Maggie Nicols and Charles Hayward in the Herb Garden

One for poetry lovers and fans of jazz and improvised music:

Poetry and Music in the Garden
Saturday 20th July, 5-7pm
The Herb Garden
McMillan Street SE8
Donations go to Mad Pride

Poetry afternoon at McMillan Educational Herb Garden

If you're about this bank holiday and like a bit of poetry, there's an event happening on Sunday at McMillan Herb Garden (just off Creek Road, opposite Deptford Church Street) called Poems for Roderick. The FREE event is dedicated to Roderick Johnny who died last October, and features lots of local performing wordsmiths. All donations kindly received by MIND.
More details in a post by Deptford Misc.

A Blow for Lol – Saturday 1st September 5pm-7pm

This Saturday there is an outdoor musical tribute to Lol Coxhill, who died last month.
Musicians include Charles Hayward, Steve Noble, Alex Ward, Nick Doyne-Ditmas and Sue Ferrar.
5pm-7pm, McMillan Herb Garden, McMillan Street.
Free entry, voluntary contribution, all proceeds to Lol's partner Ulrike.

A tribute also took place at the Herb Garden last Bank Holiday Monday with musicians Tom Scott, Nick Doyne-Ditmas, Adrian Northover and Simon Coxhill, hosted by Joe Bazouki. A mulberry tree was planted in Lol's memory (see Transpontine).

Deptford Soil at Utrophia

10th–24th December (Wed, Fri & Sat)

Deptford Soil is an exhibition of work by local artists who have an affiliation with the McMillan Herb Garden, a non-profit making organisation who run creative workshops for young people in Deptford. Events to accompany the exhibition as follows:

Saturday 10th December, 7pm

Home Grown Film Night

Featuring local films and live soundtrack from Rabbit 

Sunday 11th December, 5-7pm

Drumtrophia
8 or 9 drummers from the south east London music underground will be playing throughout the Utrophia space so that the sound moves across and through the space.

Wednesday 14th December, 6-9pm

Music from The Missing Puddings and The Conformists

Saturday 24th December, 12-4pm

End of the Road – music tbc

Utrophia Project Space

120 Deptford High Street 

SE8 4NS

More info at utrophia.net/events/deptfordsoil

Near and Far #2

Sunday 4th September, 2-5pm

Wild Trees

Trees growing wild in Lewisham? How can this be so?...

Meet at Creekside Centre...
FREE

Sunday 4th September, 5-7pm

DRUM GARDEN

is a specially constructed performance by 10 or 11 drummers from the south east London underground, a highly motivated and vibrant scene with wildly individual players. We will be playing throughout the garden so that the sound moves across and through the space. Strategies have been devised to keep the playing fresh.

Charles Hayward • Arnold Lane • Riley Hayward • Rik Irvine • Ashleigh Marsh • David Aylward • Kit Mackintosh • Russell Bond • Merlin Hayward • Matt Rigsby-Smith • Sir Eddie Real • Anonymous Bash • Tom, Kick & Battery
The Herb Garden
FREE

Update Monday 5th September: Drum Garden pix

Local events this bank holiday

Saturday 27th August, 12 - 7pm
Urban Village Fete at Friendly Gardens
Lucas Street SE8 4QH
Carnival Arts • Soca and dance workshops • Join the carnival procession! • Clowns, Arts & Crafts, Face Painting • Under 5’s area • Cultural and dance performances • DJ MADCAP • Olympics & Tug of War • Football with Millwall Community Scheme • Fairground sideshow games and competitions • Community stalls, food and refreshments • All welcome!

Monday 29th August,  5-7pm

Music at McMillan Herb Garden

• Lol Coxhill, Rob Mills, Tom Scott (sax trio)
• Missing Puddings
• acoustic set from local festival favourites The Nearly Perfect
FREE

Coming up at the Herb Garden...

Sunday 4th September, 5-7pm

DRUM GARDEN

10 or 11 drummers from the south east London underground, evenly distributed so that the sound moves through and across the space in a dynamic and engaging sequence of rhythms, beats, textures and strategies.
FREE

Great Green Rebels - Half Term Workshops

McMillan Educational Herb Garden is running halfterm workshops on Thursday & Friday 8th & 9th April, and Tuesday to Friday 13th-16th April, 11.30am-3.30pm.

The Herb Garden is "an urban garden bringing communities together through gardening, art, education and music". Find it down on McMillan Street opposite McMillan Nursery. For more info email me.herbgarden@googlemail.com and look out for future events this summer.