Dig Deep for Perennial Fundraising Lunch - Guest Information
Tickets
No need to print the email ticket, your name will be on the guest list.
Timings
12:00pm - Reception
12:30pm - Call for Lunch and Welcome
- Silver Shovel Spotlight Awards
- Live Auction
- Q&A with Manoj Malde and Matthew Biggs
4:30pm - Carriages
A cloakroom is available.
Dress code
Lounge suits (typically shirt and tie / formal dress)
Guest Names and dietary requirements
If you haven’t already done so, please send through any guest names and dietary requirements to events@perennial.org.uk. Please send this through by Wednesday 24 September, thank you.
Menu
Sponsored by MorePeople
Starter
Buffalo mozzarella, heritage tomatoes, basil cress, basil dressing, balsamic glaze
Main
Roast corn fed chicken supreme, truffle mash, wild mushroom-tarragon and red wine jus, sauteed curly kale
Woodland mushroom risotto. Grilled courgette ribbons, rocket, parmesan shavings (V)
Dessert
Sticky toffee pudding, caramel sauce, vanilla custard
Photography
On the day of the event we like to take photos to use in our literature and social media to help promote our events further. If you would not like your image used in this way, please do ensure that you speak to one of the staff at the raffle desk so they can let the Team know.
Live Auction
Sponsored by Melcourt
Please click here to view the Auction lots – we really hope there are some items you would like to bid for so we can raise as much as possible!
Please do forward this link to all your guests for their information and to whet their appetite.
Envelope Raffle
Sponsored by F.B & Sons, Lawns and Landscaping
We will be running our fantastic envelope raffle with some amazing prizes up for grabs. Tickets will be £40 for a Gold envelope and £20 for a Silver envelope and there’s a 1 in 3 chance of winning a prize! Prizes include an outdoor pizza oven, Damasque Fireglobe, a duck family fountain, POWER cut Bypass loppers, Beaver Farm plants voucher.
Cash and Card
Please be aware that the venue is a cashless venue so they will only be able to take card payments for additional drinks orders. We will however be able to take cash for anything relating to fundraising on the night including our envelope raffle, we do encourage cash for the envelope raffle where possible!
Hear more from Perennial
We'd like to keep in touch with everyone who attends our events, please can you share the following link with your guests to allow us to keep on touch with them. perennial.org.uk/email-sign-up/
After Party
If you would like to continue the festivities and are looking to go somewhere post event, you may like to make a booking for the Cumberland Sound Bar. Please click here to make your reservation.
Donations
Our work depends on you. It’s only with your support and through your generosity that we’re able to get involved in time to help people in horticulture and stop small problems becoming life-changing crises.
Directions
Our venue for the lunch is:
The Arena, The Cumberland, Marble Arch, London, W1H 7DL
In a prime position between Oxford Street and Marble Arch, yet just yards from the oasis of Hyde Park, it's the perfect base for a rocking time in London.
Destination (by foot) Distance Duration
Covent Garden 1.8 miles 36 mins
Hyde Park 0.2 miles 4 mins
Oxford Street 0.8 miles 8 mins
Picadilly Circus 1.3 miles 26 mins
Bus routes
13, 137, 148, 2, 23, 36, 390, 414, 74
Nearby train stations
Paddington / Marylebone
Nearby tube stations
Marble Arch - Central line
Bond Street - Central, Jubilee and Elizabeth lines
Parking
Please note, the hotel does not have parking on site. Drop off and pick up are available in front of the hotel. The hotel also has a partnership with the Q-Park Marble Arch which is located 8 min walk from The Cumberland hotel and is outside the congestion zone. Guests are entitled to a 25% discount: this can be claimed upon departure with the reception team.
