The Museum’s garden was created in 1980. At its heart is a knot garden designed by the Museum’s President, The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, who was at the time also re-making the gardens at Hatfield House. The reason for the seventeenth-century spirit of the design is that our garden also houses the tomb of the great plant-hunters, gardeners and collectors, John Tradescant the Elder (c.1570-1638) and Younger (1608-1662). The rediscovery of these tombs inspired the creation of the Museum in the deconsecrated and derelict church of St Mary-at-Lambeth.
The knot garden and its surrounds are planted with species introduced by the Tradescants, such as the scarlet runner bean, red maple and tulip tree which they grew in their Lambeth garden. It is not only historically significant but also a lush and beautiful spot in the centre of London, cared for by a small horticultural team of staff and volunteers.
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Listing Details
- Address: 5 Lambeth Palace Rd, London SE1 7L
- Phone: 020 7401 8865 |
- Website: http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk
- Email: info@gardenmuseum.org.uk
- Get there by bus: 3, 344, 360, 507 or C10
- Get there by tube/train: Bakerloo
- Wheelchair access: Yes
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Additional information:
The Garden Museum provides a fully accessible environment for wheelchair and pushchair users.
Our facilities include ramps at the museum entrance and to access the raised magazine space, and a self-operated lift. We also provide indoor and outdoor seating, and offer concessionary rates for disabled visitors and carers.
Please note the Museum is scheduled to be closed on Thursday 15 October 2015.
The Garden Museum Development Project
The Museum is closing to the public on 30 October for a major capital project supported by the HLF. The Museum will reopen in early 2017. Our programme of events and garden visits will continue during this period; please continue to check our website for more details.
Click here for more information about the Development Project.
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