Jesmond Community Festival

Teddy Bear Trail

To be organised by the Friends of Jesmond Library

Jez the Ted will be returning for another stroll around Jesmond in May 2021.

Watch out for further information!

Photographic Competition

Sponsored by Jesmond Community Forum and the Friends of Jesmond Library.

Watch out for more information about the theme of this year’s competition!

The best photographs will be used in our 2022 Jesmond Calendar.

Glorious Gardens Awards

To be organised by the Greening Jesmond Group 

Even though the Jesmond Festival had to be cancelled in 2020, we still managed to hold the Glorious Gardens competition.

Joint winners of the Pocket Gardens section were 47 Sunbury Avenue and 56 Queens Road, while the Larger Gardens category was won by 55 Reid Park Road. The best Wildlife-Friendly Garden was judged to be 24 Lansdowne Gardens, whilst the winner of the Community Gardens category was Myrtle Grove Community Garden.

Watch out for more information about the 2021 competition.

Children’s Book Reviews

The  2021 Children’s Book Review Competition will once again be organised by Oxfam Books and Music and the Friends of Jesmond Library.

Watch out for further information.