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Garden openings are listed in date order.Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses p. 14

Garden Group visit to Polesden Lacey and Moleshill House p. 18Local Allotment Societies p. 29

Garden volunteering opportunities p. 29

This booklet is compiled by Ann Rutherford who is assisted by Jayne Barnett (advertising).It is published annually by The Dulwich Society.

New entries are welcome. Please send details to Ann Rutherford.Email: ann@dulwi.ch or Tel: 020 8693 3740

Advertising enquiries should be addressed to Jayne Barnett. j.barnett1929@gmail.com Tel: 07881 783682

JOIN THE DULWICH SOCIETYWith over 1,200 households as members, the Society actively promotes the

local environment, protecting and enhancing the amenities of Dulwich. Members receive a quarterly, award-winning journal and an excellent monthly eNewsletter.

All for an annual subscription of only £10 per household.See www.dulwichsociety.com to apply for membership.

Garden visitFurther inspiration should come from our visit to

the gardens of Polesden Lacey and Moleshill House on Wednesday June 17th

This visit is open to all.Jeremy Prescott, Chairman of the Dulwich Society Gardens Group.

gardens@dulwichsociety.com

DULWICH GARDENS OPEN FOR CHARITYDulwich and its neighbourhood is a green oasis bejewelled by gardens such as those featured

in this booklet, which are normally hidden but for the generosity and hard work of their owners in sharing them for charity.

The Dulwich Society, through its Garden Group, is pleased to publish this booklet with details of these gardens, whose openings are now firmly part of the annual social calendar.

Do visit and support them. They are all magnificent and they also raise significant sums for both local and national charities. Talk to their owners, look for ideas, enjoy the refreshments but above all enjoy the gardens themselves. You cannot but come away inspired and uplifted!

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Garden Opening and Event Calendar

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Open all year Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses 14

MaySunday 17 Forest Hill Gardens Group (six gardens) 6, 7Thursday 21 South London Botanical Institute 8Sunday 24 Stoney Hill House 8Sunday 31 5 Burbage Road 9 115 Dulwich Village 9 JuneSunday 7 4 Cornflower Terrace 10 35 Camberwell Grove 10 Sunset Soirée for Link Age Southwark 11 103 and 105 Dulwich Village 12, 13Friday 12 5 Burbage Road 15Sunday 14 North House 15 Lyndhurst Square Group Gardens(four gardens) 16, 17Wednesday 17 Dulwich Society Garden Group visit 18Sunday 21 103 and 105 Dulwich Village 19

Thursday 25 South London Botanical Institute 20Sunday 28 Gardens of Court Lane (four gardens) 20, 21

July Saturday 4, Sunday 5 Bell House 22Sunday 5 81 and 83 Camberwell Grove (two gardens) 23, 24Sunday 19 28 Ferndene Road 25Thursday 23 South London Botanical Institute 25

AugustSunday 16 4 Becondale Road 26Thursday 20 South London Botanical Institute 26

SeptemberFriday 4 39 College Road 27Sunday 6 24 Grove Park 27 125 and 148 Court Lane 28

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Sunday 17 May

FOREST HILL GARDENS GROUP, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3BP Off S Circular (A205) behind Horniman Museum and Gardens. Forest Hill Station, 10 mins walk. Buses: 176, 185, 312, P4. Open 1 – 6pm for NGS (raising money for caring, cancer and gardening charities). Combined entry £7, children free. Teas available at 53 Ringmore Rise. Donation to St Christopher’s Hospice and Marsha Phoenix Trust. Six character-packed gardens on the highest hill in SE London, near the Horniman Museum, with spectacular views over London and North Downs, all within a short walk of each other. For those with mobility problems, lifts available between gardens for small donation. Enjoy the intricate combinations and zonal planting of an urban garden. See a plantswoman’s dry, prairie planting contrasting with a watery fern garden. Admire the tiered, bee and butterfly- enticing organic garden. Wander in a country-style garden with a cutting garden, meadow, assorted chicken breeds, and an ever-popular children’s story trail. Relax in a haven of peace and harmony amid an embroidery of vibrant colours and enjoy breathtaking views. Watch for tame robins in the walled courtyard of an 18thC coach house with sculptures, fountain, birdbath and decorative pots for interest all year. Unwind with delicious cakes and listen to music while looking out over the London skyline. Plants for sale: 27 Horniman Dr and 7 Canonbie Rd. Garden ceramics and sculptures for sale at the Coach House. Teas and music: 53 Ringmore Rise. Access by wheelchair to some gardens, but most are more or less steeply sloped with steps. Teas. Plants for sale. Please bring your own bags

THE COACH HOUSE, 3 THE HERMITAGE

Pat Rae

7 CANONBIE ROAD, June Wismayer

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27 HORNIMAN DRIVE Rose Agnew, 020 8699 7710,

roseandgraham@talktalk.netVisits also by arrangement April

to October for groups of up to 30.

