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Core Landscapes community roof garden and plant nursery

Core Landscapes community roof garden and plant nursery

The Garden

Core Landscapes, part of Core Arts' award-winning mental health charity, uses horticulture to transform barren sites into green community havens, to promote wellbeing. The garden has moved four times across three boroughs in the past ten years, but is now firmly rooted in Hackney. The wildlife-friendly roof garden has fruit trees, window box herbaceous borders, a greenhouse, plant nursery, medicinal plants, solar-powered rain-harvested irrigation system and food growing. The shady ground-level garden has a wildlife pond, water harvesting, and a 'woodland meadow' flowerbed. Core Landscapes won 'Outstanding' in the London in Bloom Awards, the Overall Winner Environment Challenge award and a Green Flag Award for 2022/23.

Core Landscapes Project Director: Nemone Mercer

Visitor Information

Open
Saturday 12:00–17:00
Activities
Core Arts ‘Arts and Crafts’ Fair. Cake sales, tea, coffee and licensed bar. Garden tours, acoustic music sets, and bargain plant hunting. Inspiration for container-growing anywhere.
Picnics allowed.
Entrance
Entrance to roof garden is on Wardle Street (round the corner from the Core Arts garden).
Nearest postcode: E9 6DJ
Buses
Map of nearby bus stops
Station
Homerton Overground
Toilets
Disabled toilet on site
Access
No wheelchair access to the roof garden. Ground level garden is fully accessible (round the corner from the roof garden).
Dogs
Dogs on leads

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