What's On Waltham Abbey

There will be something of interest to everyone from beginners to gardening for the more advanced. Meet the garden volunteers who look after the garden and find out more about the plants and produce that we grow. There will be fresh museum grown produce to taste and refreshments provided throughout the event.

Display by members of Goodmayes society. Organised by Cheshunt & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Mike Cording (Secretary).

Colin Tobitt displays. Organised by Cheshunt & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Mike Cording (Secretary).

Forty Hall has a variety of habitats and microclimates and the insects within them have their own adaptations and superpowers! Get outside with a magnifying glass and explore the different insect habitats of the Estate and then invent and make your own Super Creature using clay and natural materials! Ages 4 – 11.

Learn all about beetles including the mighty Stag! Explore their habitats, play a crazy beetle game and then make a home to encourage beetles in your garden. Ages 4 – 11.

Following on from the success of last year, the Forty Hall Village Fete is back again. Come and browse through our Craft Market in the historic courtyard or enjoy all-time favourites including, Punch and Judy, Morris Dancing and don’t forget to bring your Teddy, so he can have a go on the Teddy Zip Wire!

Nazeing History Workshop present a Free Exhibition to commemorate the end of the Great War. St Giles Hall will be open 2-6 on Saturday, 12 -4 on Sunday, 10 -4 on Monday. Their new book, A Purely Agricultural Parish ? will be launched at the exhibition. This new book complements their previous publications.

Photographer Tim Mitchell will be running a photography workshop to help you take beautiful and dramatic photographs of the Forest in spring. Let him take you on a journey to improve your photography. You just need to bring a digital camera or mobile phone to take pictures.

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.

Working Model Railway Layouts ‘G’ Scale, ‘0’ Gauge, ‘00’ Gauge and ‘N’ Gauge. Radio Controlled Model Trucks & Boats. Train rides for children. Sales Stand, Tombola and Refreshments Free parking for disabled adjacent to club site. Free parking for other users off Nazeing New Road (B194), at EN10 6TD.

Join the biggest pyjama party in Enfield. Wear you pyjamas, have fun with friends and family and help raise money for The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre (Reg. Charity No: 1094435) too! This 15 km walk starts and finishes at Enfield Civic centre and travels through Enfield via Southgate.

Are you looking for leisure time with health benefits? Would you like to meet new people? Look no further – attend a local tea dance!

Annual General Meeting. Organised by Epping Forest & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Roger Pearce(Secretary).

Gift of Music Childrens Concert - Our World, Your World Come and join us and childrens choirs from Enfield for a lovely evening of singing in aid of The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre (Reg. Charity No: 1094435). As well as the children singing there will be a chance for everyone to join in at the end.

Antiques, collectibles and curios - retro jewellery and accessories, ceramics and glassware, coins, postcards, stamps, pens, books, kitchenalia, tools and toys. Over 20 stalls Cafe, disabled access, free car park at venue. Close to Enfield Chase station and Enfield bus station.

From pig farm to pastoral idyll spanning 3 acres, reclaimed over 30yrs. Romantic woodland glade, burgeoning arboretum, relaxed planting around sloping lawns, stone ornaments. Walled garden leads to vegetable plot, greenhouse, chickens, small orchard. Martin built the house, Genine the gardens.

Find out more about our Teletubbies live show

Join us in Arty Madness. Create a Tea Cup Wonderland. Gaze into your own Looking Glass. Make a Mini Mad Hat. Pom pom Flamingo making. Then off to the Tea Party for refreshments followed by Bonkers Games that only Alice could imagine. Hosted by Characters straight out of the magical book.

Vintage Fridays present The Guest List Come down and experience finger lickin’ Jamaican soul food in a quality venue featuring a Rolls Royce DJ line up to none on weekly rotation: 5th avenue Fatman & Colonel Special Touch JB crew Back to Basics The System Brothers inc Roy Medallion Sir

SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE #SNL Join us for an exclusive Sunday Night Live experience. We are bringing you spectacular talent from across the UK, all to one stage!! Quality ooozes the atmosphere, with the best unsigned acts in town!

Faure Requiem Concert Adoramus Choir and Orchestra, conductor David Hooke, present a concert which features the orchestral version of the sublime Faure Requiem on Saturday 12th May 12.30 at the Latymer School Edmonton N9 9TN at 7.30p.m. The soprano soloist is Nicola Hooke and the Bass Baritone Ashley Mercer.

A care home in Enfield is inviting local people to visit the home to join in its celebrations for Care Home Open Day. On Saturday 21st April, from 2pm-4.30pm, the team at Elizabeth Lodge on Pennington Drive will be opening the doors to the care home for a free family-friendly event.

Get your glitter on for our brand new women’s 10k walk and be part of the sparkliest event in town! Grab a team of friends and family, add some glitter and sequins, and walk in our ’sparkle parade’ of local women for an unforgettable night out.

