90 minutes – virtual, live and fully interactive, then on demand until 12 July.
Explore London’s (not normally open to the public) formal squares, historic allotments, award-winning community spaces and wonder at the breath-taking rooftop gardens.
The exciting programme will be presented by Sarah Greene, live from a London studio with guest interviews, including Peter Fiori, Executive Chef at Coutts Skyline Garden, and interactive fun for all the family (a quiz to test your horticultural knowledge and a prize competition). Beautifully shot film will also give ticket-holders the opportunity to go ‘virtually’ through the gates of some of London’s finest and most interesting hidden gardens and meet the people that both enjoy and are responsible for maintaining, these spectacular green spaces.
The London Open Gardens virtual event is the annual fundraiser for the London Gardens Trust – replacing Open Garden Squares Weekend during the pandemic. Our mission is to celebrate the best of London’s historic landscapes, grow London’s love of outdoors and protect these vital spaces for the benefit of everyone. Purchasing your ticket enables us to continue that work.
Ticket-buyers will have the opportunity to watch the event on demand for at least a month afterwards – on demand will be available from 4pm Monday 14th June 2021.
Programme Announcements
- 22/03/2021 Sarah Greene to present London Open Gardens
- 09/04/2021 Executive Chef Peter Fiori and Sarah Greene to explore Coutts Skyline Garden
- 20/04/2021 Featured Gardens
We will update this page regularly with all the latest programme announcements.
* Please note, due to the live nature of this event, the programme is subject to change.
22/03/2021 Sarah Greene to present London Open Gardens
We are delighted to announce that TV presenter and actress Sarah Greene, a keen inner-city gardener herself, will be presenting our very first live, virtual and interactive London Open Gardens on Saturday 12 June.
Sarah has worked in every single TV genre and for every channel. Blue Peter, Saturday Superstore, Going Live!… She has a long-held passion for all things horticultural
09/04/2021 Executive Chef Peter Fiori and Sarah Greene to explore Coutts Skyline Garden for London Open Gardens on Saturday 12 June
We are delighted that Peter, who has previously given private tours of this spectacular skyline garden (his brainchild) as part of Open Garden Squares Weekend, will join us in the studio, to share his passion for the wider environmental benefits of London roof top gardens and talk about his cookbook ‘The Skyline Garden Cookbook: From Harvest to Plate’.
20/04/2021 Featured Gardens
The Aga Khan Centre
The Aga Khan contemporary Islamic Gardens at King’s Cross – part of the new Aga Khan Centre – have been designed to showcase the diversity of Muslim cultures and also to bring a conceptual ribbon of Islamic-inspired gardens to this developing area. There are six gardens…
The British Medical Association
This is the home of the UK’s professional association for doctors. This picturesque garden is a hidden central London gem. It was built on the site of Tavistock House, once the home of novelist Charles Dickens…
Approach Gardens
Award-winning Approach Gardens in Bethnal Green is a thriving community food garden…
The Deanery
This gem of a secret riverside garden, just beside the Globe Theatre, belongs to the Dean of Southwark Cathedral’s private residence and dates back to 1712…
Eccleston Square
Eccleston Square is named after Eccleston in Cheshire, part of the Duke of Westminster-owned estates. Created from a low-lying swamp, it was drained in the early 17th century…
Cannon Bridge
This private rooftop terrace garden offers stunning views of London’s skyline and is a perfect example of planting for biodiversity right in the heart of the city…
The Ismaili Centre
This beautiful roof garden in the heart of Knightsbridge is a sanctuary of calm set against the backdrop of a bustling city. It reflects motifs from Islamic architectural heritage…
Royal Crescent Gardens
Robert Cantwell laid out the Royal Crescent Gardens in 1846. Perimeter railings, removed in WWII…
Ladbroke Square Garden
This Grade II-listed garden in Notting Hill was originally the site of the Hippodrome racecourse entrance…
The gardens of the Honourable Society of Middle Temple
Wander (virtually) through courtyards and cloistered areas of barristers’ chambers and discover a secret vegetable and cutting garden behind the Church of the Knights Templar…
Core Landscapes
A closed community garden in Hackney. Core Landscapes transforms vacant land in deprived urban areas into hubs for community engagement…
Barbican Wildlife Garden
The Royal Horticultural Society and London in Bloom have judged the garden ‘outstanding’ for the last three years…
Alara Permaculture
These interlinked gardens on Camley Street have been created from a piece of derelict land, just a 10-minute stroll from King’s Cross…
The Greenwood Centre
The Greenwood Centre is Camden’s first Centre for Independent Living run by people with disabilities…
*Please note that the programme is subject to change
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We would like to thank all our generous supporters and donors, including:
- Our Principal Sponsor for this event, Hamptons.
