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Open Gardens in the Muswell Hill and District Area

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Map of Open Gardens in the Muswell Hill & District Area
28 March 2010 7 The Grove, N6
2 May 2010 Southwood Lodge, N6
2 May 2010 5 St Regis Close, N10
9 May 2010 5 St Regis Close, N10
16 May 2010 66 Abbots Gardens, N2
23 May 2010 3 The Park, N6
6 June 2010 East Finchley Cottage Gardens, N2
6 June 2010 7 The Grove, N6
6 June 2010 2 Stanley Road, N2
13 June 2010 46 Dukes Avenue, N10
20 June 2010 6 Methuen Park, N10
27 June 2010 5 Cecil Road, N10
27 June 2010 5 St Regis Close, N10
10 & 11 July 2010 27 Wood Vale, N10
11 July 2010 Railway Cottages, N22
25 July 2010 5 St Regis Close, N10
8 August 2010 Alexandra Park Gardens, N22
8 August 2010 12 Rookfield Avenue, N10
5 September 2010 Golf Course Allotments, N11
12 September 2010 6 Methuen Park, N10
By appointment only 51 Cholmeley Crescent, N6
More local Open Gardens can be found on the Barnet Gardeners Web Site
More local Open Gardens can be found on the Hampstead Gardeners Web Site
Map Marker 66 Abbots Gardens, East Finchley, N2 0JH (see map)
Stephen & Ruth Kersley
Sunday, 16th May 2010 14:00 - 17:30 for NGS
Directions Tube: East Finchley then Bus 143 to Abbots Gardens, East End Rd, left into Abbots Gardens
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £3.00
Children Free
Light refreshments & home-made teas
Sorry no Dogs
Designed for tranquillity and all-year interest, this 5 year old South-facing garden 20m x 10m uses plant form, colour, texture and a strong underlying asymmetrical geometry (inspired by Thomas Church) to create a calming yet dramatic environment with grasses, herbaceous perennials, ornamental shrubs and trees, water features and discreet vegetable plot enhanced by hanging fused glass pieces and a mosaic created by Ruth. Circular North-facing front garden. Stephen studied garden design at Capel Manor.
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Alexandra Park Gardens, N22 (see map)
Group Opening
Sunday, 8 August 2010 14:00 - 18:00 for NGS
Directions Tube to Wood Green or Bounds Green then 184 Bus to Alexandra Road.
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.50
Children Free
Gardens in Group
272 Alexandra Park Road, N22
279 Alexandra Park Road, N22
289 Alexandra Park Road, N22
300 Alexandra Park Road, N22
On the site of the original Alexandra Park estate are four gardens to enjoy: the surprisingly long rear garden of a 1920s house backing onto deer enclosure and three exuberant contrasting front gardens. The back garden retains many pre-war features including an Anderson Shelter rock garden, crazy paving and venerable trees as well as a tree house, greenhouse and wildlife-friendly eclectic planting. The three front gardens all provide colour and interest for the community and are brilliant examples of how much can be achieved in a very small space. There is a profusion of colour in pots, while tall plants hide a secret hidden from the street. One steeply-sloping front garden has a semi-tropical theme, with a rill running through a riverbed rockery, disappearing under the path and dropping into a pool surrounded by beautiful stones.
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Map Marker 272 Alexandra Park Road, Alexandra Palace, N22 7BG (see map)
Clive Boutle & Kate Tattersall
Sunday, 8th August 2010 14:00 - 18:00 for NGS
Directions Tube to Wood Green or Bounds Green then 184 Bus to Alexandra Road.
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.50
Children Free
Home-made teas
Sorry no Dogs
Surprisingly long back garden giving onto Alexandra Park deer enclosure retaining many pre-war features including an Anderson Shelter, a rock garden, crazy paving and venerable trees: yew, pear and hornbeam. An evolving non-designer garden with tree house, lawn, greenhouse and surprising found objects. The wildlife friendly planting is an eclectic mix of native plants, annuals, vegetables, herbs and grasses.
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Map Marker 279 Alexandra Park Road, Alexandra Palace, N22 7BG (see map)
Gail & Wilf Downing
Sunday, 8th August 2010 14:00 - 18:00 for NGS
Directions Tube to Wood Green or Bounds Green then 184 Bus to Alexandra Road.
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.50
Children Free
Sorry no Dogs
Small paved front garden crammed with a wealth of plants in pots, including rare geraniums, set off by a low topiary hedge. Overflowing co-ordinated window boxes on the first floor lead the eye upwards. The garden is designed to provide colour and interest for the community. A brilliant example of how much can be achieved in a very small space.
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Map Marker 289 Alexandra Park Road, Alexandra Palace, N22 7BG (see map)
Julie Littlejohn
Sunday, 8th August 2010 14:00 - 18:00 for NGS