53 RINGMORE RISEValerie Ward

25 WESTWOOD PARKBeth and Steph Falkingham- Blackwell

HILLTOP, 28 HORNIMAN DRIVEFrankie Locke

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Thursday 21 May

SOUTH LONDON BOTANICAL INSTITUTE, 323 Norwood Road, London, SE24 9AQOpen 6. – 8.pm. Entry free. Tel. 020 8674 5787 info@slbi.org.ukDensely planted with over 500 labelled species, grown in a formal layout of themed borders. Traditional medicinal herbs, ferns, carnivorous plants, British natives, scented plants, monocots and drought-tolerant plants alongside rare trees and shrubs from the southern hemisphere. A moss and tree trail, pond and ‘living museum of strange visitors’ i.e. wildflowers are encouraged.Plants for sale. Please bring your own bags.

Sunday 24 May

STONEY HILL HOUSE, Rock Hill, Sydenham, SE26 6SWCinzia and Adam GreavesOff Sydenham Hill. Train: Sydenham, Gipsy Hill or Sydenham Hill (closest) stations. Buses: To Crystal Palace, 202 or 363 along Sydenham Hill. House at end of cul-de-sac on left coming from Sydenham Hill. Open 2-6pm for for NGS (raising money for caring, cancer and gardening charities.) Entry £5, children free. All cakes are home made and delicious! Prosecco will also be available to enjoy whilst listening to the saxophone quartet. Garden and woodland of approx.1 acre providing a secluded secret green oasis in the city. Paths meander through mature rhododendron, oak, yew and holly trees, offset by pieces of contemporary sculpture. The garden is on a slope and a number of viewpoints set at different heights provide varied perspectives. The planting in the top part of the garden is fluid and flows seamlessly into the woodland. Fresalca, a wonderful saxophone quartet, will be playing for the afternoon. Swings and woodland tree-house. Access to the main part of the garden is via shallow steps or a grassy slope so assistance will be required for wheelchairs.Home-made teas. Plants for sale. Please bring your own bags.

South London Botanical Institute

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Sunday 31 May5 BURBAGE ROAD, Herne Hill, SE24 9HJ Crawford and Rosemary Lindsay020 7274 5610 rl@rosemarylindsay.com, www.rosemarylindsay.com. Near junction with Half Moon Lane. Herne Hill and N Dulwich mainline stations, 5 mins walk. Buses: 3, 37, 68, 196, 468. Open 2–5pm for NGS (raising money for caring, cancer and gardening charities). Entry £4, children free. Visits also by arrangement March to June. The garden of a member of The Society of Botanical Artists and regular writer for Hortus magazine. 150ft x 40ft with large and varied range of plants, many unusual. Herb garden, packed herbaceous borders for sun and shade, climbing plants, pots, terraces, lawns. Immaculate topiary. Gravel areas to reduce watering. All the box has been removed because of attack by blight and moth, and replaced with suitable alternatives to give a similar look. Elegant topiary. A garden that delights from spring through summer. See our website for what the papers say. Included in The London Garden Book A-Z.Teas. Plants for sale. Please bring your own bags.

Sunday 31 May115 DULWICH VILLAGE, SE21 7BJ Bridget Furst020 8693 5649 busbf11@gmail.com.Open 5.30 – 7.30pm for Link Age, Southwark. Entry £6 including a glass of wine on arrival. Sorry, no wheelchair access. Rail: N Dulwich or W Dulwich then 10 -15 mins walk. Tube: Brixton then P4 bus, alight Dulwich Picture Gallery stop. Street parking.Large garden with mixed herbaceous borders, yew and box topiary, pond and small gravel garden. Created to enjoy leisure, relaxing and sitting in scented areas, following the sun. Dogs on leads.

5 Burbage Road. Photograph – Nicola Stocken

115 Dulwich Village

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Sunday 7 June

4 CORNFLOWER TERRACE, East Dulwich, London, SE22 0HHClare DryhurstEast Dulwich, London, SE22 0HH. Clare Dryhurst. 5 mins walk from 363 and 63 bus stop at bottom of Forest Hill Rd. Turn into Dunstans Rd, then 2nd on L. Station: Peckham Rye or Honor Oak Park.Open 2-5pm for NGS (raising money for caring, cancer and gardening charities). Entry £3.50, children free. Come here for ideas on greening really tiny spaces and the confidence to bring biodiversity and beauty to long suffering front gardens, all adding to the beauty and oxygen levels of our streets. The little back garden is a calm retreat. Surrounding this terraced cottage are climbing roses, lavender, star jasmine, heuchera and annuals with a tiny solar fountain, seating and beautiful sculptures. Teas.

