The green meet
Join our annual springtime celebration of sustainability and biodiversity!
Explore a wide selection of stalls featuring local craftsmanship and eco-friendly alternatives from small businesses. Learn a new skill at one of our workshops and hear experts discuss the latest topics with exciting talks. Relax to some live music with a bite to eat from sustainable food vendors or the drawing room café. Children can enjoy crafts, outdoor games and more, and adults can enter our tombola for the chance to win big!
Green market
This year, discover an amazing range of stalls with a variety of eco-friendly and sustainable options. The Palace garden barrow will also be on show featuring freshly picked flowers, preserves and wood handcrafted items from our volunteer green woodworkers. With plenty of stalls stocked with sustainable goods to upcycled wonders, come ready to shop!
Talks
Listen to keynote speakers discuss speciality topics, from conservation and sustainability to horticulture and natural history. With talks from Fulham Palace learning producer Alex, to Brad Scott from the Natural History Museum and others, you’re sure to learn something exciting and new.
Activities for all
From hands-on workshops and family yoga to testing your luck at the tombola, there’s something for everyone at the green meet! Enjoy a picnic on the lawn as you listen to live music, and celebrate all things green with a wide range of tours, talks and workshops.
Garden games
Free • drop in • all ages
Join Bush Crafts and Supercamps in the walled garden for all-day drop-in fun.
Family yoga
Free • pre-booking recommended • all ages
Join Everybody Yoga Company for a free family-friendly yoga session. Explore a fun exercise session, building strong bodies, finding calm and creating foundations for lifelong mental wellness. You don’t need to be a flexible pretzel, just come and have fun! For children ages 1.5+ and their adults.
Session time:
- 11.00 – 11.30
Yoga with Lumi Power Yoga
Free • pre-booking recommended • 16+
Powerful, flowing yoga class that combines breath and movement into a dynamic sequence of poses. This Baptiste Yoga inspired class will tone your body and clear your mind. It is an experience that strengthens, stretches and revitalises your whole being and leaves you with a sense of accomplishment. Expect to move, breathe, sweat and be energised!
Mats available, or bring your own if you prefer.
Session times:
- 12:00 – 12:30
- 13:00 – 13:30
Nature & photography workshop
£6.00 • pre-booking recommended • ages 14+
See the world through a new lense with a hands-on photography workshop! Join photographer Iara Torres for a nature photography workshop where Iara will show you that all you need is a pen, pencil and phone to capture the natural beauty of the world around you.
Workshop times:
- 11:30 – 12:15
- 13:15 – 14:00
- 14:45 – 15:30
Monkey Music
£16.00 • pre-booking recommended • ages 6 months – 4 years
Monkey Music is celebrating all things green with some fabulously fun interactive workshops. Perfect for little ones from 1 – 4 years, the sessions will be jam-packed with songs, instruments, activities and learning. Sing, dance, explore percussion instruments and share precious time together – there’ll be the parachute, bubbles and plenty of exciting engaging musical activities to enjoy!
Workshop times:
- 11.30 – 12.00
- 12.30 – 13.00
Mini-beast hunt
Free • pre-booking recommended • ages 3 – 12
Join learning producer Alex and explore the miniature world of insects! From creepy crawlies to slinking and slithering, discover the insects that call the Palace’s walled garden home.
Workshop times:
- 11.30 – 12.00
- 13.00 – 13.30
- 15.00 – 15.30
Tombola
Test your luck at the tombola and win a surprise! All proceeds from the tombola go towards supporting the Palace and its garden.
Picnic on the lawn
Grab a beverage and bite to eat and from the drawing room café or some of the delicious food vendors on site. Sit back, relax and enjoy the live music as you take a break from the activities. You’ll be spoilt for choice!
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Interested in taking part in the event?
From hosting children’s activities, selling in the green market or becoming an official event sponsor to advertising in the printed brochure there are plenty of opportunities to get involved!
For any questions or queries about this event please contact the event organised Raphaela Ashford by emailing raphaela.ashford@fulhampalace.org.
