About this Event
About the Event：
Join us aboard the Floating Garden barge for a special spring gathering on the water.
This intimate, small-group experience invites you to slow down, cook, and share food together in a unique setting on the water.
Celebrate the season by turning the freshest spring ingredients into handmade dumplings, and enjoy a gentle evening of making, cooking, and sharing a meal together.
This is a hands-on, relaxed cooking and dining experience. No prior cooking experience is needed.
We will prepare a selection of fresh seasonal ingredients and guide you through making and tasting two flavours of vegetarian dumplings. Alongside your handmade dumplings (12–15 per person), you will also enjoy a selection of 2–3 seasonal salads and a pot of herbal tea to share.
As you leave, you will receive a special dumpling and dipping sauce recipe, so you can recreate the experience at home.
Open to all, Capacity: 10 guests
Things to Know:
- The menu is vegetarian. Unfortunately, we are not able to cater for gluten-free diets.
- For other dietary requirements, please let us know in advance, and we will do our best to accommodate.
- The event will take place mainly inside our heated cabin space. If the weather is nice, you are welcome to explore the outdoor deck. Please bring an extra layer to stay warm.
- You are very welcome to come alone — this is a warm and communal experience.
About the Canal Creative Calendar (CCC)
The Canal Creative Calendar (CCC) is a monthly programme of art and nature events hosted on the Floating Garden Barge, produced by the non-profit arts organisation Canal Dream CIC in partnership with the environmental charity Global Generation. It connects people with the waterways through diverse, sustainable creative activities inspired by the canal’s communities, environment, art and cultural heritage. As an emerging initiative without core funding, all ticket income supports essential costs and the continued development of community-based programmes.
About Global Generation:
Global Generation is an environmental education charity with garden sites located throughout London. We offer activities such as urban food growing, supporting bees, carpentry, cooking, storytelling, creative writing, performance and more. We aim to create the conditions for people to come together, connect with themselves, others and their local area and to practically and creatively contribute to ecological and social change. Tickets are priced on a sliding scale, and we encourage those who can, to pay it forward. We have a donation option where you can put money towards supporting the work we do including offering free spaces for community members. Follow our instagram for regular updates on our activity.
About Canal Dream CIC:
Canal Dream is a non-profit arts and cultural organisation connecting emerging creatives with London’s historic canals. We position creativity as a catalyst for canal regeneration and social innovation. We use waterways and boats as platforms to curate site-specific arts and culture programmes that support underrepresented young artists, underserved canal communities, and the more-than-human environment. Beyond the arts, we collaborate with cross-sector partners to co-create a waterway-based social innovation network. Our vision is to transform London’s historic canals into a living cultural corridor, a shared space for regeneration, creative practice, and community connection.
Additional Information:
- Contact: If you are unable to pay or you have any questions regarding accessibility, please get in touch at [email protected], [email protected]
- About the Space and Accessibility: The Floating Garden is a barge moored along the Regents Canal near Coal Drops Yard with views of the surrounding area. There is an indoor classroom space on the barge so the session will go ahead rain or shine. The barge is not yet completely wheelchair accessible - there is a set of stairs that lead directly to the mooring or lifts that give access to the towpath, however there is one step required to get from the towpath to the barge and steps from the main deck area to the toilet. Please speak to the team if you have specific accessibility questions.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Floating Garden by Global Generation, off Goods Way, London, United Kingdom
GBP 26.71 to GBP 49.46
