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 date is:

SATURDAY 2nd MAY 2026

10:30am - 12:30pm

We will be attacking the bindweed and doing some transplanting in the borders. George, the retired head gardener will be on hand to give advice!

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.

AND BRING WATER OR A HOT DRINK!

From Garden News & Stories

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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20 minutes ago

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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31 minutes ago

Bulb bonanza!

Our brilliant volunteers made light work of planting over 200 bulbs at our November session. It was a beautiful day for gardening and the bulbs will be ready for the spring. We planted the bulbs mainly in the rose beds and on the beds at the entrance to the walled garden. We also replenished the lavenders in the center of the Walled Garden and tidied the plants. There is still plenty of garden colour from pinks to yellows, to orange, purple and white alongside sliver seed an

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Dec 3, 2025

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