Events Around Croydon

Try Croquet taster session . Purley Bury Croquet Club would like to invite you to come and try croquet at a free taster session. Croquet is a game of strategy and skill and is great fun. Suitable for all ages. We provide mallets and balls and coaches will be on hand to show you what to do .

Come along to have some Elmer fun! We will be celebrating Elmer the elephant’s 30th birthday with some stories, craft and colouring in. Also will you be able to spot Elmers’ friends?

Reward for the sure footed many steps to 3 levels! Swathes of tulips and alliums. Mature kiwi and grape vines. Mixed borders. Raised vegetable beds. Box, bay, cork oak and yew topiaries. Amphitheatre of potted plants on lower steps. Stunning views of Caterham and Whyteleafe from top garden.

There is a huge variety of edible plants in the South East, most of which can be found in the areas around our vast capital and Banstead has to be one of our favourite places under that umbrella.

This is our first model railway show featuring 12 layouts in gauges N to 00, and supported by Croydon Model Railway Society. There will also be demonstrations, and club and trade stands including Kent Garden Railways. The show runs from 1000 hours until 1600 hours.

Talk on beekeeping from local beekeeper. Opportunity to buy purchase honey and beeswax products.

£22.50 for a limited time- per person, pre-crawling babies welcome free. First aid for parents, expectant parents, grandparents, NCT, antenatal groups. BOOKING ESSENTIAL Spaces available via website www.stayingalivefirstaid.org or Eventbrite.

Zippos Circus is back on the road for 2019 with a new show titled The Magnificent Top Hat, celebrating 21 years since ringmaster Norman Barrett first appeared at Zippos Circus.

Celebrating 21 years since Ringmaster Norman Barrett first appeared at Zippos Circus the troupe presents a collection of astonishing acrobats and aerialists, amazing contortionists, clever comics and daredevil motorcyclists.

Support local charities while enjoying your refreshments. There will be stalls and stands for a wide variety of charities, raising awareness and money for good causes.

The woods near Croydon are plentiful in wild food; in fact we think they are some of the best woods we have ever been foraging in. We’ll meet at the Harrow, the course starts with a short introduction on what to look for and a brief of the general countryside codes, where they relate to foragers.

A fundraising staged production of Trial by Jury together with a performance of other Gilbert & Sullivan songs by Utopians Unlimited Part of Caterham Festival

The structured layout of this rectangular suburban garden, 80 x 50, contains beds and island borders surrounded by clipped box hedges with box and yew topiary, many different shrubs including philadelphus, deutzias, weigela, lilacs, and borders filled with cottage-style planting.

Popular garden reopened, designer terrace beds with specimen grasses, topiary, periennials, decorative trees and elegant water feature with extensive hosta collection. Planting in a soft colour palette designed to attract bees with border of unusual black plants.

One acre garden restored to its original 1920s design. Formal front garden with island beds and shrub border. Unusual large rock garden and mixed borders with collection of beautiful slug free hostas and uncommon perennials.

The Nonsuch Town and Country Show is the event with something for everybody. This is the show that doesn’t disappoint!

Festivals of Dogs Festivals of Dogs is the Dog Show with something for every four legged friend with Charity Fun Dog Shows with over 22 classes daily to Dogs Have Got Talent, Agility both Have a Go and Demonstrations from Britain’s Got Talent Dima and his dogs, Sniff and Smell, Scurry, Chase the Bunny, Doggie

The Show that has something for everybody. From Family Days out with amazing attractions such as the fabulous Jonathan Marshall horse stuntsman from Poldark and Game of Thrones, Heavy Horse Displays, Motorbike Stunt Teams, fabulous Falconry displays, Britains Got Talent Dima and his dogs to Foodies with some fabulous...

The Nonsuch Town and Country Show is the event with something for everybody. This is the show that doesn’t disappoint!

Follow our storyteller as she brings the park to life with seasonal folktales! Listen to seasonal folktales with storyteller Olivia Armstrong. Explore May time customs that connect with the flora and fauna you see around you at Morden Hall Park.

Listen to seasonal folktales with awards winner storyteller Olivia Armstrong. Explore May time customs that connect with the flora and fauna you see around you at Morden Hall Park. Which is the most magical tree in the Park and what local people would have celebrated the month of May the most?

Come and get involved in a race against time to find all the wildlife we can. Become a wildlife explorer for the day and discover what’s living on your doorstep. There’s something for everyone, from adults and children to experts and beginners.

Help with our BioBlitz count as we look for amphibians from the wetland boardwalk. Join our torchlight survey of the park in search of living things to add to our BioBlitz species totaliser, including frogs, toads and newts! Suitable for adults and families with children aged 7 and over. Booking Essential.

How many moths and bats will you see to add to our BioBlitz species total' Discover winged wonders of the night as we view moth traps and go out on a bat walk around the park. FREE Suitable for adults and families (no age restriction). Booking Essential. Phone: 0344 249 1895.

Come and get involved in a race against time to find all the wildlife we can. Become a wildlife explorer for the day and discover what’s living on your doorstep. There’s something for everyone, from adults and children to experts and beginners.