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Charles Jencks: The Avenue of Doubles focuses through a sewer pipe on a volcano 375 million years old © Charles Jencks

Preview: The Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon

The latest cross-cultural Serpentine Gallery Marathon takes a look at gardens

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Hand-Drawn Maps Of London: Secret Gardens

Some of the lesser known green patches north of the river.

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TODAY: It’s International Park(ing) Day On The Southbank

Keep your eyes peeled for parking spaces turned into parks for International Park(ing) Day.

Profusion of roses

Nature-ist: Nightingale Gardens

A formal Haringey garden fallen into wondrous wild neglect.

Is that a water wheel top right? Yes, indeed.

Nature-ist: Harleyford Road and Bonnington Square

We find little bit of the green stuff in busy bustly Kennington.

Preview peek at the Contol the Uncontrollable Garden designed by Jill Foxley

Preview: Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2011

34 acres of gardens, nurseries and flowers in a palatial setting this week

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Urban Gardens Celebrated At London Green Corners Awards

Edible gardens, floating allotments, community and therapeutic gardens, front yards, sacred spaces, pavements, postage stamp sized plots and school projects win awards

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Preview: RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Foxgloves, cabbages and tutus made of flowers.

The biggest mound is encircled by a spiral pathway, marked by walls built of crushed concrete in steel cages

Nature-ist: Northala Fields

What are those four mounds flanking the A40 at Northolt?

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Preview: Keats In Hampstead @ Keats House

Site specific performances are two a penny in London, with some making excellent use of interesting spaces and others merely dropping actors and audiences into an unusual venue with the hope some magical synthesis will happen. Keats in Hampstead is an example of a crucially …

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Friday Quiz: London Parks

We dare say a fair few readers will be heading for London’s green spaces over the weekend. Here’s a quiz for all the chlorophylliacs out there. London s Parks » funny quizzes As always, let us know below if you get the full 10/10 (without …