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LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2023

The Armstrong Challenge - A 'Fun Palace' at Merchants Way

September 2023

Come on down to Merchants Way between 13:00 - 17:00 on Saturday 6th October for this fun fruity drop-in workshop, the annual country-wide Fun Palaces Festival.

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LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2023

LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2023

September 2023

Join us down on Merchants Way during London Design Festival 2023 to celebrate the rich horticultural history of the area, and how nature and food have long been a source for design and creativity in Nine Elms.

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Capture the Water - Printmaking Workshop for Adults coming to Merchants Way

Capture the Water - Printmaking Workshop for Adults coming to Merchants Way

September 2023

Royal Drawing School alumni, Viola Wang and Zuzana Pedrasik, are bringing their artistic expertise to Merchants Way on Saturday 9th September with this unmissable printmaking workshop, ‘Capture the Water’.

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Free Summer fun with a range of activities and demonstrations in Merchants Way

Free Summer fun with a range of activities and demonstrations in Merchants Way

July 2023

We will be running a drop-in workshop on Saturday the 5th of August, 2-4pm on Merchant's Way, Nine Elms, London SW8 4SA - the pedestrian path alongside the New Covent Garden Market and this is a chance for anyone to get involved!

The Art4Space project will focus on creating a stunning corridor of autumn-coloured streamers made out of fabric!

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Free Summer fun with a range of activities and demonstrations in Merchants Way

Free Summer fun with a range of activities and demonstrations in Merchants Way

June 2023

This June we’re linking in with a number of themes at Merchants Way with the latest craft and design craze, supporting food and sustainability in the Great Big Green Week and other activities, as well as linking in with Art & Architecture tours around NIne Elms as part of Wandsworth Art Fringe and joining in with the latest fashion and dance tends.

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Merchants Way Round Up – Sustainability, Creativity and Festivity along Merchants Way

New Covent Garden Market celebrates the Coronation on Merchants Way

May 2023

From Wednesday 3rd May and across the Coronation Bank Holiday weekend, if you pop down to the VINCI ST. Modwen created Merchants Way, the public thoroughfare that connects Wandsworth Road with the US Embassy Quarter and passes through New Covent Garden Market, you’ll find two brilliant installations designed to mark the Coronation of King Charles III. 

 

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Merchants Way Round Up – Sustainability, Creativity and Festivity along Merchants Way

Merchants Way Round Up – Sustainability, Creativity and Festivity along Merchants Way

January 2023

Merchants Way is the new, colourful gateway through New Covent Garden Market to the riverside in Nine Elms. Consisting of a beautiful art installation bedecking the walls of the pathway, proud LGBTQ+ rainbow crossings on either side and opportunities for community activity within its alcoves, Merchants Way is bringing something new to Nine Elms.

 

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Join in the Festivities along Merchants Way

Join in the Festivities along Merchants Way

November 2022

Christmas is just around the corner and we have some event dates for the diary to fire up those festive feelings! All events are free.

 

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Plant Based Poems with Poet Hilaire

Plant Based Poems with Poet Hilaire

October 2022

Saturday 5th November, 2-4pm at Merchants Way South Alcove.

Join us in Merchants Way this November and learn about plants and poetry! Participants are invited to write a poem inspired by a fruit or vegetable and to share it on social media. 

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Make Art with Veg in Merchants Way

Make Art with Veg in Merchants Way

October 2022

Saturday 8th October, 2-4pm at Merchants Way South Alcove.

Come along to a free creative workshop with artist and illustrator Viola Wang. Join Viola as she shows an imaginative way to create characters and tell stories using vegetables!

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AUTUMN BLOOMS AND TALKS IN MERCHANTS WAY

AUTUMN BLOOMS AND TALKS IN MERCHANTS WAY

September 2022

As summer draws to a close we're looking ahead to autumn colour, images and activities, with back to school and all things words, books and storytelling down on Merchants Way.

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Music in the alcoves

Music in the alcoves

July 2022

Throughout summer 2022 until the end of August, free piano lessons are available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3.30 – 7.30pm.

 

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Here Comes the Sun…flowers!

Here Comes the Sun…flowers!

May 2022

Come down to Merchants Way this May to check out the bright, bold and beautiful new sunflower installation by London Event Forist, and take part in garden inspired activities as we celebrate the Chelsea Fringe 2022. This year’s theme is floral British summer and pollinators, so come along and bee inspired and let your imagination flutter…

 

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NEW XMAS ART INSTALLATION IN MERCHANT'S WAY REVEALED AS PART OF NINE ELMS 2021 ADVENT CALENDAR ART TRAIL INSPIRED BY 'PEACE ON EARTH’ THEME

NEW XMAS ART INSTALLATION IN MERCHANT'S WAY REVEALED AS PART OF NINE ELMS 2021 ADVENT CALENDAR ART TRAIL INSPIRED BY 'PEACE ON EARTH’ THEME

December 2021

Wandsworth based artist Luke M Walker has worked with Griffin Primary School and local gardener Lindsay Schuman to create an installation in a specially designed ‘alcove' of the 'Buyers Walk' art installation at Merchant’s Way.

 

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SIAN FAN HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE 2021 NEW COVENT GARDEN MARKET VITRINE ART COMMISSION

SIAN FAN HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE 2021 NEW COVENT GARDEN MARKET VITRINE ART COMMISSION

October 2021

A new large-scale public art commission will go on display this Autumn in one of London’s largest and most iconic marketplaces.

