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Community Open Day 2026

Sat 12 September 2026
12-5 pm

Outdoor Bowls Pavilion
Barking Park
Longbridge Road Gate
Barking
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Together with the Dandelions Circle Collective

All welcome

Celebrating and sharing our activities and programmes together with the Dandelion Circles: Stalls, workshops, garden tours, hop-picking, well-being sessions, music, food, local drinks and much more All Welcome Free Event

On our annual Community Open Day we celebrate and share the many different programmes and activities that take place at Company Drinks.

It is the perfect day to meet the many different groups and communities at Company Drinks, to see our site and enjoy our garden.

The day is organised together with the Dandelion Circles Collective, featuring hands-on workshops for all ages, tours of the garden, arts, crafts and nature related activities, delicious food and local seasonal drinks.

Programme of the day

12pm – 2 pm
Making dishes from the Levant with Ula, adults only, places are limited and please register here.
All dishes are vegetarian. If you are gluten intolerant, this workshop is not suitable.

12pm – 1pm
Nature Studies with Wild Communities CiC
Limited places – first come first serve basis.

1pm – 3 pm
Tours of the Garden with Barking Grow Club

1pm – 2pm
Celebratory Explore the Wild Worksop with Becks and Miche, to mark the 5th anniversary of this amazing programme for children.

2.15 pm – 3pm
Sonic Plants workshop with Sarina. A grounding and mindfulness exercise, and rooting yourself through listening to plants and drawing. All ages.

3 pm
Hop-picking with the Happy Hoppers and musi and sing-along with  Romford Ceilidh Band

3.30 pm
Community Yoga  for all ages and abilities with Jacqui, with the motto: come as you are.

4.30 pm
Sound-bath to end the day with Jacqui.

 

Throughout the day

  • The famous red Company Drinks Bar with our best seasonal flavours from this summer.
  • Crafts stall with the Thursday Group.
  • A SEEDLINGS table with the next generation of “good company” entrepreneurs.
  • Hot and cold food and drinks in Our Club Room (vegetarian and vegan).

 

We are part of London Open House Festival 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Open Day is part of London Open House.