Welcome to the Walled Garden in Ravenscourt Park

A scented garden in west London maintained by the Friends of the Walled Garden

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Visit the garden

The Walled Garden is in the north east corner of Ravenscourt Park in Hammersmith, west London.

Work on restoring the scented walled garden began in 2002 by a dedicated band of enthusiastic volunteers. This group continues to maintain the garden with the LB of Hammersmith & Fulham.

Join the Garden Friends

The Friends of the Walled Garden meet monthly on the first Saturday of each month to maintain the garden. Come and volunteer in your local community - all welcome - no gardening knowledge needed!

Just go to the Join Us page to get in touch.

Gardening dates 2026

Next Gardening dates are:

SATURDAYS

- 1st August

- 5th September

- 3rd October

- 7th November

- 5th December

10:30am - 12:30pm

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN GLOVES AND TOOLS IF YOU HAVE THEM - TROWELS, FORKS, HOES, SECATEURS.

There is no need to be a gardening expert to volunteer with us. There are always people on hand to show you what needs to be done if you are not sure.

George, the retired head gardener will be on hand to give advice!

Children are welcome - if accompanied by an adult.

AND BRING WATER OR A HOT DRINK!

From Garden News & Stories

Summer sessions

Summer gardening sessions have continued over the last few months. Next session is on Saturday 1st August. With the dry conditions we will assess whether we can do any planting or whether we will need to wait for the welcome rain! We were very pleased to have some plant donations from the Royal Parks - thank you! They are being watered by our rota of gardeners. In July we had a big bindweed day in the rosebeds - see photo of the mountain of bindweed we dug out. Anthony also

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Jul 26

April - a "model month"

April's gardening group saw us working along side a very glamorous group of models and lots of professional photographers. It made the bindweed digging out much more bearable! The Walled Garden was an ideal location for them to show their talents - all building their portfolios. We were delighted to welcome them all to the garden - who knows we may get featured somewhere! The fragrant laburnum was also uncovered from its overpowering by the clematis, pus lots of tidying up w

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Apr 11

Spring has sprung!

Pruning of roses was the key task in March. George, our retired head gardener, was able to give us clear guidance on the pruning of roses. It's surprising how much needs to be cut back, looking for outward facing buds and giving space to the center of the rose bush. Plus we did weeding of the rose beds. The daffodils and hyacinths are coming out, the clematis is in full flower and the spring buds on the magnolia are starting to open. We had a very energetic and enthusiastic

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Apr 11

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Around the Garden

How to find the Walled Garden

Ravenscourt Park

Paddenswick Road

London

W6 0UA

Gardening Hours

First Saturday of each month

10:30am - 12:30pm