Japanese Garden Community Day in Hammersmith Park This Sunday
Free afternoon of activities, performances and demonstrations
The Japanese Garden in Hammersmith Park. Picture: Alexander Williams
A community day is taking place in the Japanese Community Garden in Hammersmith Park this Sunday (7 August).
You are invited along to take part in a fun-packed afternoon of activities, performances, demonstrations, and more from 12.30pm to 5.30pm.
No booking is required to see calligraphy and Taiko drumming demonstrations and take part in a Haiku Walk and a Treasure Trail.
The party, hosted by the Japan Society, together with the Embassy of Japan and the Friends of Hammersmith Park
The park is in Batman Close, behind Television Centre.
In 1910, a major exhibition was held in celebration of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902-1923) with the backing of the Japanese government. Among the exhibits were two gardens, which were constructed for the 1910 exhibition with materials imported from Japan and by a mixed Anglo-Japanese workforce. The Garden of Peace featured a long pond with a large waterside teahouse, whereas the Garden of the Floating Isle featured a circular moat surrounding a hilly island.
The exhibition site was gradually redeveloped. The White City housing estate was built in the 1930s and the BBC television studios in 1960.
The Garden of Peace was converted into a more traditional British public park and named 'Hammersmith Park'. The Japanese garden is the oldest publicly owned Japanese garden in the UK.
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August 1, 2022