INVITATION TO A PEACE POLE CEREMONY on Saturday April 6th at 3pm in St Ethelwold’s Garden, 30 East St Helen Street, Abingdon
Do come if you can!
There are Peace Poles in every country of the world, with the words “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in different languages. Now Abingdon will have one.
It will be planted in the garden, and then there will be tea and cake
Author: steth
Books and Bakes
Books and Bakes
Browse and buy beautiful books at St Eth’s
Coffee and Home made Cake
Tuesdays 13th February, 12th March and 16th April 10.30 – 12 Do join us!
Please note, these dates are hopeful rather than definite! Do check on Nextdoor or Facebook (Abingdon and Abingdon on Thames) the weekend before, or look in the window at St Ethelwold’s
Christmas Crafts
Books and Bakes
Books and Bakes is Back!
Do join us for homemade cake, coffee and chat
Find second hand books and jewellery as well as Christmas gifts
Tuesday 7th, 28th November and 12th December 10.30-12
Proceeds to Abingdon Foodbank and Crisis
The River Room
From the Abingdon Blog, thank you to Alistair who does the blog and who is a regular visitor to the Garden.
The River Room
The River Room was open at St Ethelwold’s House. In the River Room, there is a Visitors Book. Here is a small and quite typical selection.
‘An amazing retreat to stumble across in Abingdon. I can’t believe I never knew this was here.’
‘I lived in Abingdon from 1964 to 67. I can’t believe I’d never been here before. Wonderful. I’ve done some knitting.’
‘I’m so glad I walked into this fabulous setting. Spring has finally started to do its magic, and flowers are coming up. The birds are singing, and I can watch the geese and riverboats. It’s a site for sore eyes after the harsh winter months.’
‘What’s a lovely place to stumble upon. We are studying at Oxford and decided to take a little day trip to explore Abingdon during our Christmas holidays. What a lovely place.’
‘Stumbled across the lovely garden. So tranquil.’
‘Thank you to all the people who make this what it is. It’s a beautiful place. Restores my soul.’
‘It’s my great joy that I was joined for about five minutes by a Kingfisher on one of the poles.’
When I left, I saw one of the volunteer gardeners cutting back plants, a visitor sitting on a bench enjoying the October sunshine, and a dragonfly resting on a garden table.
Tea Garden and Talk
Do join us for our next Tea Garden
Tuesday 8th August 2.30-4
Enjoy home made cakes in our lovely garden
Find out, if you are interested, about “People of St Ethelwold’s” at a short talk by Anne Dodd at 3.30.
Anne will tell us about St Ethelwold himself, and about Dorothea Pickering whose vision and generosity founded St Ethelwold’s House. Bede Griffiths, an inspiration in the early days, will also be featured.
Bede Griffiths (right) with Dorothea and Swami Amaldass
St Eths Tea Garden
Do join us for our next Tea Garden. We are delighted to be welcoming more people who use wheelchairs and buggies since the work done to make an accessible path from the side gate right down into the garden. There is a mesh under the gravel to make access so much easier. Funds were raised towards this at our Tea Garden events, big thanks to all volunteers and donors!
Celebrating Kindness at St Eths Tea Garden
In June, the Jo Cox Foundation is celebrating The Great Get-Together – with the aim of helping people to make new, meaningful connections with others
As part of this on Tuesday June 27th, we’ll be Celebrating Kindness at our Tuesday afternoon Tea Garden at St Ethelwolds House. We’ll be offering FREE TEA, COFFEE AND SQUASH to everyone and there will be delicious cakes and other goodies to buy too. The gardens are looking specially lovely at the moment.
Maybe as part of your afternoon with us you could even get to chat to someone new to you – and make a connection in that way? We look forward to seeing lots of you there from 2.30 – 4.00 pm on Tuesday 27th June at St Ethelwolds House, 30 East St Helen’s Street, ABINGDON
Tea, Cake and Music in the garden
Come and enjoy tea, coffee and home made cakes in the beautiful garden at St Ethelwold’s House.
We are delighted to have some live music to enhance the midsummer afternoon.
Wednesday 21st June 3pm – 5pm
Teas in the Garden
Teas in the Garden on Tuesday 6th June
Do join us between 2.30 and 4pm for tea and homemade cakes
in our lovely riverside garden.