Sunday 7 June

35 CAMBERWELL GROVE, London, SE5 8JALynette Hemmant and Juri Gabriel 020 7703 6186, juri@jurigabriel.com. lynettehemmant.com. Backing onto St Giles Church, Camberwell Church Street.From Camberwell Green go down Camberwell Church Street. Turn R into Camberwell Grove. Open 12 – 6.30pm for St Christopher’s Hospice. Previously opened 21 years for the NGS. Featured in magazines in the UK, USA and Japan. Entry £3.50, children free. No dogs, please. Sorry, no wheelchair access.Plant packed 120ft x 20ft garden with charming backdrop of St. Giles Church. Evolved over 30 years into a romantic country style garden brimming with colour and overflowing with pots. In June, spectacular roses stretch the full length of the garden, both on the artist’s studio and festooning an old iron staircase. Artist’s studio open. Lynette has painted the garden obsessively for the past 25 years; see her work on her website. Light refreshments

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Sunday 7 June

Sunset Soirée for Link Age SouthwarkBELL HOUSE, College Road, SE21 7BG.

Angus and Fabienne Hanton

Join local charities Link Age Southwark and Bell House for an evening in the beautiful gardens at Bell House. The ornamental garden (with a rose garden and woodland walk) and the walled garden are places of community learning, maintained by volunteers who promote

gardening as an activity for physical and mental wellbeing.

Ticket includes a glass of fizz on arrival, canapés and live music. Tickets available from www.bellhouse.co.uk/events

020 8299 2623. info@linkagesouthwark.orgOpen 6.30 – 8.30pm for Link Age Southwark (volunteer support for isolated, older people)

and Bell House (a volunteer-led educational charity)Wheelchair accessible. Sorry, no dogs.

Ticket £25

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Sunday 7 June

103 AND 105 DULWICH VILLAGE, London, SE21 7BJRail: N Dulwich or W Dulwich then 10 -15 mins walk. Tube: Brixton then P4 bus, alight Dulwich Picture Gallery stop. Street parking. Open 2-5pm for St. Christopher’s Hospice. Combined Entry £8, children free. Sorry no dogs.Two Georgian houses with large gardens stretching back to Dulwich Park. 103 was featured in Garden News in February 2019 and 105 in a June 2019 issue of the same magazine. Also shown on Austrian television.

103 DULWICH VILLAGENoël and Caroline Annesley,caroline@annesley.net Beautiful garden featuring plants and shrubs, some unusual, chosen for colour and shape throughout the year. Wall decked with varied climbers behind a long, mixed border containing a wide range of herbaceous plants. Spacious child/picnic-friendly lawn. Steps up to a formal lily pond teeming with fish (rudd), newts, frogs, dragonflies and other wildlife. The pond is surrounded by a paved area and flower beds filled with old roses and other colourful plants. Victorian-style greenhouse with vegetable and soft fruit area beyond. Teas on the lawn. Gate to 105 next door.

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105 Dulwich Village105 DULWICH VILLAGEAndrew and Ann Rutherfordann@dulwi.chA very pretty flower- lover’s garden with blue and white planting round a formal goldfish pond. Glorious colours elsewhere to attract bees and butterflies. Lots of old-fashioned roses, fine delphiniums, many unusual perennials and planters full of jolly annuals. Ancient mulberry tree. Attractive early C20th greenhouse. Lawns, shrubbery. Waterfall and pond with newts and other wildlife including leeches (children need to be supervised here).Extensive plant sales from both gardens. Please bring your own bags.

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ALL YEAR ROUND

BROCKWELL PARK COMMUNITY GREENHOUSES (BPCG)

Open seven days a week for school visits, family events, courses, workshops, music gigs, drop-in garden volunteering and visiting.

www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk

Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses (BPCG) aims to be a green haven for Londoners. We want to build community and improve lives by encouraging people to visit and to take part in gardening, outdoor learning, play and other creative activities at our large Community Garden.We are right in the middle of Brockwell Park, between the walled garden and the tennis courts. We have lots of vegetable and flowerbeds, an orchard, a small meadow, an apiary, a cob oven, a green woodwork area, a wildlife pond and two very large greenhouses. Monday to Thursday during term time and school holidays, we hold booked nature based education, exploration and play sessions for children. We also put these on, on alternate weekends. Thursday to Sunday we are open for visiting and for drop-in garden volunteering 10am to 5pm (4pm winter). As well as our garden volunteering scheme, school visits, and family events, we also run lots of workshops on gardening, green woodworking, drawing, natural dyeing, cooking, yoga and more...

From April to October, we hold pizza days, music gigs, parties and fetes.In September 2019 the Royal Horticultural Society said that BPCG is: “a wonderful place... that gives

many people much pleasure” and rated us an ‘Outstanding’.

We always welcome people to come and volunteer in the garden, help with events, or to help with our kids’ activities. If you’d like to volunteer, just sign up on our website pagewww.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk/999000-2/

For more information, contact: Kate Sebag,director@brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk07834 343664 and visit our website:www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk

Follow us on:Instagram @brockwell_greenhousesTwitter @GardenBrockwellFacebook @BrockwellParkCommunityGreenhouses

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Friday 12 June

5 BURBAGE ROAD, Herne Hill, SE24 9HJCrawford and Rosemary Lindsay020 7274 5610, rl@rosemarylindsay.com, www.rosemarylindsay.com. Near junction with Half Moon Lane. Herne Hill and N Dulwich mainline stations, 5 mins walk. Buses: 3, 37, 68, 196, 468. Open 9.30–11.30 am for Kingfishers Charity. Entry £10 to include garden, tea/coffee and cake. Children free.Visits also by arrangement March to June. The garden of a member of The Society of Botanical Artists and regular writer for Hortus magazine. 150ft x 40ft with large and varied range of plants- many unusual. Herb garden, packed herbaceous borders for sun and shade, climbing plants, pots, terraces, lawns. Immaculate topiary. Gravel areas to reduce watering. All the box has been removed because of attack by blight and moth, and replaced with suitable alternatives to give a similar look. Elegant topiary. A garden that delights from spring through summer. See our website for what the papers say. Incl in The London Garden Book A-Z. Plants for sale. Please bring your own bags.

