EVENTS
Conference: Designing London: The Landscape Legacy of the Greater London Council, 40 years on.
Organised by FOLAR (Friends of the Landscape Archive Reading), in partnership with The Gardens Trust, the conference will consider the GLC’s contribution to the design of London’s landscapes—its parks, housing developments, civic spaces, and environmental policies— and how they continue to shape the daily life and character of the capital. For further details, the programme for the day, and to book a ticket The conference will take place at the Alan Baxrer Gallery, Cowcross Street, London E1M 6EJ on SATURDAY, 31st October 2026
EXHIBITIONS
The Garden Museum: Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint: June 2 - 20 September
The exhibition will explore Benton End’s impact on a generation of artists and gardeners, with paintings, drawings, photographs, correspondence, personal belongings and objects from the Benton End Art School in its heyday telling the story of a place where learning, creative freedom and horticultural experimentation came together.
The Bicycle Boys - An Unforgettable Garden Tour
This exhibtion is based on a bicyle tour around the UK undertaken by two young Americans in June 1928. Based on their journal which charts their progress and what they saw it offers a spotlight on over 80 Unforgettable Gardens as experienced in the 1920 in contrast with what visitors see today. View the exhibition here.
WALKS
Foundling Hospital
Hidden Gardens of London Walking Tour: Sunday 25 October 2026 11.00 - 13,00
Discover the City's unexpected green spaces and their fascinating history. There are in fact some 200 gardens here, oases of calm in the City’s busy life. They’re big and small, public and private. Most of them came about because of two devastating events: the Fire of London in 1666 and the Blitz in 1940. On this walk we will visit some of these green spaces and learn their fascinating history.
Secret Gardens, Hidden Churches
Saturdays, 26 September, 14 November and 12 December and Sunday 18 October 2026, all at 11.00am.
'Many of the most interesting sites in the City (of London) are somewhat tucked away and often quite small. While the City does not have big parks like those further west it does have c.250 open and green spaces: many created by the destruction of the Great Fire and the Blitz. A walking tour for those interested in discovering the history, sites and buildings of the City of London'. Book via Eventbrite
Guided walks of Willesden Jewish Cemetery
The only Jewish cemetery registered as a Park or Garden of Special Historic Interest, Willesden is a remarkable survival, telling the stories of the first ethnic minority to settle in Britain in modern times. Designed as a ‘Garden Cemetery’ in 1873, Willesden Jewish Cemetery offers a unique blend of heritage and nature.
Regular guided walks of the Cemetery continue: dates currently available for booking include:; Sundays 6 December and 20 December 2026.