Hidden Garden Haiku Walkshops
Ticket Information
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Date: TBC
Time: Daytime
Location: St Paul’s Cathedral
Tickets: Free
Hidden Garden Haiku Walkshops are 90-minute walking workshops in the City of London where participants explore hidden green spaces near St Paul’s and create short haiku poems inspired by their surroundings. The experience combines gentle walking, mindful observation, and creative writing, with opportunities to share and publish your work online while discovering quiet gardens and historic urban landscapes.
Event Information
Hidden Garden Haiku creative writing walkshops
City of London - 1 Central
A 90 minute walkshop (workshop on foot) in which you discover hidden gardens minutes from St Paul’s, in the City of London. Together we will compose and recite haiku - 3 lined short poem usually associated with Japanese culture.
Novice or expert, join in this fun walking activity in which you get to compose, write and recite short 3 line poems (known as haiku) and see your work published online. Be inspired by the beauty and calm of hidden gardens just minutes from the bustle of the offices within the Square Mile.
• Find no better way
• To be inspired by gardens
• Claim calm from bustle
Here in the heart of the City of London, it is hard to believe that anything could be hidden, but on this tour we will explore a churchyard (or two), a Roman garrison, a sunken garden and visit a rooftop garden with a skyline view. We will see St Paul’s from new angles and reflected in water, cross Britain’s earliest street and see remnants of the Roman wall, and if time allows, visit a churchyard garden hidden behind a blue door.
We will provide a writing journal and pen/pencil!
What participants told us on previous Hidden Garden Haiku walkshops:
What I like best about the event | What I found surprising | How much I enjoyed it (maximum 5 stars) and why?
• Walking slowly - writing and hearing what others had written | How large a place feels if you walk slowly | 5 stars | Great activities
• Taking time to look and listen | How quickly I can write | 5 stars | Lovely mix of time to think and learn new things
• The setting | The knowledge on 'signifiers' from Andrew | 5 stars | Perfect pace, friendly guidance
• Being present (mindful) | Unleashing my creativity | 5 stars |
Contributors
City of London
This programme is supported by the City of London Corporation, whose funding enables the development and delivery of inclusive cultural, environmental, and wellbeing activities across the City of London. Their support helps bring nature-based engagement, creative programming, and community participation into the heart of the City, ensuring that residents, workers, and underrepresented groups can access high-quality experiences that promote wellbeing, connection, and a greater understanding of the urban environment.
Location of event
Location: event start, from within the grounds of St Paul’s Cathedral, gate on New Exchange
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