Sunday 14 June

NORTH HOUSE, 93 DULWICH VILLAGE, London, SE21 7BJ. Katharine St John-Brooks and Vivian Bazalgetteworking.solutions@btinternet.com. Rail: N Dulwich or W Dulwich then 10 -15 mins walk. Tube: Brixton then P4 bus, alight Dulwich Picture Gallery stop. Parking is available on the street (Dulwich Village). There is wheelchair access to the garden but it is reached via a gravel drive. Open 2-5pm for Link Age Southwark. Entry £4. Children free.Described by some as “the most romantic garden in Dulwich”, two mature cherry trees command the centre of this large garden. See if you can spot the echiums (quite rare in London though prolific in Cornwall). In June the beautiful rose ‘Wedding Day’ showers down from the topmost branches of a fruit tree. Teas.

5 Burbage Road Photograph – Nicola Stocken

93 Dulwich Village

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Sunday 14 June

LYNDHURST SQUARE GARDEN GROUPLyndhurst Square, London, SE15 5AR. Group Gardens. Rail and overground services to Peckham Rye Station or by bus. Open 1.30-5pm for NGS (raising money for caring, cancer and gardening charities) Combined entry £8, Children free. 15% to MIND, Mental Health Charity.. Home-made teas at number 4. Teas, coffee and soft drinks with delicious home- made cakes. Rail and overground trains to Peckham Rye Station.There is free parking on Sunday on the surrounding streets.

3 LYNDHURST SQUARE – Susan Spindler4 LYNDHURST SQUARE – Amelia Thorpe and Adam Russell5 LYNDHURST SQUARE – Martin Lawlor and Paul Ward7 LYNDHURST SQUARE – Pernille Ahlström and Barry Joseph

Four very attractive gardens open in this small, elegant square of 1840s listed villas located in Peckham. Each approx 90ft x 50ft has its own shape and style as the Square curves in a U shape. Number 3 traditional English garden. Number 4 family garden serving refreshments. Number 5, the design combines Italianate and Gothic themes with unusual herbaceous plant and towering Echiums. Number 7 Simplicity, Swedish style, is key with roses and raised beds, framed by yew hedges. Regret no wheelchair access due to narrow paths and uneven surfaces. Dogs allowed. Teas. Plants for sale. Please bring your own bags.

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4 Lyndhurst Square

Coach from Dulwich Picture Gallery, College Road, SE21 7AD – 8.45am for 9.00am departure; back around 5.30pm. Non-members welcome. Early booking is advised.

Polesden Lacey (National Trust) occupies a magnificent setting in the Surrey Hills. Its gardens are Grade II* listed and include an Edwardian walled rose garden with over 2000 roses, a double herbaceous border, house borders and orchards, with cutting and kitchen gardens producing flowers and vegetables for the

house and café. There will be a chance to see the house as well.

Moleshill Hill is the home of Penny Snell CBE, twice chairman of the National Garden Scheme and now a vice president and the NGS County Organiser for London. Combining formal structure with relaxed

planting, ingredients of her romantic English garden include climbing roses, pergolas, topiary box, pleached whitebeam avenue, mixed borders, gravel garden, green wall, stumpery, bees, chickens and a dovecote.

We will arrive at Polesden Lacey at around 10.30am. Following a tour of the gardens and lunch (not included) we will move on to Moleshill House nearby, where Penny will give us a introduction to the

garden and tea and cake will be provided. Plant sales are available at Polesden Lacey – please bring bags.

The Dulwich Society Garden GroupVisit to the gardens of Polesden Lacey and Moleshill House, Surrey

Wednesday 17th June 2020

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Tickets, including transport and entrance to Moleshill House are £27 each and may be purchased through Eventbrite (www.eventbrite.co.uk – search “Dulwich Society”) or by

sending a cheque (payable to The Dulwich Society) with a note of your email address and a stamped addressed envelope to Terry Harvey-Jones, 88 Chestnut Road, London SE27 9LE.

No cancellation refunds will be given.

