An announcement from the Chelsea Fringe festival
January 2024/ After twelve years of fantastic and original events, it’s time for change at the world’s original and best alternative gardening festival. Founder-director Tim Richardson is stepping...
View ArticleJoin us to find out more about this year’s Fringe. Online meeting 6pm,...
If you’re considering taking part in this year’s Chelsea Fringe, or even if you have already signed up, we’d love you to join us online on Tuesday 21 March, 6-7 pm, to hear and see more about the...
View ArticleIt’s January, so it must be time to think about……the Chelsea Fringe!
The twelfth Chelsea Fringe Festival will take place from Saturday 20th to Sunday 28th May 2023 Now in its twelfth year, the Chelsea Fringe celebrates community and guerrilla gardening, and encourages...
View ArticleGot A Fringe Event In Mind But Nowhere To Put It On? How About Bankside Open...
We all know it can be difficult to find open spaces for events in central London — but this year there is a fantastic opportunity for Chelsea Fringe Festival participants. Our friends at Bankside Open...
View ArticleEverything you wanted to know about putting on a Fringe event but were too...
Harriot Lane Fox is part of the team that answers emails to the Chelsea Fringe inbox – she gives friendly advice on how to take part in the festival. Here she tells us more about what being a...
View ArticleDates for 2022 are 21st to 29th May
We’re now looking forward to the Chelsea Fringe 2022, which runs from 21st to 29th May, intensifying the festival buzz into a nine-day burst of excitement! That’s two weekends and everything in...
View ArticleChelsea Fringe 2022: Call for Submissions!
The Chelsea Fringe has set the date for 2022, its eleventh anniversary year, and is now open for submissions The festival runs from 21st to 29th May: that’s nine days including two weekends to fill...
View ArticleRegistration Opens for Chelsea Fringe Festival 2022!
This year the Fringe (21st to 29th May) is back on the ground, alive and kicking! The Chelsea Fringe is 11 years old! The festival went ahead virtually last year, in line with restrictions. But now we...
View ArticleRegistration Opens for Chelsea Fringe Festival 2020
This year the Fringe (May 16-24) is — of course — going virtual. Once again, in this our 9th year as a festival, we are inviting community gardeners, artists, activists and anyone with an interest in...
View ArticleCall for submissions
The Chelsea Fringe has set the date for 2020, its ninth year, and is now open for submissions. The festival runs from 16th to 24th May: that’s nine days including two weekends to fill with exciting...
View ArticleDates for 2020
Dates for 2020 are 16th to 24th May We’re now looking forward to the Chelsea Fringe 2020, which runs from 16th May to 24th May, intensifying the festival buzz into a nine-day burst of excitement!...
View ArticleThank you for a Fantastic Fringe
Photo collage by Harriot Lane Fox. Thank you so much for taking part in the Chelsea Fringe Festival 2019. The Fringe is all about you and what you bring to the events – and there’s such delight in all...
View ArticleChelsea Fringe: Call for Submissions
The Chelsea Fringe has set the date for 2020, its ninth year, and is now open for submissions. The festival runs from 16th to 24th May: that’s nine days including two weekends to fill with exciting...
View ArticleThank you for a Fantastic Fringe
Photo collage by Harriot Lane Fox. Thank you so much for taking part in the Chelsea Fringe Festival 2019. The Fringe is all about you and what you bring to the events – and there’s such delight in all...
View Article9 REASONS TO BE A CHELSEA FRINGE EARLY BIRD…BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!
Earlybird rates end in: WORM ALERT: Have you got yours yet? The early-bird discount to take part in the Chelsea Fringe ends on 31 March. Register by next Sunday and we’ll knock 10% off the fee. You’ll...
View ArticleCHELSEA FRINGE CHAMPIONS – 8
Sixteen hundred events in eight years…that’s a heck of a lot of horticultural h-excitement. It’s inspiring! Which is why we’ve invited our friends behind some of these events, together with the...
View ArticleCHELSEA FRINGE CHAMPIONS – 7
Naomi Schillinger was Fringe-y long before there even was a Chelsea Fringe. Back in 2009, she and her neighbours started a front garden community veg-growing project in Finsbury Park. Now over 100...
View ArticleCHELSEA FRINGE CHAMPIONS – 6
Amicia de Moubray is a journalist, author and owner of a beautiful garden open to the public in Kent. She’s been involved with the Chelsea Fringe from the very beginning. In fact, Amicia was...
View ArticleCHELSEA FRINGE CHAMPIONS – 5
She calls herself ‘Jill of all trades’ but we think of Mary McHugh as the IRL incarnation of her namesake, Ms Poppins. The Chelsea Fringe wouldn’t happen without our Mary. She has done every job...
View ArticleCHELSEA FRINGE CHAMPIONS – 4
The Chelsea Fringe is full of amazing ‘iconic’ scenes every year but one that always makes us grin hugely is Henley’s floral flotilla. A parade of boats, so heavily festooned in flowers you think...
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