Friends of the Horniman - Art Exhibition
 Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 July - 10.30 am to 5 pm
 Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, Forest Hill SE23

CPCA founders Audrey Hammond and Mike Conrad will be exhibiting their watercolours and drawings in the beautiful Victorian Conservatory of the Horniman Museum. Admission is free.

More info: Horniman Museum website

Walk at Richmond Park
 Sunday 20 July
 Meet at Crystal Palace Station at 9.15am

This vast green space, the largest in London, covering 2,500 acres, enjoys varied unspoilt landscapes of hills, woodlands, gardens and grasslands. The park is famous for the 300 red deer and 350 fallow deer that roam and graze freely.

Bring a picnic, so we can eat lunch in these picturesque surroundings. We are planning a route of 3-4 miles. Meet at Crystal Palace Station at 9.15am to travel by train or call us for details of a meeting point near to the park if you are making your own way there.

Cost £5 for CPCA funds.

 Gardens Open for NGS Charity Event
 Saturday 2nd August - 2.00 to 5.30pm
 13 Gipsy Hill, SE19

CPCA members Jon and Eils Digby-Rogers are opening their garden on Saturday 2nd August (2.00-5.30pm) under the National Gardens Scheme (NGS) (gardens open for charity).

The NGS was founded in 1927 to raise money for community nurses by opening private gardens to the public. In the first year 609 "Pioneer" gardens opened and over £8,000 was raised by charging 'a shilling a head'. Now the NGS welcomes over half a million visitors every year. Through this the NGS have raised £40 million since it began, for nursing, caring and gardening charities. In the last 10 years alone the gardens of the NGS have raised £22 million.

John and Eils' garden at 13 Gipsy Hill, open on Saturday August 2nd from 2 - 5.30 pm

Jon and Eils have a beautiful secluded town garden, 17m x 17m, protected by high brick wall and steep shrub-covered bank. Yorkstone terraced areas with many coloured glazed and terracotta pots. Wide variety of different shrubs, climbers and perennials for year round colour. Wisteria covered oak framed pergola, summerhouse, large blown glass and copper fountain, all providing outside rooms for the home.

Admission £3 (children free), tea/coffee and cake £1.50, glass of wine or Pimms £2. ALL proceeds going to the charities.

It’s well worth a visit so please do go along, appreciate the garden and support a good cause.

More info: NGS Website

Circular walk around Hayes and Keston
 Sunday 28 September
 Meet at 10.30am outside the George public house

Starting at the ‘George’ in Hayes Village, we will follow a route that passes fields, ancient common land, Keston Ponds and Wilberforce’s Oak, where William Wilberforce discussed the abolition of slavery with Pitt the Younger. This historic location, marked with a plaque, also enjoys views over the vale of Keston. We plan a pub lunch en route.

Meet at 10.30am outside the George public house, Hayes Street, Hayes Village, Kent. Contact us regarding travel arrangements.

Cost £5 for CPCA funds.

Meal at Los Torreros
 Tuesday 14 October - 7.30 pm
 35 Westow Street, SE19

Join us for a taste of Spain, at our local tapas restaurant, with its wide range of dishes to tempt all palates. They also have a good drinks menu including delicious cocktails.

We shall book the table for 7.30pm.

Meal at The Ghurkha Cottage
 Tuesday 2 December - 7.30 pm
 17 Westow Street, SE19

Enjoy the authentic flavours of the East at this popular local Indian and Nepalese restaurant.

Table will be booked for 7.30pm.

 Dates for your Diary

• Walk at Richmond Park
  Sunday 20 July
  
• Circular walk around Hayes and Keston
  Sunday 28 September
  
• Meal at Los Torreros
  Tuesday 14 October
  Westow Street SE19
• Meal at The Ghurkha Cottage
  Tuesday 2 December
  Westow Street SE19