Entrance to Polesden Lacey is not included in the ticket price. Entrance is free to National Trust members so please bring your membership card. Non-NT members will have to pay

£13 for entrance, which will be collected on the coach. Enquiries to terryhj52@icloud.com

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Polesden LaceyPhoto - National Trust Images

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Sunday 21 June

103 AND 105 DULWICH VILLAGELondon, SE21 7BJRail: N Dulwich or W Dulwich then 10 -15 mins walk. Tube: Brixton then P4 bus, alight Dulwich Picture Gallery stop. Street parking. Open 2-5pm for NGS (raising money for caring, cancer and gardening charities). Combined entry £8, children free. Sorry, no dogs. Two Georgian houses with large gardens, 3 mins walk from Dulwich Picture Gallery and Dulwich Park. 103 Dulwich Village is a country garden in London with a long herbaceous border, lawn, pond, roses and fruit and vegetable gardens. Wind band also performing! 105 Dulwich Village is a very pretty garden with many unusual plants, lots of old fashioned roses, fish pond and water garden. 103 was featured in Garden News in February 2019 and 105 in a June issue of the same magazine. Also shown on Austrian television.

103 DULWICH VILLAGENoël and Caroline Annesley, caroline@annesley.net Beautiful garden featuring plants and shrubs, some unusual, chosen for colour and shape throughout the year. Wall decked with varied climbers behind a long, mixed border containing a wide range of herbaceous plants. Spacious child/picnic-friendly lawn. Steps up to a formal lily pond teeming with fish (rudd), newts, frogs, dragonflies and other wildlife. The pond is surrounded by a paved area and flowerbeds filled with old roses and other colourful plants. Victorian-style greenhouse with vegetable and soft fruit area beyond. Teas on the lawn. Gate to 105 next door.

105 DULWICH VILLAGEAndrew and Ann Rutherford, ann@dulwi.ch A very pretty flower- lover’s garden with blue and white planting round a formal goldfish pond. Glorious colours elsewhere to attract bees and butterflies. Lots of old-fashioned roses, fine delphiniums, many unusual perennials and planters full of jolly annuals. Ancient mulberry tree. Attractive early C20th greenhouse. Lawns, shrubbery. Waterfall and pond with newts and other wildlife including leeches (children need to be supervised here). Extensive plant sales from both gardens. Please bring your own bags.

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Thursday 25 June

SOUTH LONDON BOTANICAL INSTITUTE. See May 21 for details.

Sunday 28 June

GARDENS OF COURT LANE, Dulwich SE21 7EA.. Buses P4, 12, 40, 176, 185 37. Mainline; North Dulwich then 12 mins walk. Ample free parking. Open 2-5.30 for NGS (raising money for caring, cancer and gardening charities). Combined Entry £8, children free. Home-made teas. Four beautifully tended and contrasting gardens.

122 Court Lane

122 COURT LANE Jean and Charles Cary-Elwes 122 has a countryside feel, backing onto Dulwich Park with colourful herbaceous borders, live Jazz on the terrace, a children’s trail, plant sales and a wormery demonstration.

125 COURT LANEStephen Henden and Neil Ellis Created over sixteen years, this lovely garden is an oasis of colour and insect life. You will find winding paths weaving between eclectic herbaceous borders, where a myriad of colours and plants jostle for position. This suburban garden feels as if it would be more likely to be found in a country house. The planting embraces you then entices you to explore further, until right at the bottom you will find a secret spot complete with Druid’s chair. We are also delighted to offer you tea and delicious homemade cakes.

125 Court Lane

164 Court Lane

164 COURT LANEKatie Dawes 164 was recently redesigned to create a more personal and intimate space with several specific zones. A modern terrace and seating area leads onto a lawn with abundant borders and a beautiful mature oak. A rose arch leads to the vegetable beds and greenhouse.

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148 COURT LANE Sue and Anthony Wadsworth New this year.A spacious garden, developed over 20 years and backing on to Dulwich Park. From the wide sunny terrace surrounded by tall, golden bamboos and fan palms, step down into a garden designed with an artist’s eye for colour, form, texture and flow, creating intimate spaces beneath mature trees and shrubs, with colourful perennials.

148 Court Lane

Live jazz and plants at 122. Tea, cakes and plants at 125. Savoury refreshments at 164. Refreshments and plant sale at 148. Please bring your own bags.

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Saturday 4 July and Sunday 5 July

BELL HOUSE, 27 College Road, SE21 7BG New this yearOpen Saturday 4. – 7.pm and Sunday 2. – 5.pm for Bell House charity. Entry £4, children free. There is no parking at the house, save for two disabled parking bays, but there is level access to the garden with mainly grass paths.Bell House is a volunteer-led charity offering wider learning courses for all age groups. The Georgian house is set in two acres of gardens which include a walled garden, main garden with lawn and herbaceous beds, rose garden, front lawn and ha-ha. The volunteer gardeners and beekeepers have established a kitchen garden with small greenhouse, raised beds for vegetables and fruit, vines, flowers for cutting, an apiary and herb garden. This year we plan to plant more flowers for our pollinators and create insect and bird friendly habitats.Parts of the garden are less managed to benefit wildlife and are there for you to explore too.Teas. Plants for sale. Please bring your own bags.

Bell House. Photographs Sara Lloyd

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Sunday 5 July – Last chance!

