Open:

Saturday 10:30–16:00 + Sunday 10:30–17:00

Description:

The museum garden is 17th-century-style knot garden, designed by the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, President of the Garden Museum. It was officially opened in 1983 by HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

The garden is in the old graveyard surrounding the museum, which was formerly the parish church of St Mary-at-Lambeth. It features plants of the period and contains the tombs of the famous 17th-century gardeners and plant-hunters, the John Tradescants, father and son. The wild garden at the front of the museum, created in 2007, will be in flower.

Head of horticulture:

Anne Jennings

Activities:

Permanent collection, temporary exhibition space (current exhibition: Christopher Lloyd: A Life at Great Dixter). Café and gift shop. Plant sales.

Entrance:

Via the Museum – a former church at the corner of Lambeth Road and Lambeth Palace Road.
Nearest postcode: SE1 7LB
Sells tickets.

Buses:

C10, 3, 77, 344, 507

Stations:

Waterloo, Lambeth North

Dogs:

Working assistance dogs only

Further information:

• Street Map
• Map of nearby gardens
• Garden's web site
• Printable version