The garden opening is almost here! We are now down
to our final few tweaks, panicked watering and trying out new cake recipes!
Sunday 4 September (2 - 5.30pm).
Admission £3.50, children free. Home-made teas.
24 Grove Park, London, SE5 8LH
The National Gardens Scheme says 'An
exotic garden full of the exuberance of late summer inspired by travel in
Southeast Asia. A lush jungle of big leafed plants, bold colours and shapes
incl bananas, dahlias and towering Paulownias. Huge hidden garden gives
unexpected size with ponds, sunken terrace, productive area. Lawn and lots of
hidden corners give spaces to sit and enjoy. Renowned for delicious
home-made cake.' Full NGS details here
We will also
be having a plant and preserves sale and there will be honey from my hives to
taste and buy.
Also open on
the same day on the other side of Camberwell is Patricks garden which is in the
same jungle vein. One of my favourite gardens, it is an absolutely incredible
tree fern forest! full details of his garden here
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| Patricks garden at Myatts Fields |
If you haven’t been before, please do come! we hope that the
garden surprises you as it is a little different from the norm. It is also very
big for Camberwell as it also includes the bottom halves of two neighbour’s
gardens that we managed to buy 6 years ago to turn into one large garden. This gives
lots of different nooks and crannies to explore and lots of lawn and seats to
sit and eat cake on. It will of course be an amazingly sunny day. However, if
it does rain we will try and dig out our giant tarpaulin to make a VIP cake
eating zone….
Getting here: we are on the Chadwick Road end of Grove Park (our road can be confusing as it has a loop in the middle). There is lots of street parking. We are a short walk from Peckham Rye train station. Annoyingly the direct line from
Victoria to Denmark Hill is closed on Sunday so do use London Bridge instead
which is equally as quick.
A mixture of pictures from how things are at the moment and previous openings
