The Secret Orchard SE14

The Secret Orchard
(Photo: Geoff Wilson)
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The features of this garden include a soft fruit area, a newly planted urban orchard with heritage pear varieties, apples and cherries, and an espalier wall planted by Cafe Crema and the London Orchard project.

Visit our wildlife pond, meet the ducks and look around our greenhouse and potting shed (which has a small reference library and lots of gardening magazines).

Capital Growth garden: 720

Gardener: Kiri Lewin

Visitor Information

Open:: Saturday 10:00–17:00
Activities:: Fully licensed vegetarian and vegan café. Local honey and homemade cakes and lunches on sale, Fairtrade and organic teas and coffees. Freshly laid duck eggs from our Indian Runners (subject to laying mood). Come and feed the ducks. Mini-stall selling local produce. Strawberry plants for sale. Homemade, homegrown raspberry tarts, gluten-free.
Entrance:: Through Café Crema, 306 New Cross Road, or from Laurie Grove.
Nearest postcode: SE14 6AF
Sells tickets.
Buses:: 21, 53, 136, 171, 172, 177, 225, 321, 343, 436, 453
Stations:: New Cross, New Cross Gate
Access:: Difficult for wheelchairs coming through café entrance. For side entrance, wheelchairs are possible but it is not ideal, as the ground is woodchip and uneven.
Dogs:: Dogs on leads
Conditions:: No picnics: café is open for food and cakes, hot drinks etc.

Further information:

Nearby Gardens (click on names for details):

Distance	Garden	Saturday	Sunday
2 KM	Gloucester Circus	14:00-17:00	14:00-17:00
2.9 KM	Ballast Quay Garden	10:00-17:00	10:00-17:00
2.9 KM	The Compound, Stave Hill Ecological Park	10:00-16:00	10:00-16:00
3 KM	Centre for Wildlife Gardening		12:30-16:30
3.2 KM	Brunel Museum Gardens	10:00-22:30	10:00-22:30

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