CAMBERWELL GROVE GARDENS, Camberwell, SE5 8JE10 mins from Denmark Hill mainline and overground stations. Buses: 12, 36, 68, 148, 171, 176, 185, 436. Entrance through garden rooms at rear. Open 2 -6pm for NGS (raising money for caring, cancer and gardening charities) Combined entry £5, children free.

81 CAMBERWELL GROVEJane and Alex Maitland HudsonNeighbouring walled gardens behind eighteenth century houses in this beautiful tree-lined street.Entrance at rear of houses; no wheelchair access possible; no dogs please; wine available for a donation.At No.81 a tall Trachycarpus palm and a Magnolia grandiflora shade York stone paving and borders filled with herbaceous perennials and shade loving ground cover. There is a pond and bog garden. Pots of all sizes line the steps to the kitchen door and the terrace outside the garden room and greenhouse. No. 83 is a mature garden, with abundant, unusual planting within a structure of box hedging, providing varied and interesting areas of peace and privacy. As trees mature the nature of the garden is changing, and more shade tolerant perennials are being introduced. Contemporary garden room, gravel and York stone paths and seating areas, calming pool and lovely views of parish church. Come and celebrate our 10th and final NGS garden opening with delicious home-made cakes and tea at No. 81 and sparkling wine at No. 83.

81 Camberwell Grove

See 83 Camberwell Grove overleaf.

Sunday 5 July

83 CAMBERWELL GROVE,Robert Hirschhorn and John Hall. No. 83 is a mature garden, with abundant, unusual planting within a structure of box hedging, providing varied and interesting areas of peace and privacy. As trees mature the nature of the garden is changing, and more shade tolerant perennials are being introduced. Contemporary garden room, gravel and York stone paths and seating areas, calming pool and lovely views of parish church. Home-made cakes and tea at No. 81 and sparkling wine at No. 83. Plants for sale. Please bring your own bags.

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Sunday 19 July

28 FERNDENE ROAD Herne Hill, London, SE24 0AB. New this yearMr and Mrs David and Lynn Whyte. Overlooking Ruskin Park. Buses 68, 468, 42. A 5 min walk from Denmark Hill. Train stations: Herne Hill, Denmark Hill, Loughborough Junction. All 15 min walk. House overlooks Ruskin Park. Free parking. Open 1-5.30pm. for NGS (raising money for caring, cancer and gardening charities.) Entry £3.50, children free. Upper levels not suitable for wheelchairs. It’s all about structure and careful planting in this dramatically sloping S.S.E. facing garden, 30m long x 18m. A lively blend of perennials and shrubs show definite Kiwi influences. The kitchen garden with raised beds and soft fruits is wonderfully secluded. Lower level planting has a coastal feel. Upper level has a ‘hot colour’ border. Borrowed views of mature trees and big skies set it off. The garden office/summer house was constructed from sustainably sourced materials with a rubble roof to attenuate water runoff. Teas. Home- made cakes and scones with garden produce jam. Plants. Please bring your own bags.

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28 Ferndene Road

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4 Becondale Road

Thursday 23 July

SOUTH LONDON BOTANICAL INSTITUTE Details as for Thursday 21 May.

Sunday 16 August

4 BECONDALE ROADGypsy Hill, SE19 1QJ. New this year.Christopher and Wendy Spinkcjkitdesign@yahoo.co.uk Easy parking spaces. Open 1-5pm for NGS (raising money for caring, cancer and gardening charities) Off Gipsy Hill. Nearest station Gipsy Hill. Buses 3 and 322. Some parking on Becondale Rd. Entry £3.50, children free. Home-made teas. This garden takes vertical planting to new heights - but is not for those who are afraid to walk a gangplank. It is packed with a mass of exotic and rich planting with a Mediterranean feel from bougainvillea to bananas and palms to plumbago. Steeply sloping, it maximises every bit of height with plants cascading over high rise balconies and dropping down to a theatrically styled well of a garden. Mediterranean planting on four levels. Regret, with narrow paths and very steep steps, garden not suitable for small children or mobility challenged. Teas

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24 Grove Park

Sunday 6 September

24 GROVE PARK, Camberwell, SE5 8LHClive Pankhurst, www.alternative-planting.blogspot.com. Chadwick Road end of Grove Park. Stations: Peckham Rye or Denmark Hill, both 10 mins walk. Good street parking. Open 2-5.30pm for NGS (raising money for caring, cancer and gardening charities.) Entry £4.50, children free. An inspiring exotic jungle of lush big leafed plants and Southeast Asian influences. Towering exotica transport you to the tropics. Huge hidden garden created from the bottom halves of two neighbouring gardens gives the ‘wow’ factor and unexpected size. Lawn and lots of hidden corners provide spaces to sit and enjoy. Renowned for delicious home-made cake. Featured on BBC Gardeners World, BBC Instant Gardener, Garden News, and the Independent. Home made teas. Plants for sale. Please bring your own bags.

Thursday 20 August

SOUTH LONDON BOTANICAL INSTITUTE Details as for Thursday 21 May.

