Garden Details

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Culpeper Community Garden

The Garden

This multi award-winning community garden project - named after herbalist Nicholas Culpeper - received an ‘Outstanding’ rating in the 2018 RHS ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ scheme. It has also received the RHS National Certificate of Distinction, won Islington in Bloom's Best Community Garden category and received the additional Pattenden award for the best wildlife entry. The garden has a communal lawn, ponds, rose pergola, wildlife area and a dry garden, inspired by Beth Chatto as part of Islington’s climate-change adaptation strategy. Culpeper Community Garden works with disadvantaged community groups, provides a teaching resource to local primary schools and stages events and activities for members and locals.

Garden Worker: Mandy Graham

Visitor Information

Open

Saturday 10:00–18:00
Sunday 10:00–18:00

Activities

On the Sunday, garden tours will be available led by garden worker Mandy and volunteers. Homemade cakes and teas (also Sunday only). There is a public playground right next door.

Picnics allowed.

Entrance

Through the Children's Playground situated at 1 Cloudesley Road
Nearest postcode: N1 0FJ

Buses

4, 19, 38, 43, 56, 73, 205, 214, 274, 394, 476

Station

Angel

Cycle hire station

Cloudesley Road (Map)

Toilets

Disabled toilet on site

Access

Level access via Culpeper PlaygroundSpace; accessible toilet in the garden.

Dogs

Working assistance dogs only

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