The Great London Garden Trail

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An opportunity to visit a local green space

On Monday 4 May, The Great London Garden Trail will showcase the very best of London’s gardens. Featuring outstanding planting and design ideas, many of these gardens have never been open to the public before.

At 49A Loftus Road, a typically long, rectangular London garden, Emma Plunket has used horizontal bands of planting to increase the sense of space. At the end is a ‘secret’ garden, where neighbours share allotment space, fruit trees and a swing. The materials used, which have been chosen for sustainability, include salvaged brick, self-binding gravel and vegetable frames of rebar metal.

The garden will be open, for free, between 12–4pm, making it the perfect way to spend a Bank Holiday Monday.

April 23, 2009