Friday 4 September

39 COLLEGE ROAD, SE21 7BABrenda and Tom Wells020 8693 6446brenda.wells4@btinternet.comOpen 6. – 8.pm for Link Age Southwark. Entry £5.00 including a glass of wine on arrival. Wheelchair access is difficult because of gravel driveway. Street parking. Children need close supervision as there is unfenced water. Contemporary garden featuring woodland planting, beautiful specimen trees, ornamental reflecting water and a walled herbaceous and productive garden with lots of late summer colour and seating areas to enjoy the views.

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125 COURT LANE SE21 7EE. Stephen Hendon and Neil Ellis,Stephen Hendon and Neil Ellis, 07968 052858 stephen@stephenhendon.co.uk.Open 2– 5.30pm for Link Age Southwark. Entry £6 for both gardensFree street parking. Small well-behaved dogs and children welcome. There is a step to front door so not fully wheelchair accessible.Unique garden with winding paths which weave between eclectic herbaceous borders of myriad colours. The eye is constantly drawn to beds filled with riotous colour and the planting entices you to explore further. Hidden at the bottom of the garden is a secretive Druid chair from which to contemplate the passing of time. Renowned for their teas and cakes.

148 COURT LANE, SE21 7EB. Sue and Anthony Wadsworth New this yearSue and Anthony Wadsworth. wadsworthsue@gmail.comA spacious garden, developed over 20 years and backs on to Dulwich Park. From the wide sunny terrace surrounded by tall, golden bamboos and fan palms, step down into a garden designed with an artist’s eye for colour, form, texture and flow, creating intimate spaces beneath mature trees and shrubs, with colourful perennials. Photo, see June 28, page 21.

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Allotments in DulwichDulwich is blessed with several thriving allotment societies, albeit often with very long waiting lists for vacant plots. For more information on the allotments and how to apply, go to the individual allotment websites.

Grange Lane Allotments, Grange Lane, SE21. Entrance opposite Golf Club car park. http://grangelane.org/

Gun Site Allotments, Grange Lane, SE21 7LH. Continue along Grange Lane beyond the Scout Centre. http://gunsiteallotments.org/

Grove Allotments, Dulwich Common, SE21 7EX. Opposite car park of now defunct Harvester. Entrance from South Circular. https://groveallotmentsdulwich.wordpress.com/

Rosendale Allotments, 227 Rosendale Road, SE21 8LR. http://www.rosendale-allotments.org.uk/

Dulwich Horticultural and Chrysanthemum Society, abutting Cox’s Walk, but access only from Lordship Lane. Apply in person on site.

Garden volunteering opportunitiesDulwich is rightly famous as a green oasis with its gardens, parks and woods. Part of its beauty is maintained by hard-working, enthusiastic volunteers.

Giving time has many benefits for the volunteer – meeting new people, developing new skills, working in some of the most lovely parts of London, and of course, many cups of tea.

Here are some of the gardening and wildlife organisations in and around Dulwich, which would be pleased to hear from you if you would like to spend time helping them. It would be wise to confirm that volunteering sessions are on the dates advertised before turning up with your wellies and gardening gloves.

Bell HouseBell House, a volunteer-led educational charity in the heart of Dulwich Village, is surrounded by beautiful and historic gardens. Volunteers are welcomed on Saturday and Wednesday mornings, from 9:30 - 11:30am.● Bell House Dulwich, 27 College Road,

Dulwich, London SE21 7BG● www.bellhouse.co.uk/garden-volunteers● sarah@bellhouse.co.uk.

Bell House. Photograph Sara Lloyd

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Dulwich Upper Wood Local Nature ReserveConservation volunteers are very welcome at Dulwich Upper Wood – part of the ancient Great North Wood. ● Dulwich Upper Woods – TCV (The Conservation

Volunteers), Farquhar Rd, Dulwich, London SE19 1SS

● www.tcv.org.uk/london/urbanecology/urban-ecology-sites/dulwich-upper-wood

● The site warden is Michael Williams - 020 8761 6230 or dulwich@tcv.org.uk

● Twitter: @dulwichuwood

Dulwich Vegetable GardenThe DVG was established to encourage people to learn about growing their own fruit and vegetables. The produce from the garden is shared with volunteers when it is harvested. Everyone is welcome to look around or join the activities.● Dulwich Park, College Road, Dulwich, London

SE21 7BQ (the garden is behind Rosebery Lodge in Dulwich Park).

● https://semble.org/project/dulwich-vegetable-garden-dvg-in-dulwich-park/

● Open Sundays and Wednesdays, 10.30am-12.30pm. Email dulwichveggarden@gmail.com.

