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
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
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!
Books and Bakes 2023
PANCAKES GALORE AT BOOKS, BAKES AND COFFEE ON TUESDAY FEB 21ST AT ST ETHELWOLDS HOUSECoffee, delicious pancakes and home-made cakes from 10.30-12 next Tuesday 21st February St Ethelwolds House, 30 East St Helens Street, AbingdonThere’ll be a warm welcome and pleasant places to sit and enjoy your goodies, as well as shelves of nearly-new Beautiful Books to buy (most paperbacks £1 and hardbacks £2)So do come along, enjoy St Eths and some lovely refreshments – and maybe pick up a book or 2 for yourself too!
Saturday December 3rd 10-12.30
Come and join the fun making a beautiful fresh Christmas wreath with two experienced tutors.
Everything provided, including aromatic greenery, dried fruit slices, ribbons and cinnamon sticks, but do feel free to bring along anything you particularly wish to include.
Ticket price includes home made cake, tea,coffee and satsumas and gentle background music!
Numbers limited. £20 per head. Call St Ethelwold’s on 01235 555486 to book a place
Summer Tea Garden
We had our last Tea Garden for the season on Tuesday 30th August, a lovely afternoon to round off a very successful series.
One of our volunteers writes:
How we managed to be SO busy and still make the atmosphere so relaxed and welcoming is a bit of a mystery – but a very very pleasant one!It all comes down to the warmth and enthusiasm, incredibly hard work and boundless good-humour of our volunteers. Our profits of £167 go to support the Garden Fund towards new planting which will happen before the end of October in the area to the right at the bottom of the garden by the river. This time at the Tea Garden we were able to welcome so many newcomers to Abingdon and the St Eths Community too – probably the most important part of our work. Offering them such a lovely afternoon and the chance to meet others in the glorious gardens is a real privilege. It was lovely havingthe music from Dani, Hamid and Emma as well to make an even more festive atmosphere
Plant Sale, Tea Garden, Art Exhibitions
Saturday 14th May 11-4
We had an amazing day, with thanks to all our wonderful volunteers who
helped us raise around £700 for the Garden Fund.
Spring Tea Garden
Our Tea Garden will open on some Tuesday afternoons from April – weather willing! Do join us for tea and home made cakes in our lovely riverside garden, 2.30-4pm. We open when we have enough volunteers and when the rain keeps off. You can check out on Nextdoor, or on Facebook
pages for Abingdon-on-Thames and Abingdon Town to see when the Tea Garden is on, or look out for posters in St Eths window.