Nature-ist: Nightingale Gardens
A formal Haringey garden fallen into wondrous wild neglect.
A formal Haringey garden fallen into wondrous wild neglect.
We find little bit of the green stuff in busy bustly Kennington.
Through open parkland, shady lanes and grassy fields
What are those four mounds flanking the A40 at Northolt?
A surprisingly quiet slice of green behind Ladbroke Grove station.
Signs of spring, snapped this weekend around town and shared in the Londonist Flickrpool.
Looking at London’s Green Corners. What is it? A 200 year old public park and former burial ground in the grounds of St Mary Magdalene Church. Where is it? Set back from Holloway Road with Liverpool Road to the rear, N7 8LT. It has its …
What is it? One of London’s “Magnificent 7” Victorian cemeteries, 40 acres worth of green space sandwiched between Brompton Road, Fulham Road and Stamford Bridge football ground, it opened in 1840. Where is it? On the edge of zone 1, West Brompton Underground is right …
Nature-ist spends summer in the ‘magnificent seven‘ cemeteries What is it? Highgate’s West Cemetery is not where Karl Marx is. He’s in the East extension. We went to the original West Cemetery which is consecrated ground – for the professed believers – and opened in …
What is it? A meadow full of stunning wildflowers in the middle of undulating Waterlow Park. It’s part of the RSPB’s London House Sparrow Parks project to work out the best seed mix to tempt sparrers back to the city. Where is it? Waterlow Park …
Nature-ist spends summer in the ‘magnificent seven‘ cemeteries What is it? The second largest Victorian cemetery in London. Nunhead Cemetery was consecrated in 1840. Where is it? Entrances on Linden Grove and Limesford Road, the former a short walk from Nunhead Station, SE15. Ever been …