{"title": "Litter Picking", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ruskin Park", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/volunteering", "nature/environment"], "description": "A volunteer litter picking session that helps keep the park tidy, meeting at The Hut in the Willow Garden near the Denmark Hill entrance. It is run by Friends of Ruskin Park, a small friendly group of volunteers who care for the park on Wednesday mornings. No experience is needed and all equipment is provided, with no need to book. The session finishes with a cuppa and a chat in the garden.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/litter-picking-50264/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/8b19265698f89a7a7a0115a7427c8cdec7c4e03e241f5bbdef28305951d41bfb-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ruskin Park", "address": "", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ruskin Park", "address": "", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-25T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ruskin Park", "address": "", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-12-16T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ruskin Park", "address": "", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-12-23T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ruskin Park", "address": "", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-12-30T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ruskin Park", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Gardening | Community Garden", "start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ruskin Park Community Garden", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["nature/gardening"], "description": "A drop-in gardening session at a community garden where locals grow fruit and vegetables together. The sessions are run by the Ruskin Park Community Garden, a space for the local community to grow produce. Everyone is welcome and no gardening experience is necessary, with friendly garden enthusiasts on hand to introduce newcomers and show them what to do. Equipment is provided, though visitors may wish to bring their own gardening gloves and a bag for any produce they take home.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/gardening-community-garden-50265/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/8075c5154a247c0cbf19d3095c93135c9b44baf09f6268c6d66fc00285ff6cd4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Volunteer Gardening - this Sunday", "start": "2026-11-09T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Friends of Kennington Park", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["nature/gardening"], "description": "A volunteer gardening session in the Flower Garden, where Marietta and Catherine will be there from noon until 4pm with tools and gardening gloves to share. Friends of Kennington Park organise it, and everyone is welcome with no experience needed. Come for just 15 minutes or the whole four hours, and children must be accompanied by an adult.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/volunteer-gardening-this-sunday-50090/", "official_url": "https://www.kenningtonpark.org/post/volunteer-gardening-this-sunday", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/44651cd6fb586423c05dbd27282e523a83f409c922b050ec9258630056b28f06-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Wild Harrow – Working Party at Lady Gilberts Orchard", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T15:00:00Z", "place": "Best Western Plus Grim's Dyke Hotel", "address": "Grim's Dyke Hotel, Old Redding, Harrow Weald, HA3 6SH", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["nature/conservation"], "description": "A volunteer working party at Lady Gilberts Orchard, a hands-on outdoor session with jobs like clearing around fruit tree trunks, mulching with bracken, removing plants overgrowing a phoenix tree, digging out invasive saplings and finishing a dead hedges tidy-up. It is organised by HNC Harrow Nature Conservation, and the orchard is part of that group, with all participants fully insured. Helpers should bring a packed lunch and their own gloves and secateurs if possible, while all other tools are provided; anyone who cannot stay the whole time is still welcome. Free parking is available in the lower car park of the hotel, and the 258 bus to Watford stops at Clamp Hill outside The Hare Inn.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/wild-harrow-working-party-at-lady-gilberts-orchard-42769/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/d828be52c3e06d7c87cfab550b0936078a55fc38376df2cef6f87095f89ffd99-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Monthly River Clean up - Clitterhouse Secret River Sweepers (SRS)", "start": "2026-11-01T11:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T15:00:00Z", "place": "Our Yard", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["nature/conservation", "community"], "description": "A monthly community river clean-up day. 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Expert volunteer repairers work in a relaxed café environment, and the cafe opens on the last Saturday of the month in the Ruskin Hall, not during December or August. Advance booking is essential, so visitors should book through its website.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/ruskin-road-repair-cafe-45727/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Minet Gardening Club", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Minet Library and Lambeth Archives", "address": "Knatchbull Road 52, SE5 9QY London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/224215", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["nature/gardening", "community"], "description": "The Minet Gardening Club is a free gardening session where people help tidy up the Minet Garden. It is run through Minet Library, whose manager Zoey Dixon can be contacted, and welcomes everyone from experienced gardeners to complete beginners. Participants spend time outdoors, learn new skills and help the local community by bringing the garden back to life, meeting new people as they do. If you have any, you are asked to bring gardening tools and gloves.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/minet-gardening-club-60875/", "official_url": "https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/minet-gardening-club", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/368140744161a22d6edbfe7a5ca199fc634932230d3f2a1a3347907f430bb631-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Volunteering Drop-In Sessions", "start": "2026-11-04T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T12:00:00Z", "place": "West Ealing Community Library", "address": "Melbourne Avenue, W13 9BA London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["community/volunteering"], "description": "Volunteering Drop-In Sessions are weekly drop-in sessions where people can explore volunteer opportunities at West Ealing Library. They are run by EHCVS and offer the chance to learn about volunteering, find the right role and get help with enquiries. Visitors are invited to come by and start making a positive impact.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/volunteering-drop-in-sessions-40281/", "official_url": "https://wecl.org.uk/activities-and-events/volunteering-drop-in-sessions-33-2-2-2-4/2026-11-04/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/c0e50f876b86e7c6ff6a17cb0439acaac5c336746f85c932adbeb40c313c4ec4-2000.webp"}]}