London Parks & Gardens protects our green capital. We love and grow appreciation for the heritage and social value of green spaces, old and new.
Our research volunteers record and champion the past while our planning team protect the present and future value of the capital’s green public spaces.
Lecture Series
The Blitz as a Catalyst for Greening London – The third in our 2025/26 Winter Lecture Series takes place online on Tuesday December 2nd. Historian Katherine Hersee will reveal one of the success stories of urban reconstruction; creating hundreds of acres of open space from bomb-damaged land to give us a mosaic of parks large and small.
“Expect to see change within our landscapes..”
The quote above was from the first presentation in our Winter Lecture Series delivered by Alex Summer, Kew Garden’s Curator of Living Collections, on the impact of climate change on gardens.
Our second lecture was delivered by Peter Coles who is quite possibly the UK’s leading Mulberry Tree expert. London once had a thriving silk industry with orchards of mulberries, one in Chelsea had 2,000 trees. Peter revealed there are around 800 surviving mulberries across Greater London.
The remaining talks in the series explore how migration has benefited London’s gardens and urban food growing; the restoration of Abney Park Cemetery; and exploring how the legendary landscape designer Humphry Repton failed to capture the headlines as much as Capability Brown when it comes to landscape design.
London Open Gardens 2025
Produced by Dunya Simões for South West Londoner, June 2025
Our thanks to all who joined us for LOG2025
London Open Gardens is our annual event where normally closed or hidden green spaces open their gates. The fundraising event showcases rooftop gems, community spaces and historic walled enclosures. Alongside this are expert-led walking tours on horticulture, history and the influences which shaped our capital.
Money raised from the event funds our work celebrating, recording and protecting public green spaces for all. Work is now underway to deliver LOG2026, which will be held over the weekend of June 6th and 7th.
Campaign update
“Victoria Tower Gardens is an ongoing example of the slow erosion of public green space. It is not disposable, replaceable, nor empty. They [London’s parks and gardens] are prized.”
Victoria Tower Gardens has been named one of Europe’s Seven Most Endangered heritage sites. Your DONATION helps us save this park and others across London.
Explore our inventory
There are six other ways to search the Inventory of over 2,500 parks, gardens, squares, churchyards, cemeteries and other sites of historic interest across London.
Park snapshots
A selection of supporters images from London’s parks and green spaces.
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Support us
Members, volunteers and supporters are all vital to the future of the charity. Learn more about how you can get involved and be part of our important work.
Campaigns
Our volunteers review weekly lists of projects that may impact historic green spaces, and respond where possible. Our current campaign is to protect Victoria Tower Gardens.