Directions Tube to Wood Green or Bounds Green then 184 Bus to Alexandra Road.
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.50
Children Free
Sorry no Dogs
Loved front garden with a profusion of pots housing a variety of mature plants. Tall plants hide a secret hidden from the street. A small space packed with delights.
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Map Marker 300 Alexandra Park Road, Alexandra Palace, N22 7BG (see map)
Paul Cox & Bee Peak
Sunday, 8th August 2010 14:00 - 18:00 for NGS
Directions Tube to Wood Green or Bounds Green then 184 Bus to Alexandra Road.
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.50
Children Free
Sorry no Dogs
Steeply sloping landscaped front garden with semi-tropical theme, exuberantly planted with flaxes, ferns, palms, grasses and bamboo. Designed for easy access with a shallow stepped path and rustic handrail. A rill runs from the paved terrace by the house, through a riverbed rockery, disappears under the path and drops into a pool surrounded by beautiful stones.
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Map Marker 5 Cecil Road, Muswell Hill, N10 2BU (see map)
Ben Loftus
Sunday, 27th June 2010 14:00 - 17:30 for NGS
Directions Tube: Bounds Green or East Finchley then bus 102 to Alexandra Park Rd, alight at St Andrew's Church, Cecil Road is the first left of Curzon Road
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £2.50
Children Free
Sorry no Dogs
Garden designer's sloping garden with unusual small trees, shrubs and perennials. Garden office with green roof of bulbs etc
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Map Marker 51 Cholmeley Crescent, Highgate, N6 5EX (see map)
Ernst Sondheimer
By Appointment Only
Directions Tube: Highgate. Buses: 43, 134, 236
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £2.00
Children Free
Private visits by appointment  Fone No +44 (0)20 8340 6607
Sorry no Dogs
Approx 1/6-acre garden with many alpines in screes, peat beds, tufa, troughs and greenhouse; shrubs, rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias, pieris, ceanothus etc. Clematis, bog plants, roses, primulas, tree ferns. Water features
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Map Marker 2 Dorset Road, Wood Green, N22 7SL (see map)
Jane Stevens
Sunday, 11th July 2010 14:00 - 17:30 for NGS
Directions Tube: Wood Green, 10 mins walk. Stn: Alexandra Palace, 3 mins. Buses: W3, 184, 3 mins Dorset Road is at the end of St Michaels Terrace
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.50
Children Free
Home-made teas, Plant Stall
Sorry no Dogs
Tranquil country-style back garden full of interest. Topiary and clipped box contrasts with climbing roses, jasmine and honeysuckle. Long mixed hedge and pond. Mulberry, quince, fig and apple trees. Mixed borders with shrubs, herbaceous and annuals chosen for scent and colour. Containers and pots provide all-year interest and colour
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Map Marker 14 Dorset Road, Wood Green, N22 7SL (see map)
Cathy Brogan
Sunday, 11th July 2010 14:00 - 17:30 for NGS
Directions Tube: Wood Green, 10 mins walk. Stn: Alexandra Palace, 3 mins. Buses: W3, 184, 3 mins Dorset Road is at the end of St Michaels Terrace
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.50
Children Free
Sorry no Dogs
Front garden of railway cottage with mixed planting, herbs, flowers and aromatic shrubs. Emphasis on sustainability and organic methods.
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Map Marker 22 Dorset Road, Wood Green, N22 7SL (see map)
Mike & Noreen Ainger
Sunday, 11th July 2010 14:00 - 17:30 for NGS
Directions Tube: Wood Green, 10 mins walk. Stn: Alexandra Palace, 3 mins. Buses: W3, 184, 3 mins Dorset Road is at the end of St Michaels Terrace
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.50
Children Free
Sorry no Dogs
Small but interesting front garden including jasmine, flax, fig, fuchsia, vines and climbing rose
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Map Marker 46 Dukes Avenue, Muswell Hill, N10 2PU (see map)
Judith Glover
Sunday, 13th June 2010 14:00 - 18:00 for NGS
Directions Short walk from Muswell Hill Roundabout.
Tube: Highgate,then bus 43, 134 to Muswell Hill Broadway,
Bounds Green or East Finchley then bus 102, 234 or 299 to Muswell Hill Broadway.
Limited Street Parking.
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £3.00
Children Free
Plant Stall, Open Studio. Wine, Cold Drinks & Nibbles
Sorry no Dogs
Designer and botanical illustrator's country-style garden described as being 'just on the right side of controlled chaos'. Organic, curvy beds with foxgloves, aquilegias, irises and valerian anchored with clipped evergreens. Topiary, grasses and driftwood throne from medal-winning garden she designed for the 2003 Chelsea Flower Show. Featured in May 2008 issues of 'The English Garden' and 'Ideal Home' magazines.