The DVG sells fruit and vegetable plants every year at Dulwich Park Fair (17 May 2020)

Dulwich Village OrchardEstablished in 2019 on the site of the Old Grammar School playground, the orchard features heritage apple trees from the Brogdale National Collection in Kent, wildflower meadows and seating areas. Volunteers work with the London Wildlife Trust to maintain the orchard. ● Dulwich Village Orchard, Gallery Road,

London, SE21 7AE● www.thedulwichestate.org.uk/whats-happening/

new-orchard-and-heritage-trail-open-in-dulwich● awright@wildlondon.org.uk

BPCG perennial meadow

Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses (BPCG) is a community garden in the centre of Lambeth’s Brockwell Park. The large site includes an orchard, a series of demonstration gardens, a walled herb garden and two commercial-sized greenhouses.Volunteer gardeners (no experience necessary) are welcome Thursday to Sunday 10am to 5pm (summer) 4pm (winter). BPCG Brockwell Hall, Brockwell Park, London SE24 0PA● www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk● To discuss volunteering, telephone Kate on

07834 343664 or Cat on 07503 919973, or email volunteer@brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk

Centre for Wildlife Gardening, PeckhamWildlife garden and award-winning visitor centre in a quiet residential street in Peckham, which is now working with Southwark Adult Learning Service as a delivery partner for family learning. Volunteer days are run on Wednesdays. ● 28 Marsden Road, London, SE15 4EE● www.wildlondon.org.uk/nature-reserves/centre-

wildlife-gardening● Contact Jo on 020 3897 6151 or email

jwright@wildlondon.org.uk for more information. Dulwich Park FriendsThe Friends run ‘Tend the Park’ volunteer sessions on the first Saturday of every month (subject to reasonable weather), from 10am-1pm. This may involve activities as varied as bulb planting, dead heading and care of the lake ● Dulwich Park, College Road, Dulwich, London

SE21 7BQ (sessions normally meet at the Francis Peek Centre)

● https://dulwichparkfriends.org.uk

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Great North Wood project (London Wildlife Trust)● The Great North Wood used to stretch between

the Thames and Croydon. London Wildlife Trust is working in the areas that remain (including Sydenham Hill Wood and Dulwich Wood) to improve habitats for wildlife, with well-organised volunteer workdays throughout the year.

● Multiple sites● www.wildlondon.org.uk/great-north-wood● Call 020 3897 6151 or email: greatnorthwood@

wildlondon.org.uk

Horniman Museum Gardens The Horniman Museum Gardens comprise 16 acres of beautifully maintained formal and natural landscapes, including a new grasslands garden, a wildlife garden, a meadow field and the oldest nature trail in London. Volunteers support the gardens team, with vacancies posted on the website.● The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park

Trust, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ

● www.horniman.ac.uk/get_involved/volunteering-behind-the-scenes

Link Age SouthwarkLink Age Southwark connects volunteers with local older people, with gardening volunteers helping them with light gardening such as weeding and tidying, allowing older people to maintain safe and tidy gardens. ● Locations – vary (across Southwark)● http://linkagesouthwark.org/volunteering/

gardening/● Call 020 8299 2623 or email volunteering@

linkagesouthwark.org to request a full application pack. Alternatively, fill out this online form: http://linkagesouthwark.org/volunteer-with-us

Old Dairy Health Centre, Croxted RoadThe ODHC Gardening Group is a group of volunteers who develop and tend the gardens within the Practice complex. ● The Old Dairy Health Centre, 19B Croxted Road,

London SE21 8SZ● https://theodhc.co.uk/odhc-gardening-group● Please check the website for details of the next

volunteering session

JOIN THE DULWICH SOCIETYWith over 1,200 households as members, the Society actively promotes the

local environment, protecting and enhancing the amenities of Dulwich. Members receive a quarterly, award-winning journal and an excellent monthly eNewsletter.

All for an annual subscription of only £10 per household.See www.dulwichsociety.com to apply for membership.

Great North Wood Launch at Brockwell Park

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John Welton

tReeS & GARDenS

36A HAMLET ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD,LONDON, SE19 2AW

TEL: 020 8653 3286MOBILE: 07958 346069

EMAIL: welton.trees@gmail.com

✻ Specialist Tree Conservation and Care, Maintenance, Planting and

Professional Advice.

✻ Topiary and Shaping of Trees, Shrubs and Hedges.

Member of NACS

Tel: 0208 857 6511Scott: 07737 977242Steve: 07939 345245

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Jaadu Boutique is a treasure trove of curated clothing, accessories and homewares, with a strong ethos on ethical, sustainable practices, natural materials and traditional craft.

92 Park Hall Road, SE21 8BW. 0208 761 9041www.jaadu.co.uk

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Dulwich Pot &Plant GardenPots and Plants for Indoors and Outdoors, Tools, Composts, Seeds, Bird Food and AccessoriesDelivery service

Next to North Dulwich Station at 12b Red Post Hill. SE21 7BXwww.dulwichpots.co.uk. 020 7733 3697

Bus Routes P4, 37 & 42. Free local parking. Open 7 days a week

Love Plants

1A OAKDALE ROAD, LONDON SE15 3BWENQUIRIES@THENUNHEADGARDENER.COM • 020 76353443

MONDAY - FRIDAY • 09:30 - 18:30 SATURDAY - SUNDAY • 09:00 - 18:00

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Creative Design

& Craftmanship020 8291 5578 www.thedovetailjoint.co.uk

Bespoke Kitchens & Furniture since 1990The Dovetail Joint

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