Hague Primary School “Blue class”

It’s always a nice suprise to see how engaged children can be with horticulture when used in school lessons. And this was no exception. When the Blue Class at Hague Primary School was presented with a prize for winning the Wildlings photo competition this afternoon, they showed us their complete class project which was made into a book. We liked it so much, we will include this in the exhibition launch tomorrow evening.

Blue Class at Hague Primary School with their prize

A big thanks to Quickcrop for generously donating a voucher for seeds for the school to grow in their flowerbeds. Each child was presented with their own ‘Honey bee seed mix’ too!

Honey bee seed mix

And the project:

Hague Primary School ‘Wildlings’ project

Hague Primary School ‘Wildlings’ project

Hague Primary School ‘Wildlings’ project

Hague Primary School ‘Wildlings’ project

 

Wildest Wildling children’s photo competition

And the winner of the ‘Wildest Wildling’ children’s photo competition is this image from HAGUE PRIMARY SCHOOL “Blue class”, which is in Wilmot Street,  Bethnal Green. Congratulations! The class will be presented with a large selection of seeds from the Chelsea Fringe and a £20 voucher for seeds from Quickcrop. They will have a fine school garden this time next year!

The winning entry from HAGUE PRIMARY SCHOOL “Blue class”
Wilmot Street Bethnal Green

Pop-Up Restaurant

Due to unforseen circumstances, the Pop-Up Restaurant will not now take place.  Sorry to anyone considering this event, but it is something we cannot rectify at such short notice. The bar will still be open from 6-30, and we will be there through the evening to meet people in the gallery.

Children’s Photo competition entry dealine extended

Just a quick note to say we’ve extended  the photo competition deadline to 21st May!

The Telegraph and Gardens Illustrated

It’s nice to see we have been getting more good press. Gardens Illustrated have listed us in their top 12 Chelsea Fringe events in the May 2014 issue. And The Telegraph have included us in their top six.

Photographing the Fringe

An interview on the Chelsea Fringe website – with Veronica Peerless talking to me about taking photographs at Fringe events over the last two years:

Photographing the Fringe

I know where the Wildlings are!

Another article is on the Hoe and Hum blog, which can be seen here:

Hoe and Hum

The Simple Things

With the Chelsea Fringe event only about three weeks away, our friends in the press have started publishing information about our project. The first is a short interview on The Simple Things blog, which can be seen here:

The Simple Things

Walks, talks and Pop-Up Cafe

Woodland in Weavers Fields, near Oxford House

Booking is now available for the walks, talks and Pop-Up Cafe. The links are below, or on the ‘Walks & Talks’ or ‘Pop-up Cafe’ section on this website. All these events are on 24th May, which coincides with the launch of the ‘Wildlings’ exhibition in the gallery at Oxford House.

Book Photowalk with Paul

Book Walk of Wildlings with Alys

Book both walks with Paul and Alys

Both walks are £5 each (+50p booking). If you book both walks, there is a joint fee of £8 (+80p booking). All money raised will go to Oxford House to support their continued work in the Bethnal Green area.

Gardeners’ Question Time at Chelsea Fringe 2013. Matthew Wilson, Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew, with host Eric Robson standing.

We’re please to see that  Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time Chelsea Fringe show will be recorded at Oxford House the weekend before, on Sunday 18th. The Wildlings exhibition will be on display in the gallery by then, so you will get a sneak preview before the official launch and  attend the GQT recording at the same time.

Book BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time tickets

Wild Thing

This is a short time-lapse sequence of Lynn making a painting from one of Paul’s photographs. Not originally shot as a video, it is a sequence of stills and movie clips taken last summer which have been put together as a brief explanation to the project. The original photograph is of a wild Poppy on Battleston Hill, Wisley, under the Henry Moore sculpture…before the gardeners tidied up!

We have had some good publicity so far, with mentions in The Times and on the Robert Elms programme on BBC Radio London.

Wildlings from Paul Debois on Vimeo.

This link Wildlings seems to take you through to a better resolution movie, which works well in full screen mode.

The finished painting as it will appear in the exhibition, with the original photograph.

Wild Thing – framed

wild poppy beneath Henry Moore sculpture, Wisley