Judith writes about her garden.

The garden has evolved gradually since we moved into the house 17 years ago. Then it was neglected and wild with an old gnarled apple tree in the centre, and a straight, narrow border running down each side with ubiquitous 'municipal park' type rose bushes and a few shade tolerant shrubs such as euonymus, current and laurel. It was completely overshadowed by an 80-year-old ash tree growing at the boundary fence in the garden next door but despite this I loved it for its dark, romantic, 'secret garden' atmosphere, especially in the spring when primroses flowered abundantly in the grass and amongst the old broken crazy-paving terrace.

I knew relatively little about gardening and over the next few years I struggled with the heavy clay, celandine-infested soil, making the usual mistake of trying to introduce plants totally unsuited to the conditions! It did slowly progress however, as nature has its own way of dealing with our errors and I soon realised that the plants that did survive were also the ones that thrived and flourished in damp shade. I learnt to recognise and encourage the self-sown seedlings of aquilegia, alchemilla and primrose and to divide herbaceous plants like sedums and hardy geraniums so gradually the beds became fuller and more interesting. The ash tree provided 20 - 30 bags of leaves each autumn that I collected to make leaf mould, so slowly the soil improved too. Year by year I dug up the worn-out roses until now none remain.

Eight years ago the ash tree was felled and everything changed! Our south-east facing garden suddenly became light and sunny and I discovered I was at last able to introduce a huge variety of plants that would have previously been impossible to grow. It was then that I enrolled on a two-year 'Plants and Planting' design course at Capel Manor College to gain more formal knowledge of the subject.

View of Chair Now primroses thrive only at the shady far end of the garden which peaks in spring and early summer with a succession of snowdrops, ferns, self-seeded forget-me-nots, aquilegia, snake's head fritillery, wild strawberries and woodruff. Gradually I have carved out organic curvy lines from the grass and have acquired a fondness for loose, country-style planting, meshed with solid shapes and formality. Drifts of geraniums and rampant love-in-a-mist are anchored with disciplined evergreens including box, laurel, euonymus and holly that I clip into balls, cones and ruffs.

A garden is never static and currently I am experimenting with Mediterranean sun-loving plant combinations for the new gravel border by the terrace which leads into the main garden via a decked balcony. I have selected plants that will be suited to the lower rainfall and warmer winters we are now experiencing and much of my inspiration comes from Beth Chatto's books on the subject and her wonderful garden in Essex.

The garden is far from perfect and my battles with the inherited problems of celandine and Spanish bluebells are on-going. I avoid plants such as hostas and delphiniums because I am committed to not using slug pellets or insecticides and my aim is for an ecologically balanced garden where frogs, toads and ladybirds counteract the ravages of snails and greenfly. Slowly this is beginning to work.

I hope that people visiting the garden under the NGS scheme will enjoy its relaxed atmosphere and will find inspiration and encouragement in the fact that it has matured over time with limited resources or free time.

