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1 5 9 13 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 47 Eden at St Pauls Community Surrey Docks Garden, Lambeth Farm, Southwark Walworth Garden Farm, Southwark Calthorpe Project A quiet green space benefi ting the whole King Henry’s Walk Mill Lane Gardening Roots and Shoots Wildlife A thriving 2.2 acre city farm, with projects for Community Garden, neighbourhood. Aims to create a sustainable Garden, Islington Project, Camden adults with learning diffi culties, schools and An environmental/horticultural training centre habitat for wildlife and to promote recycling Hackney City Farm, Hackney Garden, Lambeth young farmers. Meet our cows, donkeys, pigs, featuring a wildlife area and fruit, vegetable Camden and bio-diversity. Includes community An organic community garden with growing A horticultural training project for adults with sheep, chicken, geese, ducks and turkeys. Or and fl ower beds. Also polytunnels, a large Meet the animals in our cobbled farmyard, The garden has a summer meadow, two Bankside Open Spaces compost facilities, a children’s gardening club Heathrow Special Needs plots, beautiful planting, a wildlife pond and learning disabilities. We are open as a garden relax in the herb garden by the River Thames. greenhouse and bees. We run horticultural Community & Environment then relax in the beautiful organic garden. Our ponds, decorative beds, children’s shelter, A 1.2 acre garden described as an oasis by and volunteer days. woodland nature reserve. Run by volunteers, centre, selling potted bedding plants, shrubs training for the unemployed, an environmental Trust, Southwark award-winning café opens daily except Monday. Phoenix Garden, Camden dragon’s den and paradise corner. Study centre Facilities: visitors. Features many unexpected and Project Offi ce (Edmonton), Farm, Hillingdon this is a vibrant green space, providing a focus and climbers. We specialise in container programme for local schools, after school clubs, Facilities: Volunteer programmes and regular evening and facilities include video-microscopy, exhibitions Brings people together to create inspiring urban interesting areas, including a waterfall, mosaic for the local community and a breath of fresh gardening and plants for smaller spaces. Award-winning community garden providing a V a horticultural therapy group, community weekend activities, including upholstery, cycle Offers a warm and friendly atmosphere where and training. The eco-learning centre is for green spaces. We do this via consultations, path and Bengali women’s plots, plus family Enfi eld V air in this corner of London. Christmas trees sold during December. retreat for both people and wildlife. Focused on outreach work and a contracting team. maintenance, pottery and eco-living courses. people with varying disabilities can work with vocational training, meetings, conferences, Open: Tues–Sun, 10am–5pm bringing together park steering groups, allotments, wild garden and a greenhouse. encouraging wildlife, including frogs, kestrels and Demonstration allotment for practise of Open: Daily animals and horticulture on our 7-acre site. A Facilities: Facilities: family and environmental education events. Location: Rotherhithe Street, SE16. Tube: Facilities: managing major works, looking after gardens Our main building is a Walter Segal design Facilities: sparrows. Recycled materials used as habitats. with a green roof. organic food production and composting Location: Rectory Grove, SW4. Tube: variety of farm animals includes four horses Guided tours and room hire available. Canada Water. Bus: C10, 381 and organising community gardening events V Attractive, unusual planting for year round in a densely populated urban setting. Clapham Common. Bus: 77, 87, 88, 322, 417 used for Riding for the Disabled. and activities. Projects include food growing, Facilities: Open: Mon–Fri, 9.30am–4.30pm, interest. Midsummer, Halloween and Christmas Facilities: Contact: 020 7231 1010; Open: By prior arrangement Facilities: Facilities: Open: Sat 12–4pm, Weds 10am–3pm youth activities and transforming housing land. Contact: 020 7498 3810; plus seasonal weekends parties, plus special events for members. Planting [email protected] Location: Corner of Manor Place and Braganza V V Location: 11C King Henry’s Walk, N1 (behind Facilities: V [email protected] V Days and regular volunteer workdays. Street, SE17. Tube: Kennington. Bus: 12, 35, playground). Tube: Highbury & Islington, Location: On West End Lane, NW6. Open: Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm all year, some Open: Winter weekdays 9am–5pm, weekends Open: Tues–Sun, 10am–4.30pm First left after fi re station. Tube: West Facilities: 45, 59, 133, 355 V Open: Every Thursday morning Open: Mainly used by groups. Call for