportunity to address their personal health issues one-on-one with Lori- Lee Hillman. Lori...

Highgate Festival

We open our doors for the Highgate Festival, with a retrospective exhibition looking at the history of swimming at Kenwood Ladies Pond. In association with the ...

Planet A

An evening of talks, discussion and action plans for activism in the Highgate locality.

String Repertoire

Bringing together members of the National Youth Orchestra and wonderful young musicians from Highgate School to play Vivaldi and some folk tunes from the Faroe ...

Sweeter than Roses

Whether you are familiar with HGO (formerly Hampstead Garden Opera) through its excellent Jacksons Lane performances, or new to the company, a delightful midsum...

Seasons of the Sacred: Summer So...

Join us for a workshop and celebratory gathering exploring sacred time and place. With guest teacher Tiokasin Ghosthorse, interweaving community, stories and a ...

Rejuvenate: Self-Care Routine fo...

Join us to explore seasonal living inspired by the ancient principles of Ayurveda.

Chefs Manifesto

This June, in our role as the London Action Hub, the Global Chefs’ Manifesto Gathering returns to Omved Gardens. Hosted by Chef Arthur Potts Dawson and curate...

Sourdough Workshop

These days no self-respecting café or restaurant will be seen without a basket of sourdough bread on the table, and its popularity is growing apace as people d...

Earth: The 5 Elements Series

The 5 Elements Series will offer our attendees an exclusive opportunity to address their personal health issues one on one with Lori- Lee Hillman. Lori...

haikuDHYANA

Dhyana is a Sanskrit word, meaning to look deep within, or to develop an uncluttered mind. ...

Heightening the Senses through Food

Join Arthur in the Omved Kitchen to experience of quietening the mind and listening to the body as it connects to its inner wisdom through food. ...

Wasted

Our natural resources are wasting away, and yet we still waste food, waste energy and waste the land. Arthur Potts-Dawson reflects on his trip to Ethiopia with ...

Green Thoughts in a Green Shade

A day inspired by the work of 17th century metaphysical poet and early ecological thinker Andrew Marvell who lived in Waterlow Park, considering plant ecologies...

A Non Dual Approach to a Creativ...

The space between us is precious; it means you can be you and I can be me. We are not the same and the space between us both connects us and separates us In our...

Metal: The 5 Elements Series

Autumn Understanding and healing the lung and colon and their associated emotion. Grief/letting go. Food energetics to support the lungs and prepare for winter....

Tackling Rods

Luke Pagarani returns to OmVed for an exhibition of recent metalworks in steel. The works, welded in stainless steel, form abstract geometries and patterns, ref...

Water: The 5 Elements Series

Winter Understanding and healing the kidney and bladder and their associated emotion. Fear/survival Food energetics to support the immune system ...

Compost Workshop

How to create an effective compost system in your garden for a closed loop cycle.

Seed Sowing Workshop

*POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE* Join Vicky for her first seasonal veg growing workshop of the year, where she will guide through the ins and outs of sowing s...

Chef’s Table

Join us for this online cooking workshop talking through the season of spring and the fresh herbs and vegetables that it brings. There will be recipes, tips, me...

Gatherers: Exhibition Digital Op...

Join us on Saturday, 16th May for the digital opening of Gatherers. The opening will consist of the launch of our exhibition VR experience, as well as videos, i...

Gatherers: Using Foraged Materia...

Spotted any beautiful leaves and fallen petals on walks outside? Gather these materials to take part in workshop focussed on drawing with flowers. Assemble pict...

Gatherers: Foraged Materials Bou...

Want to make beautiful bouquets? Flowers and materials in short supply? We hear you. ...

Beginners Botany, Wild Herbs for...

Join us for the first of Handmade Apothecary’s weekly workshops. The workshop will take place in two halves, the first half focusing on wild herbs for hea...

Gatherers: Studio Tour with Zule...

Join ceramicist Zuleika Melluish for a tour of her studio and Q&A with Claire Pearce, curator of Gatherers Exhibition. ...

Gatherers: Bisila Noha, Baney Cl...

Join ceramicist Bisila Noha for a talk and Q&A, exploring how she has used her ceramics practice to reconnect with her heritage. ...

Herbal Infused Oils/Stop and Sme...

Join us for the third weekly Handmade Apothecary workshop, this time looking at herbal infused oils (part 1) and plant identification (part 2). ...

Gatherers: Wild Clay Walk Around...

** Please note, this event has been postponed from Saturday 6th June, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter demonstrations in London** Nina takes us with her ...

Propagating Herbs, Meet the Mint...

**Please note, this workshop has been postponed to June 16th, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and Black Out Tuesday.** Join us for the second of Handmade ...