A secluded S-facing cottage style garden, developed over 25 years for yr-round interest. Areas incl 2 lawns, a rock garden, small wildlife pond with bog garden, shade borders and a gravel garden, linked by several paths. Throughout are mixtures of trees shrubs perennials bulbs bamboos grasses and climbers.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. I don’t know why she swallowed a fly... But The People’s Theatre Company do! And now you can too as they bring one of the world’s best loved nursery rhymes to life just in time to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Pam Adams’ best selling book!

The funny tale of a little dog with a very big dream! Biff is not like other dogs. He doesn’t do dog stuff like weeing on lampposts, or scratching his fleas, or drinking out of the toilet. No, Biff likes moonlight and music and walking on his tiptoes. You see, Biff doesn’t think he’s a dog.

Large, tranquil walled garden behind Queen Anne house. Well structured with York stone balustraded terrace leading to formal lawn and rose garden separated by an informal glade.

Open for the NGS for over 30yrs, the 35 acre Beale Arboretum consists of over 800 varieties of trees and shrubs, incl National Collection of Hornbeam cultivars (Carpinus betulus) and National collection of Swamp Cypress (Taxodium).

Tales from the Shed are vibrant, interactive theatre shows that are perfect for young children. They are informal, lively and amazingly engaging as the performers and audience share the same space - children are always encouraged to make a lot of noise and to make the story happen.

Gravelled front garden and three differently styled back garden spaces with planting changes every year. Places for you to sit, relax and enjoy. Start with themed flower borders - planting influenced by Beth Chatto, Penelope Hobhouse and Christopher Lloyd.

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.

Potters Bar and Barnet RSPB Group evening meeting - non members welcome. A range of rock pool and seashore wildlife photographed on Gower; Kenfig NNR and Skokholm island NR ranging from crabs and sea anemones to orchids and puffins.

Potters Bar and Barnet RSPB Group evening meeting - non members welcome With more than 2500 miles north to south, the cold Pacific to the west and the High Andes dominating the east, Chile offers such a wide variety of climatic and floristic zones that there is so much to see.

Potters Bar and Barnets RSPB group afternoon meeting Behind the scenes with Bob, capturing stunning images of wildlife including birds of prey.He works mainly in the Lea Valley and Epping Forest.

Speaker to be advised. Organised by Leytonstone, Wanstead & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Richard Wood (Secretary).

Seychelles & Mauritius (R. Salmon). Organised by Leytonstone, Wanstead & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Richard Wood (Secretary).

Plant Sale with other stalls i.e. Refreshments, Cakes, jams and pickles, Tombola, Bric-a-brac, Raffle etc.

East London Chorus performs music by Bach, Brahms, Schubert and Fanny Mendelssohn. Conductor Jessica Norton, Organ Graham Thorpe, Soprano Emily Wenman, Tenor Guy Elliott, Bass Bertie Watson.

Dua Lipa plus support. Artists performing: Dua Lipa.: Tickets avaiable.

Something for everyone - from the spine-tingling to the farcical!

Cornucopia of sensual delights. Artist’s garden famous for architectural features and delicious cakes. New Oriental Tea House. Baroque temple, pagodas, Raku tiled mirrored wall conceals plant nursery. American Gothic shed overlooks Liberace Terrace and stairway to heaven.

Join the residents of Francis Road and surrounds for their annual Jumble Trail! Follow the map and find hidden treasures from over 25 stalls around the neighbourhood!

Our fantastic new comedy musical Fat! So? - set in your local slimming club - for anyone who’s ever stepped on the scales this show’s for you - great story, great characters and great songs - call the box office now for tickets - don’t weight too long!

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.

Feel immense - run every sense! Guide Dogs’ hugely popular Use Your Senses 5K fun run comes to London in May - join us at Finsbury Park for the most sensational event of the year! Unlike other 5K runs, around the course our Sense Stations will surprise your senses.

A karaoke style sing-a-long. You’ll be accompanied on piano by the lovely Hollie and joined on vocals by the equally lovely Mel. You’ll have the chance to win some free drinks simply by getting up and singing a tune from our extensive song list.

After the success of the first edition last month, A Sardinian Feast in East London returns to Mora on 16th May!

The Chicken Shack a night of 50’s style Rock ’n’ Roll The Chicken Shack is back with an incredible night planned for April, the fabulous band for the night is The Riverboys!!!! As always, an upbeat 50s Rock ’n’ Roll night filled with jiving, bopping and strolling.

In a beautiful Edwardian avenue in the heart of Muswell Hill Conservation Area, two very different gardens reflect the diverse life styles of their owners. The charming garden at No 17 is designed for relaxing and entertaining . Although south facing it is shaded by large surrounding trees - among which is a ginko.