(Photo: Colin Wing)
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Open:
Sunday 10:00–17:00
Description:
The garden of this luxury residential complex remains much as it was planned in 1935, but the maturity of the trees and plants have made it more beautiful. It has a bloom of colour in the spring and summer, especially from the rose beds. There are two spacious lawns, an avenue of pollarded chestnut trees and several rockeries and raised borders.
Recent additions are a herb garden for the tenants and a kitchen vegetable garden, its first produce having been supplied to the Dolphin Bar & Grill in 2009. The Dolphin Fountain, commissioned from James Butler RA in 1987, can be found in the pond in the centre of the garden. Just up some steps from the fountain is the Spanish Garden, which was landscaped in the 80s following a competition. The Spanish Garden has its own small fountain, raised lavender beds and terracotta tile floor. Round the corner from the Spanish Garden is a Japanese-style grotto made with original tufa limestone.
Across the road from the main garden are an all-weather tennis court and lawn for croquet use and views over the river.
It may interest the ecologically aware visitor that Dolphin Square gardens are among the last gardens in Westminster to be watered from their own artesian wells.
Head Gardner:
Simon Lambert
Activities:
On-site restaurant open for tea, cakes and other refreshments.
Entrance:
Chichester Street
Nearest postcode: SW1V 3LX
Sells tickets.
Buses:
24, 360, C10
Station:
Pimlico
Dogs:
Working assistance dogs only
Conditions:
No photography or filming
Further information:
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Last updated: 26/05/2010