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East Finchley Cottage Gardens, N2 (see map)
Group Opening
Sunday, 6th June 2010 14:00 - 17:00 for NGS
Directions Tube: East Finchley then Bus 263 to E Finchley Library left into Church Lane, 2nd right into Long Lane and 1st left into Trinity Road
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.00
Children Free
Gardens in Group
399 Long Lane, N2
20 Trinity Road, N2
22 Trinity Road, N2
Three very different cottage gardens, creating densely-planted intimate spaces filled with exuberant and varied planting in beds and pots. In one, cottage garden plants mingle happily with elegant ferns and grasses. A majestic black bamboo towers over pots of dainty annuals and a giant trachycarpus palm falls over a feathery tamarix. In another 1960s crazy paving fast is disappearing to accommodate new planting. There are ponds and places to sit and relax.
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Map Marker Golf Course Allotments, Winton Avenue, N11 2AR (see map)
GCAA/Haringey
Sunday, 5th September 2010 13:00 - 16:15 for NGS (share to GCAA)
Directions Tube: Bounds Green approx lkm.
Buses: 102, 184, 299 to Sunshine Garden Centre, Durnsford Rd. Then Bidwell Gardens (on foot through park) to Winton Winton Avenue. Gate opposite junction with Blake Rd.
Wheelchair access. Limited Street Parking.
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £2.50
Children Free
Annual Flower & Vegetable Show. Light refreshments & teas, Produce Stall selling fruit & vegetables from the allotments and home made jams pickles and chutneys, Bric-a-brac Stall.
Large, long-established allotment with over 200 plots maintained by culturally diverse community growing a wide variety of flowers, fruit and vegetables - some working towards organic cultivation. Picturesque corners and charming sheds. Annual show, produce, home-made jellies, jams, chutneys, books and teas. Bric-a-brac. Tour of plots and exhibits of prize-winning fruit and vegetables. Caution needed on rough paths.
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Map Marker 7 The Grove, Highgate, N6 6JU (see map)
Mr Thomas Lyttelton
Sunday, 28th March 2010 14:00 - 17:30 for NGS (share to North London Hospice)
Sunday, 6th June 2010 14:00 - 17:30 for NGS (share to North London Hospice)
Directions Tube: Archway then Buses 143, 210 or 271 to Highgate Village then walk up Highgate High Street turning left into Westhill Park, take the first right and 7 The Grove is on your right at the T-junction.
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £3.00
Children Free
Home-made Teas
Private visits by appointment  Fone No +44 (0)7713 638 161
Wheelchair access to main lawn only; some very narrow paths
Sorry no Dogs
A half-acre London walled town garden behind a handsome Victorian house c.1830, splendidly designed by the owner for low maintenance, but with lots of interest. Tunnels arbour, screens abound, providing inspiration for busy garden-owners who would still like to have an interest outside the house. A series of nineteenth-century brick-built arches across the width of the garden separates it into two compartments. The area near the house is formal with a lawn, the area beyond screen much less so, with fine compartments and features. Secret paths and unexpected views make this a magical place for children. Much use is made of evergreens and there are some exquisite shrubs, including a row of camellias down one wall and a massive Hydrangea petiolaris with a trunk as thick as a boxer's biceps. There are many species and varieties of a particular genus - five varieties of box and even more of ivies, for example. The owner describes it as a gold, green, yellow and red garden. The canal feature was restructured and enhanced into a water garden in autumn 1996.
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Railway Cottages, Alexandra Palace, N22 (see map)
Group Opening
Sunday, 11 July 2010 14:00 - 17:30 for NGS
Directions Tube to Wood Green then W3 or 184 Bus to Alexandra Palace Station and Dorset Road is at the end of St Michaels Terrace.
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.50
Children Free
Gardens in Group
2 Dorset Road, N22
14 Dorset Road, N22
22 Dorset Road, N22
Two front gardens of a row of railway cottages and a railway cottage back garden. The two front gardens at 14 & 22 Dorset Road show a variety of interesting planting, incl aromatic shrubs and herbs, jasmine, flax, fig, fuchsia, vines and a climbing rose, with an emphasis on sustainability and organic methods. The tranquil country-style garden at 2 Dorset Road is on 3 sides of the house and is full of interest. Topiary and clipped box hedges contrast with climbing roses, clematis, jasmine and honeysuckle. Trees incl mulberry, quince, fig, apple and a mature willow that creates an opportunity for an interesting shady corner. A pond transforms an old Anderson shelter and a gravel garden is slowly maturing.
