The first aboretum to be combined with a cemetery in Europe.
A disused road/railway embankment which has been given back to nature.
An eighties woodland, artificial hill, ecology park and reminders of a bygone trading age.
A formerly formal front garden gone wild.
Walk the Thames path westwards.
Conifers, winter-hardy ornamentals, and gnarly trees that look good in the nude.
A secret garden teeming with life in Peckham.
A small city park and community environmental project.
A geologist’s Eden.
A contemplative city lunch spot.
The oldest living thing in London.
A bit of historical-but-filled-in canal full of green stuff in Peckham.
The least distinguished of Bloomsbury's old burial grounds.
A glass-covered green hideout in the heart of the City.
A shoebox wetland, a wildflower meadow and mixed woodlands.
A profusion of nettles, wild flowers, ivy, honeysuckle, and lobelia in Peckham.
A thriving, award-winning, organic community garden and peaceful green space.
A little-known North London nature reserve.
Belsize Park gardens containing architectural curiosities.
A fairy glade in Peckham.
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