The Hidden Gardens

🌿July Cultivating Wellbeing Session Open For Registration 🌞
🐞🌻Sunday 5th July 11am -1pm 🦋🐞🌻🌼

The second Sunday Session of Cultivating Wellbeing takes place on the first Sunday in July. Join us for a gentle session outdoors connecting with nature, community, and yourself through mindfulness, conversation, and shared time in The Hidden Gardens. 🌱✨

Open to adults (18+) particularly who feel cost can be a barrier to accessing wellbeing activities in nature.
💚 Welcoming
🌿 Relaxed
☀️ No experience needed

Sign up now to book your place! https://forms.gle/Zs6q4PZc13jXoJm36

🌞Solstice Gathering🌞

Join us this Sunday on the last day of Grace Browne’s exhibition All Water Is Connected for a celebratory solstice gathering in The Hidden Gardens. Come along for for opportunity to take part in artist workshops developed in response to the exhibition, as we view and reflect on the artworks one last time!

🧺 12-3pm Bring your own picnic lunch. There will be picnic blankets and snacks provided!

🌱 1-3pm Artist Grace Browne will facilitate a workshop. Come and create your personal map of belonging. We’ll use earth pigments to trace and reimagine your family’s migration stories. No registration needed.

⚡ 1-3pm Join one of two group movement workshops led by artist, dancer and choreographer Divine Tasinda. No registration needed, sign up on the day!

👣 1-3pm Activist and community organiser Efruz Kaya will present an Interactive Memory Game, exploring how migrants and refugees shape Glasgow’s collective memory through stories, spaces, and everyday life. Reserve a free spot for you and your friends here - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/efruz-kaya-interactive-memory-game-tickets-1988946660001?keep_tld=true

🌀🙌✨The Hidden Gardens stands in solidarity against hate.

Thank you to everyone who came along to the opening of Refugee Festival Scotland and Grace Browne's artwork All Water Is Connected on Friday.

The artwork is installed throughout the festival, and The Hidden Gardens are free to visit, accessible and open:
🕙 Tuesday – Friday: 10am–5pm
🌼 Saturday & Sunday: 11pm–5pm

Refugee Festival Scotland underway as organisers 'stand in solidarity against hate' More than 150 events are set to be staged between now and June 21.

Tomorrow! The Refugee Festival 2026 Festival launch event!
12 June 2026 4:00pm – 7:00pm

🖌️ From 4-6pm, we will unveil Grace Browne’s new public artwork All Water Is Connected, exploring ancestral and contemporary migration and belonging through water, earth, and story.

🍇 From 5-6pm, we invite you to a delicious Community Meal, cooked by The Hidden Gardens Hidden Kitchen volunteers and invited local caterers.

🎶 From 6.15-7pm, Ukrainian harp and flute duo Apollo’s Melody will perform a classical set, responding to Grace Browne’s installation and themes of water, travel and belonging.

All ages welcome. No booking required.

👀 A sneak peek!

All Water Is Connected is beginning to take shape at The Hidden Gardens ahead of the opening and launch this Friday of Refugee Festival Scotland.

All Water Is Connected is a new piece of work from artist Grace Browne, exploring themes of migration, belonging, and the connections that flow between people, places, and generations.

We can't wait to welcome you on Friday for this special celebration of art, community, and connection. Everyone is welcome.

📍 The Hidden Gardens, Glasgow
📅Friday 12th of June , 4pm - 7pm
🎨 All Water Is Connected by Grace Browne
🎶 Live music from Apollo’s Melody

The Hidden Gardens is proud to be a sanctuary garden where people can connect with nature, each other, and celebrate peace in all forms. The Gardens is registered with Refuweegee's Safe With Me campaign, identifying safe places in these times of rising hate. The idea is that if someone is experiencing hate they can easily identify a safe place to go. To find out more and get involved head to www.refuweegee.co.uk/safewithme

🌞✨🌱💚 It was so lovely to host Fair Deal on Friday, the group brought lots of joy and curiosity to The Gardens

🌿All Water Is Connected - Exhibition Launch 12th of June 🌀

Join us for the opening of Grace Browne's new artwork and the launch of Refugee Festival Scotland 2026 at The Hidden Gardens on 12 June!

Join us for an evening of art, food, music and community as we come together to celebrate this year’s festival. A highlight of the launch will be the unveiling of All Water Is Connected, a beautiful new public artwork by artist Grace Browne, exploring migration, belonging, memory and connection through water, earth and story.

Grace will lead two free artist talks and tours of the installation at 4.30pm and 5.30pm. Spaces are limited, so we encourage you to book your free ticket in advance.

Alongside the artist talks, enjoy a community meal, live music from Ukrainian duo Apollo’s Melody, and the chance to connect with friends old and new as we begin this year’s festival together.

📅 12 June 2026
📍 The Hidden Gardens, Glasgow
🎟️ Free artist talk tickets available now - link in bio

As continues, we're shining a spotlight on The Hidden Kitchen and the amazing volunteers who make it possible. 💚

Supported by the Volunteer Support Fund, The Hidden Kitchen brings people together through cooking, sharing time and plenty of cups of tea. The volunteers generously give their time and energy to create delicious, nutritious vegetarian meals which are shared with our partners over at People's Pantry

Looking ahead to Refugee Festival Scotland's launch at The Hidden Gardens on 12th June, the Hidden Kitchen volunteers will be cooking up a storm to prepare a delicious community meal for everyone attending! A perfect celebration of community spirit and unity.
You can find all the information here - https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/events/event/grace-browne-all-water-is-connected/

We're incredibly grateful for everything our volunteers do behind the scenes and around the table. Their commitment, creativity and care help make The Hidden Gardens a place of welcome, belonging and connection for so many people.

A huge thank you to every member of The Hidden Kitchen team who have participated in this most recent block, and to the Volunteer Support Fund for helping make this work possible. Impact Funding Partners

This week is and we'd like to say a huge thank you to all of our volunteers, past and present. 💚

The time, dedication, enthusiasm and kindness you bring make a real difference to The Hidden Gardens and to everyone who visits. Whether you've volunteered once, regularly, or over many years, you have helped create a welcoming, vibrant and inspiring space for our community. 🙌

This week, we were especially delighted to welcome Neah Evans from British Cycling, who joined us for some volunteering and kindly brought along her medals ahead of competing for Scotland at this summer's Commonwealth Games.

It was great to have Neah spend time with us, and we're incredibly grateful that she chose to support The Hidden Gardens as part of her volunteering. Thank you, Neah, for your time, energy and enthusiasm – and for sharing a little sporting inspiration with us too! 🚴‍♀️🥇 Everyone at The Hidden Gardens will be cheering you on this summer. We wish you the very best of luck and every success at the Commonwealth Games! ⭐

And if you're visiting Glasgow for the Games in August, why not take a trip to the Southside and discover The Hidden Gardens for yourself? We'd love to welcome you.

🌿 One week to go! 🌞

The first Sunday Session of Cultivating Wellbeing takes place next weekend, and there are still a few places available!

Join us for a gentle session outdoors connecting with nature, community, and yourself through mindfulness, conversation, and shared time in the gardens. 🌱✨

Open to adults (18+) who feel cost can be a barrier to accessing wellbeing activities in nature.

💚 Welcoming
🌿 Relaxed
☀️ No experience needed

Sign up now to book your place! https://forms.gle/pao1MbwUhkMGWkza7