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Map Marker 399 Long Lane, East Finchley, N2 8JN (see map)
Jonathan Maitland
Sunday, 6th June 2010 14:00 - 17:00 for NGS
Directions Tube: East Finchley then Bus 263 to E Finchley Library left into Church Lane, 2nd right into Long Lane
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.00
Children Free
Sorry no Dogs
Tiny front and back gardens created from scratch in the last 2½ years. Selection of evergreen shrubs form backdrop to curved raised beds and collection of pots. Small pond. Places to sit in this year-round intimate refuge.
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Map Marker 6 Methuen Park, Muswell Hill, N10 2JS (see map)
Yulia Badian
Sunday, 16th June 2010 13:30 - 18:30 for NGS
Sunday, 12th September 2010 13:30 - 18:30 for NGS
Directions 3rd Left in Dukes Avenue from Muswell Hill Roundabout.
Tube: Highgate,then bus 43, 134 to Muswell Hill Broadway,
Bounds Green or East Finchley then bus 102, 234 or 299 to Muswell Hill Broadway.
Limited Street Parking.
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £2.50
Children Free
Home-made teas, Plant Stall.
Private visits by appointment  Mobile No +44 (0)785 0756 784
Sorry no Dogs
Contemporary family garden designed by Chelsea Medal winner. Hardwood decking extends living space. Across the formal pond the beach grows into a path. An arch doubles as a swing. Flowing curves and planting create an enchanting space. Tree house gives hours of entertainment. Sonic installation by Yulia Badian with soundtrack by Andres Bosshart.
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Map Marker 3 The Park, Highgate, N6 4EU (see map)
Mr & Mrs G Schrager
Sunday, 23rd May 2010 14:00 - 17:00 for NGS (share to St Mary's Hospital Kidney Patients Assn)
Directions From Highgate Tube, walk up Southwood Lane. The Park is 1st on Right. Busses 43, 134, 143, 263 stop in Archway Road at Highgate Tube.
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £2.50
Children Free
Home-made teas, Plant Stall
Private visits by appointment  Fone No +44 (0)20 8348 3314
Sorry no Dogs
Large garden with pond and frogs, fruit trees and eclectic planting. Interesting plants for sale. Treasure hunt for children
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Map Marker 12 Rookfield Avenue, Muswell Hill, N10 3TS (see map)
Andrew Barr & Joanna Ryan
Sunday, 8th August 2010 14:00 - 18:00 for NGS
Directions Bus: W7 from Finsbury Park Station or Muswell Hill Broadway to top of Park Rd, then walk up Etheldene Ave
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £2.50
Children Free
Home-made teas
Private visits by appointment  Fone No +44 (0)20 8245 3674
June for old roses, Sept/Oct for late flowering perennials
Sorry no Dogs
Naturalistic cottage garden to complement our 1910 Arts and Crafts cottage, enclosing it on 3 levels, within a rural estate (itself worth investigation). Dense planting to prevent excavations by our Springer Spaniel. Fragrant display of historic roses in June; herbaceous border resplendent in August. Strictly organic and fuchsia-free. We produce our own flower remedies and propagate (from seed) many perennials for sale.
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Map Marker Southwood Lodge, 33 Kingsley Place, Highgate, N6 5EA (see map)
Mr & Mrs C Whittington
Sunday, 2nd May 2010 14:00 - 17:30 for NGS
Directions Tube: Highgate. Buses: 43, 134, 236
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £2.50
Children Free
Home-made Teas, Plant Stall
Private visits by appointment April - July  Fone No +44 (0)20 8348 2785
Sorry no Dogs
Secret garden hidden behind C18 house (not open), laid out last century on steeply sloping site, now densely planted with wide variety of shrubs, climbers and perennials. Ponds, waterfall, frogs and newts. Many unusual plants are grown and propagated for sale. Toffee hunt for children.
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Map Marker 5 St Regis Close, Alexandra Park Road, N10 2DE (see map)
Susan Bennett & Earl Hyde
Sunday, 2nd May 2010 14:00 - 19:00 for NGS
Sunday, 9th May 2010 14:00 - 18:00 for KSDP
Sunday, 27th June 2010 2008 14:00 - 19:00 for NGS
Sunday, 25th July 2010 14:00 - 18:00 for NGS
Directions 2nd Left in Alexandra Park Rd from Colney Hatch Lane.
Tube: Bounds Green or East Finchley then bus 102 or 299.
Alight at St Andrew's Church at Windermere Rd.
Bus: 43 or 134 to Alexandra Park Rd.
Wheelchair access. Street Parking but not in St Regis Close.
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £3.00
Children Free
Home-made teas, Plant Stall, Raffle, Crafts, Ceramics.
Private visits by appointment  Fone No +44 (0)20 8883 8540
Sorry no Dogs
A unique artists' garden renowned for colourful architectural features created on site.