Chef's Table - People and Food o...

Join us for this online cooking workshop talking movement and crossing cultural boundaries through food. ...

Gatherers: Joseph Ludkin, The Wi...

Ceramicist Joseph Ludkin discusses his passion for and explorations of foraging, including his project at OmVed Gardens, creating work solely from materials fro...

Gatherers Exhibition

We are very excited to open the Gatherers Exhibition to small groups for three days for the Highgate Festival. ...

Gatherers: Between Matter and Ma...

An online workshop with ceramic sculptor Kat Evans.

Movement: The Forgotten Ingredient

A window into the past, present and future of the migration and movement of food, people and culture. In these times of globally restricted movement, Producers,...

Gatherers Weekend 4 Opening

Following three busy weekends, Gatherers Exhibition is opening for further dates throughout July. We are very pleased to welcome guests to OmVed Gardens for pre...

Gatherers Weekend 5 Opening

Following four busy weekends, Gatherers Exhibition is opening for its final weekend in July. We are very pleased to welcome guests to OmVed Gardens for pre-arra...

Virtual Chef’s Table: School M...

Join us for a Virtual Chef’s Table with School Meals on the Menu and experience a unique insight into school lunches in West Africa through an interactive c...

The Resilience Sessions: Chef An...

A series of events exploring the often-overlooked, resilient ingredients of cuisines around the world. Resilience is a building block of sustainable development...

The Resilience Sessions: London ...

The final event of The Resilience Sessions, exploring the often-overlooked, resilient ingredients of cuisines around the world. Resilience is a building block o...

Is the World in a Pickle? Preser...

Join The World Food Programme and OmVed Gardens in this online workshop looking at preserving food to reduce global food waste. The workshop will hi...

Everlasting Dried Wreath - Works...

Join floral artist Alice McCabe for her workshop creating 10″ Citrus Lotus Ring Wreath: a dried everlasting design suited to yearlong display. This ye...

Everlasting Living Wreath - Work...

Join floral artist Alice McCabe for her workshop creating 12″ Multi-colour Airplant Hanger Wreath: a living design suited to yearlong display. This year c...

OmVed Winter Fair

**Cancelled** Updated 12.12.20: We are very sorry to say that, due to a member of our team being exposed to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, we have taken ...

Chef’s Table: Feeding Peace

Join The World Food Programme and OmVed Gardens in this event looking at the role of food in reducing gang violence in Central America. ...

Preserve your Wilds Workshop

Join us for the first in our 2021 series of preserving workshops, hosted by Jo and Vicky. ...

The Chefs' Manifesto London Acti...

Across the planet, the lack of nutritious food is undermining health for people and planet. It is essential that we begin to understand our consumption patterns...

Chef’s Table: Yemen on the Brink

Join The World Food Programme and OmVed Gardens in this event looking at the critical situation in Yemen, and what can be done to help. ...

Lacto Fermentation Workshop with...

Join us for the second in our 2021 series of preserving workshops, hosted by Jo and Vicky.

Growth Exhibition

The natural world growing around us, the constant ebb and flow of plants reacting to the seasons, at a pace invisible to our busy lives. And of course our own e...

Growth Exhibition Online Preview

Join us for the opening of Growth, an exhibition by OmVed Gardens and Thrown Contemporary.

Artist Discussion: Drawing on Em...

A live zoom discussion and Q&A with three of the Growth artists, focusing on the embodiment of emotions within their work. ...

The Wonders of the Botanical Wor...

Discover the secret micro-world of the plants growing at Omved Gardens.

Artist Discussion: Invisible Ele...

A live zoom discussion and Q&A with three of the Growth artists, focusing on the fascination and representation of invisible elements. ...

Poetry Workshop with OmVed Poet ...

We’re thrilled to introduce our poet in residence for 2021, Will Burns, who will be working with OmVed Gardens throughout the year ahead. ...

Where the Leaves Fall In Convers...

Beyond the light pollution and smog exists the cosmos.

Herbal Treasure Hunt & Magical D...

Join us in the garden and glasshouse for magic, folklore, stories and making art with herbs and plants. ...

State of Clay - Planter and Tile...

Join us for this 1-hour introductory parent-and-child workshop, creating a small ‘pinch pot’ planter with ‘slab’ tile tray. ...

State of Clay - Planter and Tile...

Join us for this 1-hour introductory workshop, creating a small ‘pinch pot’ planter with ‘slab’ tile tray. ...

Bee The Future – Seed Ball Mak...

This half-term, OmVed will host two children’s interactive workshops with Bee the Future in the garden on 4th June. ...

Well Dressing with Alice McCabe

Decorate a clay token with flowers inspired by the heritage of Well dressing; a Derbyshire custom paying tribute to water. ...

