Summer of Culture: Event Programme

Part of GrowFM, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers, is a Chiswick House & Gardens commission by Netherlands-based creative studio, affect lab.

Part hypnosis, part therapy, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers is a celebration of the joy of community and belonging and the sensory pleasures of being in nature. The immersive audio experience invites you to slow down, disconnect from the ‘noise’ of city living and instead reconnect with the natural environment.

About the experience 

Included in your ticket to visit their award-winning walled Kitchen Garden, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers invites you to participate in a multi-sensory walking route using an audioguide. Spoken instructions ask you to reflect, to lie on the grass, to look up at the sky and wave at the planes flying overhead, to soak up the smells and listen to the hidden sounds of the garden, to walk mindfully and to fully engage with your surroundings using all of your senses. Find out more.

Hounslow Artists Lab presents interactive performances and art created by actors, writers, poets, singers, visual artists and many more. Join us at our scratch, where Hounslow creatives will be exploring their personal responses to the theme of ‘Time’.

Suitable for 16+ years. No need to book, just come along.

Donations welcome to support future events. Learn more.

Part of GrowFM, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers, is a Chiswick House & Gardens commission by Netherlands-based creative studio, affect lab.

Part hypnosis, part therapy, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers is a celebration of the joy of community and belonging and the sensory pleasures of being in nature. The immersive audio experience invites you to slow down, disconnect from the ‘noise’ of city living and instead reconnect with the natural environment.

About the experience 

Included in your ticket to visit their award-winning walled Kitchen Garden, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers invites you to participate in a multi-sensory walking route using an audioguide. Spoken instructions ask you to reflect, to lie on the grass, to look up at the sky and wave at the planes flying overhead, to soak up the smells and listen to the hidden sounds of the garden, to walk mindfully and to fully engage with your surroundings using all of your senses. Find out more.

Taking in magnificent Thames views, a man-made river created in Tudor times; dwellings built in Charles II’s reign, the site of the pottery, and a one time home of landscape painter J.M.W. Turner. As an added incentive, teas are available at All Saints Church to round off the walk.

Start at All Saints’ Church, Church Street

Cost: £3 (children free). No need to book – pay the guide on the day.

For National Teddy Bears’ Picnic Day, gather your family, your picnic and of course your teddy bear and head down to Gunnersbury Park.

There will also be a bear-themed craft and story session for you to book on to, with sessions throughout the day. See you bear!

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Storytelling and craft times: 10.30 – 11am, 11.30am – 12pm, 12.30 – 1pm, 2.30 – 3pm, 3.30 – 4pm

£5 per child for the storytelling and craft sessions. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Book your tickets here.

Expect a fun-filled and inspiring evening of music and workshops, performances and sound experiences, featuring broadcaster, writer and DJ, Zakia Sewell. During the evening, Chiswick House & Gardens will also officially launch the Grow FM radio station, powered by the community for the community, which will be broadcasting from Chiswick House & Gardens for six weeks this summer. Find out more.

The players will host three fun filled training sessions inspired by the Women’s EURO.

Times:

10 to 11am | 11.30am to 12.30pm | 2 to 3pm

£5 per child. Suitable for children aged 7+, Children must be accompanied by an adult. Book your tickets here.

Meet Active Astrid and Lively Laura for a tour of our new Women’s EURO 2022 exhibition. We’ll be designing flags inspired by women’s football and thinking up chants we can use to cheer on the teams.

Times: 10.30am to 11.30am | 12.30 to 1.30pm | 2.30 to 3.30pm

£5 per child. Suitable for children aged 5+, Children must be accompanied by an adult. Book your tickets here.

Meet Active Astrid and Lively Laura for a tour of our new Women’s EURO 2022 exhibition. We’ll be designing flags inspired by women’s football and thinking up chants we can use to cheer on the teams.

Times: 10.30am to 11.30am | 12.30 to 1.30pm | 2.30 to 3.30pm

£5 per child. Suitable for children aged 5+, Children must be accompanied by an adult. Book your tickets here.

In collaboration with Hounslow Council’s Summer of Culture and Creative Enterprise Zone don’t miss this event celebrating Women in Film & TV. Meet amazing and hard working women in the industry, learn from their wealth of determination and hard work, explore opportunities to pave your own way in the sector. Register here

With a Q&A session with guest speakers and networking opportunities to help you build your network and find out about training opportunities, this is an event that will help you understanding how to boost your passion, career goals, training, skills development and many more opportunities.

Part of GrowFM, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers, is a Chiswick House & Gardens commission by Netherlands-based creative studio, affect lab.

Part hypnosis, part therapy, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers is a celebration of the joy of community and belonging and the sensory pleasures of being in nature. The immersive audio experience invites you to slow down, disconnect from the ‘noise’ of city living and instead reconnect with the natural environment.

About the experience 

Included in your ticket to visit their award-winning walled Kitchen Garden, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers invites you to participate in a multi-sensory walking route using an audioguide. Spoken instructions ask you to reflect, to lie on the grass, to look up at the sky and wave at the planes flying overhead, to soak up the smells and listen to the hidden sounds of the garden, to walk mindfully and to fully engage with your surroundings using all of your senses. Find out more.

The grand finale for Summer of Culture is Deblozay (“Bedlam” in Haitian Creole) by internationally renowned outdoor performance company, Rara Woulib. Working with community groups, residents and local artists from across the borough, Rara Woulib will create a spectacular, mass participation event in Hounslow town centre to create a night-time trip through the memory of Hounslow and its inhabitants where theatre, image and soundscapes come together in stunning fashion. The project unearths and celebrates ‘lost memories’ of the location and its communities, drawing in as wide a range of participants and audiences as possible, including those whose voices are rarely heard.

Part of GrowFM, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers, is a Chiswick House & Gardens commission by Netherlands-based creative studio, affect lab.

Part hypnosis, part therapy, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers is a celebration of the joy of community and belonging and the sensory pleasures of being in nature. The immersive audio experience invites you to slow down, disconnect from the ‘noise’ of city living and instead reconnect with the natural environment.

About the experience 

Included in your ticket to visit their award-winning walled Kitchen Garden, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers invites you to participate in a multi-sensory walking route using an audioguide. Spoken instructions ask you to reflect, to lie on the grass, to look up at the sky and wave at the planes flying overhead, to soak up the smells and listen to the hidden sounds of the garden, to walk mindfully and to fully engage with your surroundings using all of your senses. Find out more.

Part of GrowFM, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers, is a Chiswick House & Gardens commission by Netherlands-based creative studio, affect lab.

Part hypnosis, part therapy, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers is a celebration of the joy of community and belonging and the sensory pleasures of being in nature. The immersive audio experience invites you to slow down, disconnect from the ‘noise’ of city living and instead reconnect with the natural environment.

About the experience 

Included in your ticket to visit their award-winning walled Kitchen Garden, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers invites you to participate in a multi-sensory walking route using an audioguide. Spoken instructions ask you to reflect, to lie on the grass, to look up at the sky and wave at the planes flying overhead, to soak up the smells and listen to the hidden sounds of the garden, to walk mindfully and to fully engage with your surroundings using all of your senses. Find out more.