availability then 30 or 277 bus. Rail: Canonbury, Dalston closures in August (call fi rst) 11am–5pm. Summer weekdays 10am–6pm Location: Goldsmith’s Row, off Hackney Road, Hampstead. Rail: North London Line (8.30pm school hols), weekends 10am–6pm Location: Meet at 10.30am at Green Location: Corner of Stanwell Moor Road & Kingsland. Bus: 30, 38, 56, 277 V Location: Walnut Tree Walk, SE11. Tube: Contact: 020 7582 2652; Open: 10am–5pm or by appointment E2. Tube: Bethnal Green (15 minute walk). Bus: 43 [email protected] Towers Community Centre, Edmonton Bath Road. Tube: Hatton Cross then H30 bus Contact: 020 7923 9035; Contact: 020 7431 1160; Lambeth North or Elephant and Castle. Rail: Location: Junction of King James Street and Location: Corner of Grays Inn Road and 14 26 & 48 (Liverpool Street); 55 (Old Street) Open: Daily, dawn to dusk Green. Rail: Edmonton Green. Bus: 149, to Waterside (short walk down road). Bus: 81 www.khwgarden.org.uk [email protected] Waterloo/Waterloo East. Bus: 3, 59, 159 Library Street, SE1. Tube: Elephant and Castle Ampton Street, WC1. Tube: Five minute walk Contact: 020 7729 6381; Location: Corner of St Giles Passage and New from Kings Cross. Bus: 46, 17, 45 259, 144, 191, 192, 279, W6, W8 Contact: 01753 680 330 Contact: 020 7587 1131; Contact: 020 7261 1009; www.bost.org.uk www.hackneycityfarm.co.uk Compton Street, WC2. Tube: Tottenham Contact: 020 7837 8019; Contact: 01992 701 438; Court Road or Covent Garden. Bus: 8, 10, 14, www.rootsandshoots.org.uk [email protected] 48 www.calthorpeproject.org.uk 27 31 19, 24, 25, 29, 38, 55, 73, 98, 134, 176 19 23 Contact: 020 7379 3187; Sutton Ecology Centre, 2 Forest Farm Peace Garden, www.phoenixgarden.org 39 10 Sutton 6 Redbridge Enjoy a variety of habitats in this Local Nature Volunteers are regenerating 2.5 acres of derelict 35 Reserve and fi nd out about environmental allotments, creating a peaceful and productive issues. We run a range of events and activities Waterloo Millennium therapeutic space. Programmes for refugees, for children and adults. Pond dipping asylum seekers and mental health service users. equipment available. Green, Lambeth Organic communal vegetable plots, fruity forest Mudchute Park and Farm, Facilities: garden, herbs, beehives, polytunnel and wildlife In the heart of Waterloo, on the interchange of areas. Monthly sustainable living workshops, Tower Hamlets V two major roads, with high levels of pollution and next door to Waterloo Station is WMG; arts events and healthy outdoor cooking. Lambourne End Outdoor Europe’s largest city farm with 32 acres of park Open: Daily, dawn to dusk. Information room a green haven among high density urban and wetlands, our award-winning restaurant open Mon–Fri, 10am–4pm Facilities: Centre, Essex St Mary’s Secret greyness. A focus for community involvement Brockwell Park Community the Mudchute Kitchen, the BHS-registered Location: The Old Rectory, Festival Walk, Hammersmith Community in the environment, gardening with the V Hounslow Urban Equestrian Centre and more than 200 animals Carshalton, SM5 (behind the ponds). Rail: Greenhouses, Lambeth Camley Street Natural A 54-acre classroom located in beautiful Garden, Hackney homeless, volunteering and youth projects. Coram’s Fields, Camden Open: Weds, Fri & Sun, 10am–5pm Gardens Association, Farm, Hounslow Essex countryside, yet within the M25. Using and birds. We welcome visitors of all ages, Carshalton. Bus: 127, 154, 157, 407, 726 Volunteer-run charity and community garden Park, Camden Location: End of Hazelbrouck Gardens, Hainault, the farm, environmental areas, adventure plus educational, corporate and community A community resource for well-being and Facilities: learning that welcomes all. Peaceful 0.7-acre Contact: 020 8770 5820 project on an historic site in Brockwell A green oasis in central London for children’s IG6. Tube: Hainault. Bus: 150, 247 Hammersmith & Fulham One of the largest community farms in activities and residential accommodation, it groups. Our community barn is available to Innovative and internationally acclaimed oasis contains a herb & sensory space, food V Park. Several distinct gardens (including a play. Lots of play equipment; paddling pool London. We provide a safe environment for offers personal development and educational hire with catering. Phoenix High School Farm, nature reserve situated in the heart of Contact: 020 8252 0201; Manages Loris Road Community Garden, plots, herbaceous borders and woodland. Open: Daily, 8am–10pm medicinal herb garden), two big greenhouses, King’s Cross. One of the earliest examples and pets corner with goats, sheep, ducks etc. Godolphin Garden in Shepherds Bush and visitors to meet, touch and feed a wide variety programmes to community groups and Facilities: www.forestfarmpeacegarden.org Hammersmith and Fulham Organic produce for