Floral Crowns Workshop with Alic...

Create a floral crown in true celebration of summer online with OmVed Gardens.

In Conversation with Darren Appi...

Join us in conversation with Darren Appiagyei. As a woodturner, writer and public-speaker, Darren’s influences come from far and wide. ...

Artist Discussion: Capturing Nature

A live zoom discussion and Q&A with three of the Growth artists, focusing on inspirations from nature. ...

Nigeria, Feast and Famine

Join the World Food Programme and OmVed Gardens online in Nigeria, a country with a vibrant food culture yet where many face extreme hunger. ...

A Time For Change

Exploring our inside and outside worlds. ...

Nature-inspired Drawing Workshop...

How can you draw growth?

OmVed Gardens Open Day

OmVed Gardens opens its doors on the weekend of June 19th and 20th. Join us in the glasshouse and gardens to enjoy summer in its fullest. There will be garden t...

Bee The Future – Seed Ball Mak...

OmVed will hosts a children’s interactive workshops with Bee the Future in the garden.

Vicky & Jo Garden and Kitchen wo...

Join Vicky & Jo in the Omved Garden and Kitchen for a workshop exploring all things herbal We will be talking about preserving, harvesting and using wild an...

OmVed Gardens Open Day

OmVed Gardens opens its doors on the weekend of June 19th and 20th. Join us in the glasshouse and gardens to enjoy summer in its fullest. Drop by and celebrate ...

Father’s Day Creative Drawing ...

Celebrate Father’s Day drawing with your children, grandchildren or close family in our beautiful gardens. ...

Father’s Day Creative Drawing ...

Celebrate Father’s Day drawing with your children, grandchildren or close family in our beautiful gardens. ...

Dangerous Freedom

Lawrence Scott, FRSL, the award winning local author from Trinidad & Tobago will be in conversation with Nicole Rachelle-Moore, cultural consultant with the...

How Can We Feed All Children Bet...

A virtual Chef’s Manifesto London Action Hub event hosted by Omved Gardens focused on the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 Action Track 1 (Access to Sa...

London Mozart Players and Guildh...

Principals of the London Mozart Players play with graduates of The Guildhall School of Music in the beautiful surroundings of Omved. ...

Stacey Cohen at OmVed Gardens

Stacey Cohen Acoustic Summer show – Highgate singer songwriter inspired by sustainability, nature & folk tradition. ...

Future Food - Engaging Locally

OmVed Gardens in Highgate, north London, will be hosting a Food Systems Summit (FSS) dialogue on 26 June, and we want to hear from local people who would lik...

Cartographies of the Imagination...

The Cartographies of the Imagination exhibition showcases four years of drawing research by landscape and architectural researchers Kirsty Badenoch and Sayan Sk...

How Can We Feed All Children Bet...

The triple burden of malnutrition – undernutrition, hidden hunger and overweight – threatens the survival, growth and development of children and young peop...

Forum: Cartographies of the Imag...

A day of drawings, films and performances exploring alternative practices of cartography across architecture, landscape, art and geography. ...

Webinar: Cartographies of the Im...

Join us for a discussion on alternative practices of cartography; featuring leading international voices in architecture, landscape and art. ...

Artist Tours: Cartographies of t...

A tour of the exhibition with artists Kirsty Badenoch and Sayan Skandarajah, and exhibition designer Maria Piccinelli. ...

Salon: Cartographies of the Imag...

An evening of experimental drawing, exploring the gardens around us and the outer reaches of our imaginations as the sun sets. ...

Artist Tours: Cartographies of t...

A tour of the exhibition with artists Kirsty Badenoch and Sayan Skandarajah, and exhibition designer Maria Piccinelli. ...

Foraging Dinner: Cartographies o...

An intimate evening of creative food and conversation set within the magical paper exhibition, greenhouse and gardens at Omved. ...

Conversations about life and loc...

Over the past six months, OmVed Gardens has undertaken a set of surveys and interviews of people in and around North London, and a few slightly further afield. ...

OmVed Poetry Group with Will Bur...

We are thrilled to announce a series of summer workshops with our Poet in Residence, Will Burns. ...

International Festival of Seeds

The Seed Saving Network at OmVed gardens invites you for a day of seed swapping, seed saving, art, music and food system rebellion. ...

OmVed Poetry Group with Will Bur...

We are thrilled to announce a series of summer workshops with our Poet in Residence, Will Burns. ...

OmVed Poetry Group with Will Bur...

We are thrilled to announce a series of summer workshops with our Poet in Residence, Will Burns. ...

OmVed Poetry Group with Will Bur...

We are thrilled to announce a series of summer workshops with our Poet in Residence, Will Burns. ...