What's On and Things To Do Around Barnes

Get ready for two action-packed weekends where you can marvel at meerkats, be amazed by armadillos, see snakes and learn about lizards. Plus, come face to face with fascinating giant bugs! There’ll be something for everyone at this exciting encounter.

Chiswick Pier Trust will be celebrating the summer solstice by organising a jazz cruise. Join us on Friday 22 June departing from Chiswick Pier at 7pm. We will be cruising from Chiswick Pier towards Westminster and back . On board to serenade us whilst we sail the Thames will be the popular jazz band Anacousis.

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

This peaceful riverside setting offers five unique gardens.Two walled gardens - one large and one small, artists’ studio garden, exotic water garden and town house garden with extensive vegetable garden.

Georgian house, home of printer and antiquary Emery Walker, friend and neighbour of William Morris. Raised platform overlooking the Thames, late-1890s terracotta tiles and a grapevine grown from a cutting from Hogarth’s House.

Gardens of sporting club founded in 1901 retaining their original design. Sunken garden, ornamental pond, yew hedge walk, rockery, herbaceous walk, original tea lawn, rhododendron walk. Refreshments available.

The garden of The William Morris Society behind Kelmscott House, where Morris lived in his final years. Book and gift stall. Children’s activities. Refreshments. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Runrig – The Final Mile. Artists performing: Runrig.

Home of the Bishops of London from around 700 to 1973, with architectural elements from many periods. The grounds include a productive walled garden and still reflect the 18th-century landscape design. Guided tours.

Allotment site of 406 plots on an Anglo-Saxon site within reputedly the largest moated area in Europe. Run by dedicated volunteers, with a wide variety of plot-holders. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

These four gardens are all within 100 metres of each other on the northern end of Park Road. They offer a range of design from contemporary formal through romantic to mediterranean.

Originally part of Fulham Palace but given to the church for a new vicarage in 1935. Some wonderful mature trees and shrubs, wildlife area and a variety of interesting plants. Tea, coffee and cakes.

Dance and Sing with the Dance Grooves team this May half term as we visit the wonderful world of SING.

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

Two large glasshouses and a walled garden brought back to life after falling into disrepair. Plants and refreshments for sale. Café next door. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Well-maintained miniature villa landscape with a lake, sham bridge, early 1900s rockery grotto and a fine mausoleum of 1864. Information sheets. Self-guided walks. Parking. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Richard Leigh has created an intimate underground mystical playground - a realm of magic, illusion and intrigue that will transport you to the odd-ball fairgrounds of yesteryear. A show for the whole family.

Chestertons Polo in the Park is the finest summer social on the calendar. Not only can you watch three matches of polo a day but tickets include the finest ingredients to make the perfect party.

Award-winning communal garden for almshouse residents. Interesting plants, hanging baskets, greenhouse, raised vegetable beds, water feature and balconies with residents’ container gardens. Refreshments and plant sales.

A newly designed and planted garden at a sheltered housing scheme. Plants to encourage bees and butterflies, a pond, pergola, arches and large community greenhouse. Tea, coffee, homemade cakes, plant stall.

Landscaped garden in the Edwardian style, with rose arches and traditional Portland stone and brick paving floor layout. The garden was designed and implemented by Roger Lang of Mike Bayon Garden Design in September 2014.

Modern botanical garden with an oriental twist. Emphasis on foliage and an eclectic mix of plants, reflecting pool and rotating willow screens which provide varying views or privacy. Dry bed, shady beds, mature trees and a private paved dining area with dappled light and shade.

An acoustic duo jazz concert in an intimate venue featuring Terence Collie on piano and Tony Woods on Reeds. Optional light meals served at the venue and audience members are invited to bring their own wine, for which there will be a small corkage charge. Limited seats available so advanced booking only.

Award-winning cloister garden and several patient gardens in grounds reflecting work by Lancelot Capability Brown and Humphry Repton. Extensive views. View garden by tours only. Tea and cake stall.

Lovely Victorian garden originally laid out as part of the Edwardes Estate in the 1870s. Live music on both days. Homemade tea and cakes available. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Professional garden designer, Emma Plunket, opens her acclaimed walled garden. Richly planted, it is the ultimate hard working city garden with all year structure and colour; fruit, vegetables and herbs. Set against a backdrop of trees, it is unexpectedly open and peaceful.

