Garden Museum London

The Garden Museum is Britain's only museum dedicated to the art, history and design of gardens.
Housed inside the historic former church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, next door to Lambeth Palace, the museum is home to a collection of art and objects from garden history, telling the stories of great gardeners and exploring how and why we garden.

The museum's gardens are a green oasis in the heart of the city. Spread over the former churchyard site and across the road in a local park, 'Old Paradise Gardens', the gardens include a lush central courtyard designed by Dan Pearson, areas of arid and shade plantings, and a new community garden for local produce growing. Situated at the museum's centre, the courtyard garden was designed as a response to the plant-collecting travels of the Tradescants. A botanical 'cabinet of curiosities', the courtyard is curated with unusual plants, many displaying interesting and contrasting foliage types.

Among the foliage in the courtyard garden you'll find the tomb of the Tradescants, as well as Captain William Bligh, captain of the infamous 'Mutiny on the Bounty' voyage. The garden features seasonal displays of potted plants put together by the museum's gardening team, favouring interesting 'species' over cultivated plant varieties.

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