Maureen Lipman’s favourite garden, described by Harpers & Queen as among the most inspirational in England, is an evolving creation of its artist owners.

Reclaimed from bits of adjoining waste ground purchased over twenty years, the garden reveals its secrets in a series of visual surprises. Colourful pagodas overlook carp ponds and waterfalls. A blue marbled columned Baroque temple with 22ct gold lustred ceramic capitols designed and constructed by Earl Hyde nestles behind a weeping willow. Huge hostas spring out of antique chimney pots, and unusual containers overflow with imaginative plant combinations. Humour and colour abound!

Recent addition, Earl's American Gothic "Bates Motel" garden shed, inspired the "medieval " wall set with a stained glass window salvaged from the porch of the local Methodist Church demolished over 20 years ago. It encloses Susan's compost heap. Perfect recycling!

Behind the working studio, reclaimed from tarmac, lies the oriental area. Turquoise Raku-tiled mirrored walls topped with red trellis conceal the plant nursery with its large ‘red’ greenhouse. A trompe l’oeil mirrored archway leads the imagination towards unexplored spaces.

Featured on ITV News to publicise the 80th birthday of the NGS with Charlie Dimmock, this television and international press coverage draws numerous visitors; many remark on the peaceful atmosphere, and how the visit refreshes their spirits.

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Map Marker 2 Stanley Road, East Finchley, N2 0NB (see map)
Tudor & Hilary Spencer
Sunday, 6th June 2010 14:00 - 18:00 for NGS
Directions Tube: East Finchley then Bus 143 to Abbots Gardens, East End Rd, right into Stanley Road.
Wheelchair access.
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £2.00
Children Free
Home made Teas
Sorry no Dogs
Recently transformed front and rear garden of Edwardian semi, with formal 'heron-proof' pond, central circle, and viewing platform. Densely planted to create 8 distinct areas, incorporating colourful vegetable plot, alpine bed, ferns and tree fern, bamboos and perennials. Boundaries softened with varied climbers for scent and foliage. Designed to be completely wheelchair-friendly without aesthetic compromise in hard landscape or planting. A garden for year-round enjoyment
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Map Marker 20 Trinity Road, East Finchley, N2 8JJ (see map)
Jane Meir
Sunday, 7 June 2010 14:00 - 17:00 for NGS
Directions Tube: East Finchley then Bus 263 to E Finchley Library left into Church Lane, 3rd right into Trinity Road
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.00
Children Free
Sorry no Dogs
Densely planted small town garden belonging to confirmed plantaholic. 1960s crazy paving fast disappearing to accommodate exuberant and varied planting. Constantly evolving space with some parts used as test areas.
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Map Marker 22 Trinity Road, East Finchley, N2 8JJ (see map)
Janet Maitland
Sunday, 6th June 2010 14:00 - 17:00 for NGS
Directions Tube: East Finchley then Bus 263 to E Finchley Library left into Church Lane, 3rd right into Trinity Road
National Gardens Scheme
Combined Admission £3.00
Children Free
Sorry no Dogs
Densely planted courtyard of vivid contrasts. Cottage garden plants mingle happily with elegant ferns and grasses. A majestic black bamboo towers over pots of dainty annuals. Neatly clipped box accentuates sprawling climbers. Giant trachycarpus palm falls over a feathery tamarix. Sturdy fig tree guards a small pond.
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Map Marker 27 Wood Vale, Muswell Hill, N10 3DJ (see map)
Mr & Mrs A W Dallman
Saturday, 10th July 2010 13:30 - 18:00 for NGS
Sunday, 11th July 2010 13:30 - 18:00 for NGS
Directions Muswell Hill 1m. A1 to Woodman PH; signed Muswell Hill. From Highgate tube, take Muswell Hill Rd, sharp R into Wood Lane leading to Wood Vale
National Gardens Scheme
Admission £2.50
Children 50p
Under 5s Free
Home-made teas, Plant Stall
Sorry no Dogs
The garden is 300ft long and ¾ acre in area. It backs onto local playing fields and woods so that although about 4 miles from Central London you would think that you were out in the countryside. The garden has numerous herbaceous borders, shrubberies and contains probably the biggest willow tree in London. There are also 2 greenhouses, 2 summerhouses, a pond, fruit trees, grass areas and seating is available for about 90 people in sun or shade so you can enjoy your homemade teas in comfort.

The Dallmans have lived here for 38 years and when they arrived the garden was completely overgrown, with an orchard of 38 trees, most of which were past their sell by date. They removed 30 of them creating an open area and the borders. This garden is a work in progress with them adding a new feature every year.

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