Hidden oasis in Acton. Once the home of Sean Connery, this densely planted walled cottage garden redesigned in 2015 now combines clipped box hedges, a wisteria covered pergola and a series of brick pathways leading you around the garden. Bordered by Acton Park on two sides.

Hidden oasis in Acton. Once the home of Sean Connery, this densely planted walled cottage garden redesigned in 2015 now combines clipped box hedges, a wisteria covered pergola and a series of brick pathways leading you around the garden. Bordered by Acton Park on two sides.

Bring your family, friends or make new ones. Feel great and have loads of fun while you help raise vital funds to support people with a learning disability. Mencap’s Capital Challenge is split into 4 different walking events each taking in a distinct and fascinating part of London.

A beautiful three-acre Regency garden square with meandering paths, shrubberies, lawns, flowerbeds, rose pergola, croquet lawn, grass tennis court and a children’s play area. Grecian-style lodge. Refreshments including Pimms.

Five long gardens behind a row of C18 houses on the Green, close to the Royal Botanic Gardens. These gardens feature the profusely planted and traditional borders of a mature English country garden, and contrast formal gardens, terraces and lawns, laid out around tall old trees, with wilder areas and woodland and wild...

Five long gardens behind a row of C18 houses on the Green, close to the Royal Botanic Gardens. These gardens feature the profusely planted and traditional borders of a mature English country garden, and contrast formal gardens, terraces and lawns, laid out around tall old trees, with wilder areas and woodland and wild...

Part of the Norland Estate, laid out by Robert Cantwell in 1846. Award-winning garden restoration and design with enhanced planting. Roses, lavender and a variety of trees and shrubs. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Urban garden alongside free exhibition by artist Judy Price. This hidden green space includes a layered modular garden and upcycled seating. Talks, events, bookshop and café. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Most central and one of the best preserved of the ’Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries. Grade I-listed site with Grade II-listed buildings and memorials. More than 60 species of trees. Chapel open. Guided tours about the horticulture and cemetery.

Are you planning to attend Royal Ascot and looking for a dream hat to match with your outfits? Are you going to a wedding this summer and need a beautiful hat to make you stand out? Come to the largest ever hat pop-up shop (with over 350 hats!!

Large, tranquil one-acre lawned garden established in the late 1800s. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

A tranquil mid-Victorian square with a wide variety of shrubs and ornamental trees dating from 1873 which is dominated by one of London’s largest plane trees. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Rudy Francisco Plus Special Guests. Artists performing: Rudy Francisco .: Tickets avaiable.

John Lewis’s Discovery Room offers a host of new workshops this month from making the most of your small spaces to discovering the art of paper marbling At its new store at White City, Westfield London John Lewis is offering customers new things to experience and learn every time they visit.

Over the May Bank Holiday 3,000 intrepid adventurers will Walk, Jog, or Run an epic 100km from Capital to Coast setting out from Richmond on Thames and over the North & South Downs, with full support & great hospitality all the way to the finish line.

Originally part of the Norland Estate, the square and beautiful surrounding stucco-fronted houses were built by a property developer in the early 1840s. Recently restored railings. Hot and cold drinks and a selection of cakes and biscuits.

Grade II*-listed houses, representing the extreme point of late Victorian individualism, surrounding a communal garden laid out in simple, naturalistic style by leading Edwardian landscape designer Harold Peto.

Gardens centred on the church of St James. The tower provides a focus for the vista along Addison Avenue. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Second Home Poetry Festival will bring together big names and emerging talent, the experimental and the traditional, in a bold and joyous event celebrating today’s energetic, relevant, and powerfully disruptive poetry scene.

Thrill-seeking families are invited to get muddy for a good cause at a brand-new event at The Shops at Dartington during their May Food Fair on Sunday 27 May.

Award-winning one-acre site growing a wide variety of produce with the involvement of the adjacent school and local residents. Home-grown refreshments and plants for sale. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Small one-acre prize-winning square, refurbished in 1990. Garden party on Saturday 3-5pm. Children’s entertainment. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.

Formerly the back gardens of the surrounding Victorian villas, joined together to form a large communal garden by the Gunter Estate management. The clean microclimate has nourished some of the oldest and healthiest trees in London.

A deeply sunken garden surrounding St Mellitus Theological College, with banks of azaleas and rhododendrons. One of 200+ gardens taking part in Open Garden Squares Weekend.