 

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Lighting up Nine Elms

LIGHTING UP NINE ELMS

December 2020

This winter, more than ever, we need to light up our area with joy and laughter – Christmas is very definitely not cancelled in Nine Elms. Join in the celebrations with the Nine Elms Advent Calendar trail and our Thessaly trio of Christmas trees; all designed to make you smile this December.

 

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BLKBRD Collective has been selected for the 2020 New Covent Garden Market Vitrine Art Commission

BLKBRD Collective has been selected for the 2020 New Covent Garden Market Vitrine Art Commission

September 2020

This October, the second 12-month iteration of the three-year long New Covent Garden Market Vitrine Art Commission project will be unveiled to the public, featuring a powerful new outdoor mural by south-east London based BLKBRD Collective.

 

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Q&A with Eyal Granit, winner of the 2019 Vitrine Art Commission at New Covent Garden Market0

Q&A with Eyal Granit, winner of the 2019 Vitrine Art Commission at New Covent Garden Market

March 2020

In October 2019, Eyal Granit’s vibrant citrus fruit artwork was unveiled on Nine Elms Lane, on the 20 metre façade of New Covent Garden Market.

 

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CALL FOR ARTISTS – NEW COVENT GARDEN MARKET VITRINE ART COMMISSION - 2020

CALL FOR ARTISTS – NEW COVENT GARDEN MARKET VITRINE ART COMMISSION - 2020

March 2020

We are seeking proposals from artists for the second edition of Vitrine; a paid commission for a 20m long public art space on Nine Elms Lane.

 

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VINCI ST. Modwen and Art Night announce the winner of the 2019 New Covent Garden Market Vitrine Art Commission

VINCI ST. Modwen and Art Night announce the winner of the 2019 New Covent Garden Market Vitrine Art Commission

October 2019

New Covent Garden Market Vitrine Art Commission is a new three-year long public art initiative, funded by VINCI St. Modwen (VSM) in association with Covent Garden Market Authority and realised in collaboration with London’s largest contemporary art festival Art Night.

 

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BONNINGTON CAFE ON THESSALY POP-UP ROUND-UP 

BONNINGTON CAFE ON THESSALY POP-UP ROUND-UP 

October 2019

After a wonderful summer of fresh food and great events, Bonnington Cafe on Thessaly pop up is now closed for the autumn and winter. What pops up must pop down. After a remarkable few months at the Yvonne Carr Centre, the team has turned off the ovens, swept the floors and closed the doors on VINCI St. Modwen's summer pop-up.

 

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A FRESH CANVAS

A FRESH CANVAS

June 2019

You may have admired Anna Skladmann’s artwork The Ghost in the Machine (Understanding the Language of Flowers) on the front of the Flower Market entrance on Nine Elms Lane, which was commissioned as part of a trail of artworks across Nine Elms for Art Night 2018...

 

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EDIBLE AVENUE REFRESH

EDIBLE AVENUE REFRESH

May 2019

Edible Avenue SW8 is a community group which is passionate about improving the environment for the benefit of the SW8 community...

 

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CONSTRUCT WANDSWORTH 2019 - A NINE ELMS CONSTRUCTION CAREERS EVENT

January 2019

1.30pm-5.30pm at South Thames College, Wandsworth Campus, Wandsworth High Street SW18 2PP....

 

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FOOTBALL’S COMING TO THE MARKET

September 2018

We are excited to announce that the new football pitches here at New Covent Garden Market will be officially opening on Saturday 22 September 2018. Come along from 10am to 4pm to celebrate with us....

 

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ART NIGHT 2018

ART NIGHT 2018

July 2018

Art Night is London’s largest free contemporary arts festival, transforming a different part of the city annually for one unforgettable night on 7 July 2018 with a series of artist’s projects in extraordinary locations along the South Bank...

 

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EVENT: MARKETS - FEEDING LONDON’S IDENTITY

April 2018

Join us at the Food Exchange, New Covent Garden Market, for an exhibition of market photography through the years and a panel discussion on how markets are shaping London’s identity...

 

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COMMUNITY CELEBRATES MEMORIES OF THE MARKET

June 2017

VINCI St. Modwen hosted an evening of film and discussion to explore the past, present and future of the Covent Garden Market at the London Festival of Architecture 2017...

 

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EVENT: LONDON’S VEGETABLE ORCHESTRA

April 2017

VINCI St. Modwen and New Covent Garden Market present you with the ‘Home-Grown’ delights of The London Vegetable Orchestra...

 

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SPRING HAS SPRUNG AS THESSALY ROAD BLOOMS

March 2017

The Edible Avenue project, a joint venture between developer’s VINCI St. Modwen and The Edible Bus Stop, which has animated the boundary of New Covent Garden Market on Thessaly Road has come to life this Spring.....

 

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COVENT GARDEN MARKET GOES FOR GOLD AT CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW

March 2016

Covent Garden Market has scooped two awards at 2016’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, with its debut appearance at the world-renowned event....

 

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THE POTTING SHED SPRINGS INTO ACTION

April 2016

The Potting Shed Programme, which helps to teach local schools and community groups about sustainable gardening and food production, is due to re-launch on Wednesday 29 March....

 

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THESSALY ROAD - A COLOURFUL AVENUE TO FOLLOW

March 2016

Developer’s VINCI St. Modwen have worked with The Edible Bus Stop, the London based award-winning collective, to animate the boundary of the New Covent Garden Market redevelopment site and engage with the local community....

 

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