Come Meet the Urban Medlar: Trees, treats, talk, & entertainment!

Come Meet the Medlar: Trees, treats, talk, & entertainment!

Celebrate an unusual urban tree - the Medlar!

Popular in ancient times, Henry VIII loved them (the Victorians did NOT). There happens to be a cluster of them behind the famous Book Barge, Word on the Water - docked in the canal behind Kings Cross Station adjacent to Granary Square.

Join our "Medlar Party" with music & talks by author Gerit Quealy of Botanical Shakespeare on how the Medlar appears in the plays (rather naughty).

We’ll be working with Ruby Violet Ice Cream & others to offer tastings of various medlar treats. Come to Granary Square, have some ice cream, and learn more about the curious medlar.

Location

Regent's Canal Towpath, London N1C 4LW, United Kingdom

Featuring:

Word on the Water Book Barge at Granary Square.

Botanical Shakespeare

Gerit Quealy, author of Botanical Shakespeare, and writer and independent scholar based in NYC and London, and a return event organiser for the UTF.