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Make your own festive gift bag to give to a friend or family member. This event is suitable for children aged 6-12 years. Places are limited and will be on a first come, first served basis.

Get into a festive mood and build a Christmas/Winter themed structure and join us for the last Lego Club of the year! Suitable for ages 4-12 years. This is a drop-in session, no booking required. First come, first served.

We REIMAGINE single-use plastic and other discarded materials, in this creative workshop led by local artist Elisa Cantarelli. Join her ‘We Are Plastic’ journey to give a new purpose to waste. Let’s tackle the abuse of single-use plastic and raise awareness together, empowering our communities and strengthening our identity. 

Join our creative workshop! Let’s turn single-use plastic into Art! Calling all art enthusiasts, environmental advocates and creative minds! Would you like to be a part of our ‘We aRe Plastic’ workshop?

 The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) is returning to Barnet for the 20th Anniversary of the Festival with an exciting programme of activity and activations taking place across the borough, throughout the month of June. This is the second year that Barnet has formed a key Destination within the Festival’s programme and this year will see over 60 events take place across the borough that respond to this year’s theme of ‘Reimagine’.

Join us for an afternoon of celebration at the launch party for our new wellbeing space in the heart of Incredible Edible Barnet's community food garden. Discover the transformation of our space at St John’s United Reformed Church into a natural edible landscape for people, plants and wildlife to flourish. Find out more about the Incredible Edible Barnet garden on guided tours, indulge in growing and food related craft activities for all ages, and savour a botanical-themed afternoon tea featuring refreshing herb teas and locally made scones.

🌱 Whether you’re a new or experienced grower, come along to one of our regular plot tidy sessions for as little or as long as you like. 🍅 You can find out more about the community garden and chat about what you're growing, or want to grow, at home. 💦 Depending on the time of year tasks will include planting, watering, weeding, harvesting, drinking tea and sometimes eating cake! 🌱 Let’s get growing!

In this free family workshop, you'll be given all the tools and inspiration you'll need to pool imaginations and create unique, vibrant works of art. The mediums of choice will be gouache and watercolour paints, with a host of supplementary materials to make your creations really pop. Materials are all included, but make sure you bring your imagination. Suitable for ages 5 to 8 years. Booking required. Please book via the link.

For the second year running Barnet Council will be a destination for the London Festival of Architecture (LFA). Celebrating its 20th year, the theme for this year's festival is 'Reimagine' and Barnet's LFA programme is packed full of exciting activities for all ages to celebrate the architecture, local art and cultural assets within the borough. Barnet Libraries are proud to be taking part again and there are lots of events for adults and children throughout June.

The Faith and Peace Walk will follow the National Clean Air Day event at Middlesex University Campus between 12pm-3pm. It starts at Edgware Underground Station at 4.30pm. We will see the new ‘Stop and Smell the Flowers’ public mural and visit some amazing open spaces, heritage buildings and places of worship as part of the London Festival of Architecture. We finish at OneStovegrove community centre for a finale event from 7.30pm. This event is free to attend and people of all faiths and none are welcome.