Booking is open for this year’s Shakespeare in the Garden, which is Love’s Labour Lost. The performance is 4th of July. Booking details are on the Events page.
The dates have been set for this year’s events. They are:
- Open Garden Squares - Sunday 7th June 9am - 5pm
- Summer Party - Saturday 27th June
- Shakespeare in the Garden - Saturday 4th July
- Movie Night - Saturday 12th September
- Halloween - Saturday 31st October
- Bonfire Night - Saturday 7th September
- Christmas Carols - Wednesday 2nd December
The newly formed Garden Committee had its first meeting recently to start planning these events. The Committee is Jan Stern, Emma-Jane Adam, Ann Futter, Megan Schellinger, Richard Alford, Sheen Sodha and Suzy Topolski. They will also work with the Garden Board to manage all things related to the Garden. The Board is Marc Forestier (Chairman), Julian Futter, Peter Hahn, James Adam, Emma Codd, Richard Kelsey and Tony Stern. If you have anything you want to raise in relation to the Garden speak to one of the Committee or the Board, or else contact the managing agents Westbourne Block Management, whose contact details can be found here.
For security reasons, every couple of years we change the locks on all of the gates leading into the Crescent Garden, and issue new keys to residents. Amongst other things, this ensures that the only people who can access the garden are current residents. We are shortly going to do another change, when we incorporate the new locks that have been made possible by the new electrical circuits that have been installed in the garden. We will advise shortly the date for the fob changeover.
We have highlighted many times in the last few years that some dog owners are failing to clean up after their dogs. Unfortunately, our request for dog owners to be responsible has fallen on deaf ears and we continue to receive complaints about dog mess, bagged or not, on the lawns, flowerbeds and pathways. The committee has decided to create a Dog Register similar to those now being used in an increasing number of gardens around London. We will notify residents about how to register their dog in due course. Once the Register is in place, only registered dogs will be allowed in the garden.
Many of you will have noticed that the Randolph Crescent entrance to the Garden has been closed for a couple of years. This is due to the health and safety issue resulting from the precarious condition of the interior wall facing Clifton Gardens.
This wall has been bowed inward by two large lime trees on the opposite side of the wall alongside the access ramp of Pondfield House and has cracked open in two places. This also required some brickwork to be removed.
The Directors of Crescent Amenity Limited have been advised to close this access until the wall can be repaired and the access made safe again. Unfortunately, as the owners of Pondfield have refused to remove the trees whose roots have caused the damage to the wall, we have been debating with them how to safely rebuild the wall. This has been a very frustrating process for the Board, as the Pondfield owners have to date resisted all suggestions made by the Board to reach an agreed solution. We will continue to try to reach an accommodation that will allow the gate to be reopened